Screen Casting Software PLUS STUDENT Adam Kelley Mon Khat Sandy Lu Elissa Vaidman

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Pre-Assessment How many of you have heard the term ‘screencasting software’? How many of you have heard of one of the following pieces of software? SnagIt, Camtasia, CamStudio, Wink, Captivate How many of you have watched an online tutorial (either through YouTube or from a program’s help menu)?

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Definition “A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. “Just as a screenshot is a picture of a user's screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on their monitor.” (Wikipedia)

A History Original Screencasting software – IBM’s Lotus ScreenCam in 1994 (was available in 2003 for $89, but today is no longer sold) Bradpochs Mar , 7:24 am It's a fantastic product. I'm currently using it for all sorts of training in our firm. We have a client that uses a DOS based Time & Billing system, that they run under windows. I've been able to use it to allow the users to see exactly what they must do to carry out a specific command. I'm sure that it will advance beyond it's very simple current design, allowing for much better integration with things like help files, etc.

A History, con’t The term ‘Screencasting’ was coined in 2004 by Jon Udell – Via blog inquiry Also Known As – ‘screen recording’, ‘screen capturing’, ‘video screencasting’ Photo credit: White Light MediaWhite Light Media

List of Screencasting Software Free CamStudio (pc) Wink (cross-platform) Taksi (pc) VirtualDub (pc) Capture Fox (pc) BB Flashback (pc) Fraps (pc) Growler Guncam (pc) HyperCam (pc) Nero Vision (pc) Proprietary Captivate (pc) Camstasia Studio (pc) SnagIt (pc) Webex Recorder (pc) Snapz Pro X (mac) ScreenFlow (mac) IShowU (mac) Screenflick (mac) Screen Mimic (mac) Screenium (mac)

Advantages of Screencasting Easy to capture what is taking place on screen Makes content more engaging and interactive than written instructions or screenshots Easily published and distributed Can communicate easily what may seem difficult to explain Effective way to teach a piece of software or service with use of audio, text, and video appeals to all learning styles

Screencasting Uses Professional Uses – New Employee Training Tutorials – Debugging – Program/Software Tutorials Educational Uses – Lesson Plans – Computer Lab demos – Student Presentations: Show and Tell – Software Tutorials (ppt example) Personal Uses – Software Tutorials – Image/Photo editing and/or Slideshow

Software Demonstrations CamStudio – Mon Camtasia – Elissa Wink – Adam Captivate – Elissa SnagIt – Sandy

CamStudio Video Link

Free Small Software (8MB) AVI & SWF Open Source Poor Quality Not Many Options

Camtasia Studio Click Here

Camtasia Studio PROS Easy to Record Can Audio Record during screencast, or post- screencast Sophisticated Look and Feel Multiple Output Options CONS ~ 69 MB Difficult to Edit – not intuitive Certain effects not editable Wait time for rendering Heavy output

Wink Adam The Leader Says: Click Here

Pros and Cons to Wink Pro Free (10 MB) Can do almost anything other programs can – Editing of images and text Saves automatically in HTML format Did I mention Free! Con Not the easiest features to use – Commands and controls foreign to most users Sound is raspy Timing of video capture is tricky

Captivate Click Here

Captivate PROS Easy to Use / Intuitive Audio Recording during screencasting and post- screencasting Extensive editing options Multiple Output Options CONS ~ 276 MB Expensive ($699) Lengthy publishing time Did I mention it costs $699?

Snag It Click Here

SnagIt Pros ~ 45 MB Easy to use Audio recording while screencasting Cons Cannot make post-capture audio recording Cannot edit post-capture audio or video Cannot insert caption to the video

SnagIt 9 Editor

Image capture  entire screen  fixed region Edit  drawing tools  frames & borders  edge effects  color adjustments  eliminate unwanted areas Share  save to file (23 formats, including GIF, JPEG, TIF, PDF…)  send to /power point