A new educational trend is the use of instructional videos in class. Properly introduced video can increase the retention level of students, improve understanding more quickly and even motivate them about what is being learned. Naturally, videos tend to be more interesting than text, therefore video-based teaching is considered quite important these days.

Video helps online teaching and learning and can also be used as a starting point to develop critical and argumentative skills.Video tutorials have a fundamental role for self-training and is aimed at all people who, due to their multiple occupations, cannot attend traditional face-to-face classes, thus becoming a first-rate tool to fill that space, it is like having the teacher at your disposal, available 24 hours either in your office from the comfort of your home.

With this powerful tool, all people have the opportunity to acquire both the knowledge related to their discipline of interest and the acquisition of the skills required.There are free video publishing sites on the web, such as Metacafe, YouTube among others, where the Internet user can find many video tutorials, however, it is advisable to access specialized sites that offer pedagogically designed video tutorials.

The necessary use of the Internet in education has made possible the technological support of virtual or distance training. This indicates the need to develop tutorials and websites that adapt to this new situation. The didactic materials must allow the end-user to be more autonomous and free in their learning process.

Whether you want to create your own videos for your classes or adapt didactic videos that you find on the Internet, you will have to develop specific digital skills and incorporate a screen and audio recorder into your Personal Learning Environment (PLE).

There are a large number of free tools to record your computer screens such as Recordit, Loom or Screencast-O-Matic. But they have the disadvantage that they do not allow any type of editing in their content. If you make a mistake, you can't delete it and have to start recording again.Most editor tools aren't really that satisfying. They may be interesting at first but once you get involved in them you will run into some difficulties which are unfortunately very vital in the process of creating a quality video tutorial.

In the case that you want to create multimedia lessons for the classes, where the explanation requires editing and adding video sequences recorded with different devices (camera, mobile, tablet ...), enter a text or illustrate with slides and animations, in this case the best screen recording and video editing tool is Wondershare DemoCreator. The tool is really very complete in its functionalities without the complexity of using other professional editors such as Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro.

One of the challenges of making a video tutorial is recording your screen, yourself on the webcam, and audio at the same time. The DemoCreator screen recorder is able to handle this. This ability is needed to make a quality video tutorial.

Wondershare DemoCreator allows you to:

- Record video and audio streams in crisp, clear quality.
- Edit the footage so that it looks very professional.
- Operate a recording device without even having experience in the IT field.

Now we will discuss how to use Wondershare DemoCreator to record screen, yourself, and audio simultaneously.

1. First of all, download Wondershare DemoCreator on your Windows PC or Mac.

2. Install and launch.

3. You will see an interface like the one below:

4. Click ‘New Recording’, ‘Record Screen’ or ‘Record Game’ according to your needs.

5. Next, you will see a large selection of settings, as shown below.

The Screen tab controls screen recording. You can set whether to record the full screen (default mode) or record a portion of the screen. You can also set the frame rate for your clips.

Meanwhile, the Audio tab controls audio recording. You can set whether you will record computer audio through the microphone or you will add a separate audio narration from computer audio. If you want to add narration, move 'Microphone' to 'Capture'.

The Camera tab is used to set how the program records. Are you going to record webcam only or record webcam and screen at once. In this situation, select "Capture" to record the webcam and screen at the same time.

7. Now, it’s time to record!

Click the record button. You can also press F10 to start the recording process. To pause the process, you can press F9. Once you have enough to record, click F10 and you will stop the recording process.

The results of the recording will be saved in a pre-selected folder. You can then edit it in the DemoCreator editor interface.

8. Edit your video

You may not immediately present the results of the recording without editing. A raw video will not be of interest to anyone. You have to edit it and luckily, Wondershare DemoCreator has a built-in video editor where you can modify your videos freely. You can add cursor effects, annotate, crop, rotate your clip, and more. Pour your creativity here!

You will find an interface like this:

9. Now export your (edited) recording to the local folder. You can save it in formats like MP4, MOV, and so on. Actually, Wondershare DemoCreator supports up to 50 video formats.

Additional information:

- Wondershare DemoCreator records at 4k resolution.

- You can apply the new video effects of DemoCreator.

- You can record video and audio without a time limit.

Conclusion:

This tool is so simple that anyone can operate it. No prior editing knowledge is required. Just follow instructions by instruction, you will be able to create a high-quality video tutorial, just like made by a professional video creator. Not only simple, Wondershare DemoCreator is also very sophisticated because it provides so many effects that facilitate your creativity in making a video tutorial.