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Screencasting - Creating Instructional Videos I. Getting Screen shots A. Mac 1. Area Selection = Apple + Shift + 4 2. Screen = Applc + Shift + 3 3. Window = Apple + Shift + 4 + Click a window These files will be saved as PNG files to your desktop. Saving images directly to your clipboard 1. Area Selection = Apple + Control + Shift + 4 2. Screen = Applc + Control + Shift + 3 3. Window = Apple + Control + Shift + 4 + Click a window B. Mac - Grab 1. Look in the Utilities Folder inside the Applications Folder 2. Features Area Capture Screen Capture Window Caputre Timed Capture C. Windows 2000 & XP Copying images to your clipboard 1. Screen = PrtScn 2. Active Window = Alt + PrtScn 3. Use Paint application to edit image D. Mac & Windows - SmartBoard Capture 1. Screen 2. Window 3. Active Window 4. Freehand Capture Copies image to same page or a new page in the SmartBoard Notebook E. Mac - Skitch 1. http://plasq.com/skitch 2. Free beta application - Requires frequent quick updates 3. Allows for annotation, highlighting, addition of shapes, and quick resizing 4. Features Crosshair Full Screen Cam Frame Marking up images with Skitch F. Mac & Windows XP - Jing 1. http://www.jingproject.com/ 2. Free application - Periodic updates 3. Area selection capture 4. Features Arrows Text Shapes Highlighting II. What do you do with screen shots A. Paste into Word documents B. Paste into PowerPoint/Keynote C. Paste into Smart Board Notebook D. Upload to your Urban Planet website E. Use to build your own worksheets/assignments F. Use to explain something or focus attention G. Use as a reference for students who need information repeated H. Use for students who are absent I. Enrich your Moodle course with a vital image J. Annotate image III. Creating Screencasts or Instructional Videos A. Mac & PC - SmartBoard Video Recorder 1. Can set the quality of the video recording 2. Can record whole screen or select area 3. Creates QuickTime .mov format file 4. Huge file size for web posting B. Mac & Windows XP - Jing 1. Free application 2. Area selection capture 3. Five minute video limit 4. No editing 5. SWF file format 6. Can save video to Screencast.com or to your hard drive Wrapping Text In Pages 7. Pro version available for $14.95 Unlimited time recording for pro version SWF & mpeg4 file format C. Screencast-o-Matic.com 1. Free browser-based application 2. http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ 3. Can select screen capture area 4. Can upload video to Screencast-o-Matic.com to share 5. Can add short text messages at user-selected points in the video 6. Audio 7. Fifteen minute limit 8. Can export video as Quicktime format to upload to Urban Planet website D. Mac - SnapzPro X 1. http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ 2. Screenshots and videos 3. $69 E. Mac (Leopard) - Screenflow 1. http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm 2. For Leopard 10.5 only 3. $99 F. Windows 2000 & XP - Wink 1. http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ 2. Free application 3. SWF File format 4. Audio recorded 5. Features Callouts Text Shapes Next and Previous buttons G. Windows 2000 & XP - CamStudio 1. http://camstudio.org/ 2. Open Source application - free 3. SWF file format H. Windows 2000 & XP - Camtasia 1. http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp 2. $299 IV. What can you do with screencasts/instructional videos? A. Demonstrate how to do something B. Post on Urban Planet website for students who are absent or who need to watch video repeatedly C. Record how to work math problem D. Explain how to revise writing E. Share with other colleagues who teach the same content F. Have students create video to demonstrate understanding V. Tools A. Wacom Bamboo slate B. SMART AirLiner slate |
