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*** 4) Use a free screen capture tool, such as [http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html Jing], to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
 
*** 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)
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*** 7) Set access options, and 8) give students access to your presentation (on Sakai, for example)
  
 
===Demonstration of creating a screencast===
 
===Demonstration of creating a screencast===

Revision as of 14:59, 25 October 2013

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 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, for example)

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