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** What are the '''eight steps''' to create a Screencast?
 
** What are the '''eight steps''' to create a Screencast?
 
*** Gather content, check your microphone, use a free screen capture tool ([http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html Jing]) to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
 
*** Gather content, check your microphone, use a free screen capture tool ([http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html Jing]) to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
*** Edit your presentation (optional), upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation (screencast.com], Sakai, [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])
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*** Edit your presentation (optional), upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation ([screencast.com], Sakai, [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])
 
*** Set access options, give students access to your presentation
 
*** Set access options, give students access to your presentation
  

Revision as of 14:36, 25 October 2013

Screencasting

What is Screencasting?

  • Watch this short video (2 minutes, 10 seconds) from Brutus Partners to discover:
    • What is Screencasting?
    • What is a sample of a Screencast?
    • 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?
      • Gather content, check your microphone, use a free screen capture tool (Jing) to capture your presentation (PowerPoint, PDF)
      • Edit your presentation (optional), upload your presentation to a location to share your presentation ([screencast.com], Sakai, YouTube)
      • Set access options, give students access to your presentation

Demonstrate how to create a screencast

  • Watch his video
    • Before recording your presentation, create a PowerPoint with your content
    • 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