Screencast-O-Matic

Screencast-O-Matic is a free tool you can use to record your screen or record a webcam, for a maximum of 15 minutes. In addition, you can record the screen, and display a small picture of yourself (via a webcam). This is sometimes referred to as creating a "picture in a picture". Screencast-O-Matic works on Windows PCs and Macs. Videos can be published to Screencast-O-Matic or YouTube.

How do instructors use it?

Create short "selfie" videos to introduce themselves to their students, to introduce a topic, or to clarify a concept or assignment
Provide tours of the “online” parts of their class
Explain concepts and demonstrate how to perform math, science or computer lab assignments
Provide feedback

What hardware do you need?

A microphone (or headset) for recording audio
A webcam (if you want to record your face and not just your screen)
Computer speakers (or headset) to hear audio

How do you set-up Screencast-O-Matic?

You'll need to install the software at home, or ask IT to install it at work.
Here are the Screencast-O-Matic Install Instructions for installing the software on Windows 7 using the Firefox web browser

How do you record with Screencast-O-Matic?

Here's a short video demonstrating how to record a video using Screencast-O-Matic:

Where can you upload your videos?

We recommend that you upload your videos to YouTube. Why?

YouTube automatically creates closed captions that you can update.
You can easily display a YouTube video in Sakai by using Lessons and Add Content/AddContent Link; just paste in the YouTube video url.
Here's a video demonstrating how to upload a Screencast-O-Matic video directly to YouTube.

Screencast-O-Matic

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