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** What are the '''eight steps''' to create a Screencast and why are they important? | ** What are the '''eight steps''' to create a Screencast and why are they important? | ||
*** 1) Gather content, 2) check your microphone, 3) get ready to perform your presentation using a microphone/computer device | *** 1) Gather content, 2) check your microphone, 3) get ready to perform your presentation using a microphone/computer device | ||
| − | *** 4) Use a free screen capture tool, such as | + | *** 4) Use a free screen capture tool, such as http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html Jing], to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF) |
*** 5) Edit your presentation (optional), 6) upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation ([http://screencast.com screencast.com], Sakai, [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]) | *** 5) Edit your presentation (optional), 6) upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation ([http://screencast.com screencast.com], Sakai, [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]) | ||
*** 7) Set access options, and 8) give students access to your presentation (on Sakai) | *** 7) Set access options, and 8) give students access to your presentation (on Sakai) | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 25 October 2013
Contents
Screencasting
What is Screencasting?
- Watch this short video (2 minutes, 10 seconds) from Brutus Partners to discover:
- What is Screencasting?
- What are some samples of a Screencast? (From: YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy)
- Why are Screencasts useful?
How do you create a Screencast?
- Watch this video (8 minutes, 31 seconds) from Brutus Partners to find out:
- What are the eight steps to create a Screencast and why are they important?
- 1) Gather content, 2) check your microphone, 3) get ready to perform your presentation using a microphone/computer device
- 4) Use a free screen capture tool, such as http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html Jing], to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
- 5) Edit your presentation (optional), 6) upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation (screencast.com, Sakai, YouTube)
- 7) Set access options, and 8) give students access to your presentation (on Sakai)
- What are the eight steps to create a Screencast and why are they important?
Demonstration of creating a screencast
- Watch this video (11 minutes, 15 seconds) to see a screencasting creation demo:
- Note: Before recording your presentation, create a PowerPoint with your content (or a Word document or PDF)
- You'll see a demonstration of using Jing, a free screencasting tool, to record a PowerPoint presentation
- You'll see how a Jing screencast can be uploaded to screencast.com to store your screencast (free with Jing)
- You'll see how a screencast can be displayed in Sakai, using the Sakai Text Editor
