Screencasting

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=Session Overview=

Learning Outcomes:
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 * At the end of this session you should be able to:**
 * **Identify learning situations where a screencast would be an appropriate /pedagogically sound solution**
 * **Identify the features of a screencast that make it a unique form of communication**
 * **Create a screencasting using simple screen-recording software/tools**
 * **Publish your screencast to the web**

Guiding Questions:
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 * **What is a screencast?** @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast
 * **What advantages / disadvantages do screencasts present for creating instructional content**?
 * **What instructional problems are we trying to solve in creating screencasts?**
 * **How might screencasting be particularly useful in adult education?**
 * **How is screencasting different from digital storytelling?**

History of Screencasting

 * John Udell**, Microsoft Consultant - largely credited with the development of the **//screencast as a medium of instruction//**
 * Heavy Metal Umlaut** by John Udell - screencast revisiting the development of a wiki over time**.**


 * Examples:**

Example of **providing a quick answer/guidance** to a faculty member regarding SaveAssign (Jing recording)

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Another example of **providing a quick answer/guidance** How to embed audio into a Blackboard course (Jing recording)

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Example of how a screencast might be used to **orient readers to a particular site**. This example uses my wiki which focuses on Digital Storytelling. media type="custom" key="21232120"

=** Demonstration (in class) recording a Jing screencast to help students navigate **=

Hands-on work

 * ** Create a Jing Account **
 * ** Create a recording **
 * ** Open the link in a browser and/or paste to a web site (your blog?) **


 * Actual in class demonstration of Jing **

= = =File Formats and Conversion= The file type produced by Jing is a Flash file, with and extension of .swf. Flash files have become problematic in their ability to be accessed by devices, such as the iPad, iPhone (Apple does not support Flash), etc. Those of us who have used Jing for some time and have Pro accounts (no longer available) can output either a .swf file or an .m4v. Those with the basic Jing account are limited to Flash. In order to upload these files to YouTube or use in other situations, they must be converted to another format.

Converting files - a wealth of information on video and file conversion:
Ken Hopson at the VCU Media Center in Cabell Library is a master at video editing and related issues. Ken has created a web site that addresses video conversion. See **Convert Video Formats** URL - http://guides.library.vcu.edu/content.php?pid=171629&sid=1445119

IWisoft Tutorials
=Compare/ Contrast Camtasia to Jing=

How is this different from JGE? Photoshop Tutorial
 * Example of Camtasia projects including edits.**

Flickr Overview by Bud Deihl
 * A quick tutorial** - self-help resource

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**Constructive Critique**
Feedback on student writing __http://www.techsmith.com/education-k12-stories-aly-tapp.html__

= Demonstration (in class) Camtasia =

Hands-on work

 * ** Download and install Camtasia **
 * ** Create a recording **
 * ** Follow along and experiment with the editor **
 * ** Save a Project **
 * ** Render a video **
 * ** Post to web **

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=**A Horse of Another Color**=

Echo360
-Britt Watwood An application licensed to particular departments/faculty at VCU Example only to show the use of inset video of presenter and narration of a Prezzi by Britt Watwood

**Screencasting Tips (Production) to quality screencasting**

 * Planning - Why screencast?
 * Audience
 * Need/outcomes - JGE or edited
 * Scripting
 * Storyboarding
 * [|Storyboarding templates]
 * Practice navigation
 * Define screen area - be aware of multiple screens/desired locations
 * Identifying potential pauses
 * USB Headset
 * Voice narration - time for mental processing
 * Editing
 * Distribution

**Screencasting Too****ls**
Free - beta which is not part of Snagit
 * Jing** by Techsmith
 * Jing Tutorials**


 * Camtasia Studio 8** by Techsmith

****Screenr**** Free (note: you can purchase a Pro Account)
 * How to Use This Screencasting Tool for e-Learning

Free PC
 * CamStudio**

= The iPad / tablets and extended capabilities =


 * iPad - What changes with tablet capability?**

Recording writing, drawing, mathematics; being able to capture something that unfolds as a thought process is explored.

ScreenChomp by Techsmith
Free Write, draw, audio record. Import images and annotate with or on image.
 * What is ScreenChomp? The iPad app to Record. Sketch. Share!

Example lesson recorded with ScreenChomp
 * Organic Chemistry I Lesson 3: Unsaturation

Taking advantage of sound recording and ability to write or draw:
 * Video: Using ScreenChomp to Learn Phonics

**Flipping the classroom** Student Created Video Solutions to AP Calculus AB FR using @ScreenChomp #flipclass



Example
 * iPad as a video creation tool**
 * VCU CTE Gallery of Online Teaching

Guiding document for my class on using Camtasia to create screencasts and then load them into a Blackboard class.

[|Tutorial on creating a screencast withScreencast]