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Screencasting Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide with Tips and Tools

Dive into the world of screencasting with this introductory guide by Paul R. Pival from the University of Calgary. Learn what screencasting is, who can benefit from it, and explore live examples, tips, tricks, and audio considerations for creating engaging screencasts. Discover recommended tools like Camtasia Studio, Captivate, ViewletBuilder, and more, along with output considerations and platforms for sharing your creations. Stay updated on the latest trends and resources in screencasting.

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Screencasting Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide with Tips and Tools

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  1. Show and Tell the Easy Way: An Introduction to Screencasting Wed., November 8, 2006 Paul R. Pival Distance Education Librarian, University of Calgary

  2. Poll - Have you developed screencasts before? • Yes • No

  3. Poll - if yes, which product have you used? • (Can choose more than one) • Camtasia Studio • Captivate • ViewletBuilder • CamStudio • Wink • Other

  4. What is Screencasting? • In its most simple form, a movie of your computer’s screen • In a more advanced form, it can include audio, interactivity, menus • A great way to demonstrate something!

  5. Who’s it for? • Patrons • Staff • Friends and Family

  6. A History of Screencasting • While screencasts have been around longer, Jon Udell is credited with popularizing the term in November 2004. • Jon Udell and the Heavy Metal Umlaut (an early fun example)

  7. Live Examples

  8. Interactivity • Quizzes • Click points • Hotspots (weblinks)

  9. Tips • Keep them short • Keep them small • Use audio • Plan ahead • Annotate

  10. Tricks • Sizer - quickly resize your browser (or any application) to uniform dimensions for all your screencasts. • A headset microphone will provide the most consistent volume since it’s always the same distance from your mouth.

  11. Notes about Audio Audio quality - a quality microphone will make a big difference in the way your recording sounds.  Don’t use the built-in mic on a laptop unless you have no other alternative.  Camtasia Studio 4 does offer a noise-reduction feature that works very well.

  12. Output Considerations • Depends on your audience • Flash for web delivery • AVI, MOV • Burn to CD/DVD • iPod! • Size (Display Resolution)

  13. Where to put these things? • YouTube • Screencast.com (Techsmith) • ViewletCentral (Qarbon) • Your website • Collected on one or several pages • With links right next to the databases…

  14. Platforms • Windows • Linux • Mac

  15. System Requirements • Varies by program, but the stronger your system the more enjoyable your experience will be. • Minimum for Windows: • Pentium 4 • WinXP • 512K RAM

  16. Products - Free or Fee? • Free • Wink • CamStudio • Fee (the Big Three) • ViewletBuilder • Camtasia Studio • Captivate

  17. Wink 2 • Windows and Linux • Free • Can do post-capture editing • Not very intuitive (IMHO) • http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

  18. Cam Studio • Windows Only • Free • No post-capture editing • http://www.camstudio.org/

  19. Qarbon ViewletBuilder • Stop-motion capture • Cursor appears to be animated • Only major commercial option for Linux • $299, or $199 educational pricing • http://www.qarbon.com/presentation-software/viewletbuilder/

  20. Techsmith Camtasia Studio 4 • This is the product I use most frequently • Windows only • $299 or $179 educational pricing • http://techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

  21. Adobe Captivate 2 • Formerly RoboDemo • Formerly Macromedia Captivate • Can record stop-motion or full video • Windows only • $599, $199 educational pricing • http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/

  22. Let’s Build One

  23. Keeping up to date • http://del.icio.us/tag/screencasting and http://del.icio.us/tag/screencasts • http://www.notess.com/screencasting - Greg Notess - LibCasting

  24. Show and Tell the Easy Way: An Introduction to Screencasting Paul R. Pival ppival@ucalgary.ca http://distlib.blogs.com

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