introduction to screencasting for librarians
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
The mostfamousscreencastever!
The Script
1.An introduction to screencasting2.Screencasting to an external audience3.Break4.Screencasting to an internal audience5.Screencasting to an audience of one6.Questions
The Intro: Part 1
• What is it?• Why?• Think like a screencaster• The big 3• Some basics• Be brave
What
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. - Wikipedia
Know your audience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/45539374/
Cater to your long tailhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_coleman/181120172/
Know your goal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viccastelo/2583391756/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calavera/65098350/
Answer questions
Tell a Story
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/2566241384/
Tell a story
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rapo/2240107535/
Be short
or be long
Point of Need
Don’t call them screencasts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10946770@N04/1036907562/
The Technologyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/6208920/
•Price: $299 or $249 nonprofits or $179 for education•Windows and Macs ($99)•Popular•Fairly easy to learn•Good audio•Very good callouts•Great export settings•Easy to edit•Good documentation•Allows tutorials•Hot spots•Table of contents•Webcam•Closed captioning•PowerPoint plugin•Stream format
•Price: $799 - $249 for educators•Windows •Hard to learn•OK audio•Audio for specific items•Decent callouts•OK export settings•Hard to edit•Bad documentation•Great text manipulation•Table of contents•Webcam•Closed captioning•Mouse editing•Great for tutorials•Previewing is annoying•Great image editing•Clip format
•Price: $99•Only for Macs•Very easy to learn•Decent audio•OK callouts•OK export settings•Very easy to edit•OK documentation•Table of contents•Webcam•Great text manipulation•No closed captioning•Mouse editing•iPhone demonstration•Speed up and slow down clips•Stream format
CamtasiaCaptivateScreenflow
Learning Curve
Time
Skill
• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Blip.tv
• Tubemogel
• Your server
Where to store
http://www.flickr.com/photos/omarrun/405996859/
Equipment$110
$100
$30
$74
Storyboarding
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heilemann/2396074550/
Communicatehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ohhector/456611804/
Assessment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42093713@N05/4101208427/