2012 International TESOL Convention, Philadelphia Electronic Village PresentationMs. Candice Quiñones (cjq208@lehigh.edu) March 29, 2012

Creating Video Mini-Lessons with Ease

The best videos combine video footage, slides, and voice-overs blended through the use of screencasting. To create a mini-lesson, you will need to follow these steps.

1. Prepare: Determine the material you will need before filming/recording.a. Prepare a slide show for a background.b. Record any video footage necessary.c. Have necessary screens/programs running or cued up.

2. Organize: Once these materials are prepared, create a short storyboard and/or script for yourself and do a run-through. You may choose to record your run-through, but it is very seldom that things will go exactly as you wish the first time.

3. Film: Record your video. 4. Publish: Once you have recorded, preview, and then publish the final result through the

method of your choice.a. You may need to convert your file after filming if your screencasting program

doesn’t offer a way to publish directly (online), but free video converters are readily available online for download (see below).

b. Popular places to publish screencasts are Youtube or Vimeo, but you can also use your course management site, wiki, email or the provided host site.

Screencasting LinksFor PC

CamStudio (Open Source) --- <http://camstudio.org/>

For MAC Jing (Free, limits recording to 5 min., video formats are hard to convert but you can share

them online.) <http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/>

For PC & MAC Camtasia (Free 30 day Trial only)

<http://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasia/default.asp>

<http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ > (Web)

< http://www.screenr.com/> (Web)

<Slideshare.com> also offers a way to create a slidecast by uploading audio along with your presentation and then synchronizing it. (Audacity is a free program to create audio with)

Free Video Converters Kigo Any Video Converter