Using Loom in Confluence

[Bernard Van Heuverswyn]

Loom seems very interesting to me, but only if it is possible to use it in integration with Confluence.
Confluence serves as a Wiki (for our other products as well), and creating help videos is quite complex.
We have to go through external programs (Camtasia), then publish them privately on Youtube, and finally integrate them into Confluence.
Is LOOM better integrated for:
- creating demo videos simply (with, for example, a button in Confluence)
- editing them (cutting, adding images, etc.)
- Integrating them into Confluence pages ?

Thanks

[Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Bernard Van Heuverswyn ,

Loom is completely integrated within Confluence. Please take a look to the following useful article https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-loom-in-confluence-cloud/

Hope this helps,

Fabio

[Bernard Van Heuverswyn]

Thanks Fabio. I will try it

[Dustin Smith · Accepted solution]

Hi @Bernard Van Heuverswyn 👋,

I'm involved in some of the Loom integration work into Confluence and love these questions. Definitely check out the links that Fabio & Barbara provided.

To answer your "which is Loom best for" question, my simple answer is it works really well for each of the three use cases you listed. 

• Creating demo videos simply (with, for example, a button in Confluence)

We're in closed beta now with the ability to record Loom videos directly from Confluence. The beta documentation page that Fabio linked to goes into more detail, but the quick summary is that we're working on being ways to click from places like the editor toolbar, comments, and even the left nav content tree to quickly create, record, and insert Loom videos.

• Editing them (cutting, adding images, etc.)

This is an are where the Loom team has already done incredible work. Whether you're using their waveform editor to do precise cuts and splices, their transcript editor to trim by deleting words and paragraphs, or even their AI capabilities to auto-remove silences and filler words - Loom has a bunch of capabilities that make customizing something you record super easy. And yes, you can definitely stitch in things like other media to a recording. 

• Integrating them into Confluence pages ?

Even without the integrated record buttons in beta that I mentioned in my first answer, Loom is incredibly easy to integrate into Confluence pages. Once you've recorded a Loom, all you need to do is copy its share URL and paste it into a desired page and the Smart Links capability will let you embed it fully.  Additionally, you can actually add Loom recordings as their own pages with the new Smart Links in the content tree feature.

Lastly I'll just say that as someone who has spent a lot of time in previous jobs creating help videos and tutorials using Camtasia, the ability to be able to use Loom in Confluence has streamlined everything about how I use video to quickly create visual resources for others.

Hope these details are helpful.

Best,

Dustin

[Bernard Van Heuverswyn]

Thanks Dustin,
Personally, I have been using Camtasia for years. I really like this product.
The interest of Loom is obvious in a Team if the license price allows it.
Our Teamleaders do not have access to Camtasia because the license price does not allow it (too expensive).
If Loom remains free or at a very affordable price, it is really an interesting solution.
It will relieve me of the obligation to create all the videos myself, and will allow each Team Leader to do it for his team

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Bernard Van Heuverswyn In addition to Fabio's response, I thought I'd mention that I got an email from Atlassian yesterday about the Get the most out of Loom Learning Path:

https://university.atlassian.com/student/collection/850385/path/3092013