Turn your PowerPoint presentation into an interactive online lesson. We call this a mix. Everything you need to create and share your mix is included. Add audio and video of yourself giving your presentation, write on slides as you talk to them, insert quizzes, practice exercises, and more – all from within PowerPoint. It’s like a screencast, but better. All you need is Office 2013 and the free Office Mix add-in.
For me, the big advantage Office Mix has over screencast software such as Camtasia it is relatively intuitive and has a low learning curve for anyone familiar with PowerPoint - which is pretty much everyone.There is also the option to insert quizzes. See these Office Mix how-to videos for an overview of features
Here is blog post from a user who spent 20 minutes creating an Office Mix from scratch without prior experience
However, I will be sticking with Camtasia because it is so much easier to do post production edits eg cutting out voice over errors. In Office Mix this requires re-doing the entire commentary for a given slide.
Over the Summer term I may ask my Economics class to create an Office Mix video on a topic of their choice eg explaining a concept such as elasticity or a multimedia review of a country. They all have free access to Office 2013 as part of the school's Microsoft Student advantage subscription and Office 365 scheme.
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