It is a digital recording of your computer screen. Screencasts are important in online teaching because it is a way of replacing traditional classroom lectures. This guide will lead you through how to create and export a screencast using QuickTime Player.

Finder is located in the lower left corner of your Mac screen click on the icon to get to the Finder screen.

In the Finder window, look to the side menu, find Applications and click on it.

Look for the QuickTime Player app and click on it.

When you click on the QuickTime Player app it will look like your screen will not change. However, if you look at the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, you will see that QuickTime Player is open. To start your screencast, click on File

This drop screen will appear. Click on New Screen Recording To start your screencast.

This rectangle will appear on your screen.

If you need to add a microphone to your screencast click on the white down arrow.

This drop screen will appear. Click on C-Media USB Headphone Set. Your microphone is now connected to your screencast. (In order to have this choice, your microphone needs to be plugged in to the USB port first.)

Click on the red and white circle to start your screencast. Now your ready to record.

After you click on the record button, this rectangle will appear on your screen. If you want a full screen recording, just click on Click to record the full screen. Or if you only want to record a portion of your screen, click on Drag to record part of the screen and drag it to the part of the screen you want to record.

After you choose the part of the screen you want to record (the screen will be highlighted to show the portion that will be recorded) The button Start Recording will appear. Click on it to start recording. Start Recording

Click on the grey box to stop your recording.

The screencast now needs to be exported in order to edit it or save it. Go to the top menu bar and click on File

Click on Export To Choose to export to iMovie

Click on Share

1. Type in the name of your screencast. 2. Choose where you’d like to save the screencast. 3. Click Save Your screen cast is now saved.

View the next screencast and PowerPoint to learn how to edit your screencast in iMovie. It is important to edit your screencast in iMovie because it will allow you to export it to YouTube. The YouTube screencast can easily be added to your online My Big Campus class.