Using iMove to make tutorials

Is there a way of using iMove (v.10.0.3) to create a video similar to those you see online where the tutor is performing tasks on the desktop whilst appearing inside a small inset video in the top corner?
I was looking at 'picture in picture' but couldn't figure out a way to record me (via the eyesight camera) AND my desktop at the same time.
Perhaps this feature is reserved for the likes of Final Cut etc?
THANKS

Barbara:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. What if the student has a USB flash drive with his library folder on it. Could he run that library with the iPhoto application that's on the server? Each student would have to import the photos from the main library to his flash library and run it from there. To get iPhoto to switch libraries you launch it with the Option key depressed and, when asked, navigate to the library you want to use and select it. As long as the libraries don't have many, many photos a 1 or 2 G flash drive would work. If a student had their own portable FW or USB hard drive they could use that also. Unfortunately that involves additional hardware. Might not be that big an issue for today's students as they are much more technologically advanced that we are in so many ways.
Not familiar with servers that's the only way I can think of for each student to have their own library, pictures and keep it for him/herself. Good luck.
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