Tools: Screencasting

Screencasting

What is Screencasting?

• Check out 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?

• In this video (8 minutes, 31 seconds) from Brutus Partners, you'll 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, or pay for a tool such as SnagIt or Camtasia, to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
    • 5) Edit your presentation (optional, available with Camtasia), 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)

Jing FAQ's: Jing videos are limited to 5 minutes, can't be edited in Jing (they can be edited in Camtasia), and are "branded" with the Jing logo at the end of your video. You can't upload Jing videos to YouTube; you can upload Jing videos to screencast.com or download them to your computer.

Demonstration of creating a screencast using Jing (free tool) and displaying it on Sakai using the Text Editor

• 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 create a Word document or PDF)
  • Watch a demonstration of using Jing, a free screencasting tool, to record a PowerPoint presentation
  • Find out how a Jing screencast can be uploaded to screencast.com to store your screencast (free with Jing)
  • Discover how a screencast can be displayed in Sakai, using the Sakai Text Editor

Demonstration of creating a screencast using Camtasia and displaying it on Sakai using Lessons Multimedia button

• Check out this video (8 minutes 30 seconds) to see a screencasting creation demo:
  • Again, you'll need to create and display a PowerPoint or Word Document or PDF
  • Watch a demonstration of using Camtasia, a non-free screencasting tool, to record a presentation and edit it
  • Find out how to upload your Camtasia screencast to YouTube
  • Discover how easy it is to display your screencast in Sakai, using the Lessons Multimedia button
    • For YouTube videos, you don't need to use embed codes. You only need to know the YouTube video web address, to display the video in Lessons