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Question from a reader, hoping you can provide your thoughts:

I am in the process of selecting an elearning tool that is easy to use, quick to create the demos and does not bloat the file size much. I want to create some online videos that will be a total of about 6-7 hours and upload them on my site. These videos would have software demos, screencasts and PowerPoints embedded inside them. Also every screen would have audio (voiceover with my voice) accompanying it. I will want to have a simple menu system to break up the content into chunks. And I may eventually, but not initially, want to be able to track them under an LMS, i.e., have SCORM tracking.

I have been looking into various tools. Here are some pros and cons I found about them.

Qarbon

Pros:

• Less File size.
• Qarbon seems very easy to use.

Cons:

• I'm finding it a bit difficult to integrate my voice with my demos and pull everything together.
• Creates as screenshot. To present a moving demo I need to integrate another product called Viewlet cam.
• Makes it a bit harder to pull everything together.

Camtasia and Adobe Captivate:

Pros:

• Heard lots of good thing about them.

Cons:

• Worried about file size for both of them

The more I am researching, the more I am getting confused.

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There are quite a few Software Simulation Tools out there. I understand the confusion though because it's a combination of several different kinds of needs that are often addressed by different Rapid eLearning Tools.

What questions would you have? What might you suggest? What would you do to find a good solution?

Would you consider using a solution that integrates several tools that are possibly best of breed?