Presented by:

Meredith Martin

mmartin@mantuaschools.com

Screencasting is the process of recording actions on your computer screen along with

audio to create short videos that can be watched on demand at a later date.

There are a lot of great reasons for screen casting. Use it to record lessons for students who were absent, or for those who may need

reinforcement. Use it as a reteaching tool. Use them as video sub plans! Create screencasts to 'flip' your classroom: Students watch the video lessons, then complete work, coming to you for assistance as needed. You can even have students create screencasts of their

own!

Screencast Resources: http://www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html

www.techsmith.com/jing.htmlPowerful screencasting software. Requires

download, 5 minute recording limit.

screenr.c

om

Free, web based screencasting

software. No downloads. Easy

sharing.

www.screencast-o-matic.comFree, web based screencasting tool. No download.

15 minutes max per recording. Free hosting.

camstudio.orgFree screencasting software. Requires

download. No time limit. Built in editing software.

Once you have created your screencast, you need a place

to put it so others can access it. There are multiple

options for this, but YouTube and SchoolTube are two great

options. Create a channel for your screencasts on either

service, and upload all of them to that channel so they are

easily accessible in one place. Both services allow you to

embed your videos into other websites once they have

been uploaded and processed, so you can also share them

via your class website.

For today's workshop

we'll be using CamStudio,

as it is already installed

on the lab computers.

Find the CamStudio icon

and launch the program.

CamStudio Icon

This is the main menu for CamStudio. All of your

tools are available from this screen.

1.

2.

Under the

Options

menu you

can select

the device

you want to

record from.

Be sure to

select

microphone if

you want to

record your

voiceover.

Choose your audio device here

Region lets you specify what area of the screen

you want to record. Full screen is most common,

but you can also choose a specific window, or

set a region to record.

3.

4.

The Tools menu

gives you a

few more

options. From

here, you can

add

annotations,

and also

convert your

movie to Flash

video.

Annotations

It's important to know where the computer will be saving the video files

you create. You can set the folder it saves to by clicking OPTIONS -

PROGRAM OPTIONS - DIRECTORY FOR RECORDING - USE USER SPECIFIED

DIRECTORY.

5.

6.

Once the

Browse for

Folder menu

comes up, you

can select a

folder to save

your files to. I

recommend

saving to your

H drive.

Your recording buttons are on

the main menu screen. You can

record, pause, and stop.

7.

8.

You can change the view to make the buttons menu less obtrusive. Click VIEW - COMPACT VIEW for this version.

Click VIEW - BUTTONS VIEW

for this version.

9.

You can upload your video

clips to YouTube under

your account.

10.

11.Once you have signed in,

simply click the UPLOAD

button at the top of the

screen.

12.

On the upload menu, simply

drag and drop your clips.

You can also access the

Editor from this menu.

YouTube's video editor is a powerful but easy to use editor. You can

combine multiple clips, add photos, music, transitions, and text.

13.

14.

These buttons

give you more

detailed

editing

options.

Once your video is edited and uploaded, you can click on it to access its

settings, and to get the link or embed code. Simply click SHARE to get

the code to add it to a website or blog.

15.

16.

Once you have

your embed

code, you can

easily paste it

into your

website to

create a video

library of

lessons.

There are many different tools available for screencasting. Try several and find the one that works best for you. You may even find a combination of tools works better than just one. For example, the Promethean software has a recording option, and for video editing you can use Windows MovieMaker. Get your students involved! They can create tutorials on many topics for you and help you build your video library. Don't try to do it all at once! Start small and build up to more.