Difference between revisions of "Tools: Snagit"

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Snagit is the "big brother/sister" to Jing. Jing is free, Snagit Academic is available at an affordable price.

What can you do with Snagit? It helps you create images and videos that explain exactly what you mean and provide better feedback.
- Quickly snag what’s on your screen, enhance it with effects, and then share your creations instantly.
- Don't type lengthy instructions. Provide quick explanations with Snagit, and move on to your next task.

They use Snagit to create a screen shot or a picture of what is displayed on your computer screen:
- Show a picture of a diagram or process; provide a roadmap to an important part of your online course materials.
They use Snagit to create a screencast or a video recording of actions that occur on your computer screen:
- Instructors introduce themselves to their students or provide tours of the online parts of your class.
- With Snagit, instructors can easily record and share video lessons with students: Here's what one instructor did.

With Jing, videos can only be 5 minutes long, with Snagit, you can make them as long as you like.
- If you upload your video to YouTube, you can upload your script to create close captions and provide a video transcript
- You can now edit your video, to cut out parts you don't want to keep
Snagit offers many more tools to mark up your screen shots:
- Call out boxes, automatic numbering, blurring capabilities (to hide names), special characters.
- You can resize, crop or cut-out parts of your screen shots.
Here's the quick visual of How to move from Jing to Snagit

Write a script for your video!
Check out an intro video of "Getting Started with Snagit" or the Snagit "Getting Started Guide" pdf
- Visit the Snagit web site to download the product at home; contact IT to download on your work computer. Or try it out in Tech Center 952.
- The Snagit Learning Center has great tutorials and tips to help you get started using Snagit.
- When you install Jing or Snagit, you create a screencast.com id, where you can store your video and share the link. You can also upload Snagit videos to YouTube.
- Share a link to your script, too!
Hardware Needed for Screencasting:
- Use a microphone, headset, or webcam for recording audio (headset is best)
- Use your computer speakers or headset to listen to audio
- Need suggestions? Check out How to Choose a Video Recording Headset

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 * Find out [[Tools:_Screen_Shots#How_do_you_add_a_screen_shot_to_Sakai.3F|how to add a Snagit screen shot to Sakai]]
 * [[Tools:_Screencasting#How_do_you_add_a_screencast_to_Sakai.3F|Add a link to a Snagit video in Sakai]]
-* Display a Snagit video in Sakai
+* [[Display a Snagit video in Sakai]]
 ===Intermediate How-to's for Videos===