Screencasting: Simple & Inexpensive Virtual Instruction Elaine Settergren and Alyssa Novak

What’s a Screencast?

Ask questions & tweet your Prezi:

Planning & best practices Share & Embed Tips! Metadata & CC Maintain it Feedback & Statistics Screencasting Process

Planning and Best Practices Record it! Upload it Metadata & CC Share and Embed Stats & Maintenance

The Tools

Other Options More! resources-to-create-library-videos/ resources-to-create-library-videos/

Screencast Best Practices

Make a Plan & Transcript

Keep it short & to the point!

Record your Introduction Slide

Introduce yourself!

Include contact info at end

Add metadata

Workflow

1.No software download required 2.Easy upload to YouTube 3.Easy start & stop to edit recording on the fly 4.Video editing is possible, but not necessaryVideo editing is possible 5.FREE and easy

Setup

Headsets

Example

Navigate to

Record it!

Metadata and Upload Title Description Tags Category Privacy YouTube Account – Username: fakelibrary13 – Password: falsebiblio

Videos What are some ways you’ll use these videos?

Reach your audience where they’re at

…and where they’ll likely need help

Video before class and activities in class

…remind them that help is easily accessible - anytime, anywhere

1.The audience is already using it 2.Allows for closed captioning 3.Accessible on every device 4.Easy to track analytics 5.Flexibility with embeddability 6.FREE and easy

Username: fakelibrary13 Password: falsebiblio

Navigating YouTube Channel vs. Video Manager Public Private

3. Add metadata

CC here or here Video Manager “Edit” View Video Page View – when you’re logged in

Upload your.txt file and select "transcript file"

Share and Embed Copy code

Keep it up-to-date

Feedback & Statistics Video Manager

Analytics > Views Reports > Playback Locations

Analytics > Views Reports > Traffic Sources

Analytics > Views Reports > Audience Retention

Use statistics to tell your story

The sky's the limit! Elaine Settergren – Alyssa Novak –

Tools Screencast-o-matic. YouTube. Glogster. LibGuides. Creative Commons Image Search: Kroski, E. (2011, Sept. 1). 25+ resources to create library videos. Retrieved from OEDb: Kroski, E. (2012, June 29). How to make library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts. Retrieved from OEDb: educational-videos-and-screencasts/ educational-videos-and-screencasts/

Resources Holder, J. (2012, Sept. 19). 15 ways to learn something new. Retrieved from newhttp:// new Farkas, M. (2013, March 5). Just-for-me training. Retrieved from Jacobsen, M. (2011). Screencasting for an audience of one. Library Journal, 136(1), 142. King, D. L. (2011, Dec.8). Focus on Youtube – Summary and Why? and-why/#.UGIKaaTyZLchttp:// and-why/#.UGIKaaTyZLc Kroski, E. (2011, Sept. 1). 25+ resources to create library videos. Retrieved from OEDb: to-create-library-videos/ to-create-library-videos/ Kroski, E. (2012, June 29). How to make library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts. Retrieved from OEDb: Kroski, E. (2009). That's infotainment!. School Library Journal, 55(2), Moore, K. (2011, July 26). 71% of online adults now use video-sharing sites. Retrieved from Pew Internet: Rogers, C. R. (2011, Dec.). Social Media, Libraries, and Web 2.0: How American Libraries are Using New Tools for Public Relations and to Attract New Users. Rosales, F. (2013, Feb. 12) Why You Need To Take YouTube Seriously In YouTube. (n.d.). Statistics. Retrieved Sept. 26, 2012 from