5/9/2012

Learning Outcome Each attendee will: Plan, produce, edit and publish a 2-3 minute instruction screencast on a topic of their choice using Camtasia software 2

What Is it? Screencasting What Is it? capturing your actions on a computer screen with the goal of showing others how to accomplish tasks on a website or in a given software environment Bailey, J. (2012). Informal screencasting: Results of a customer-satisfaction survey with a convenience sample. New Library World, 113(1/2), Term first appeared in the literature in 2004 Infoworld By Jon Udell,writer for Infoworld 3

Learning Outcome Each attendee will: Plan, produce, edit and publish a 2-3 minute instruction screencast on a topic of their choice using Camtasia software 4

INTRODUCTIONS 5

Introductions Tell everyone Name Institution What you do 3 unique things about yourself – one of which is fictitious 6

PLANNING YOUR SCREENCAST 7

RECORDING IN CAMTASIA

How to record in Camtasia Step 1: Open Camtasia  select desktop icon Step 2: Select “Record the Screen” Step 3: Resize screen recording area Step 4:Set recording settings (microphone test, deselect “record system audio”, adjust audio volume)

Ready, Set, Record! To Record Click the red “rec” button When finished, Stop recording by hitting F10 Watch preview of recording, then Save & Edit Title Screen After recording and saving your video insert a “Title Screen” Select the drop down for “More” & chose “Title Clips” Select “Add title clip” & either create a title screen or upload an image file.

Demo Video: Google Scholar

Rehearse

EDITING PROCESS 13

PUBLISHING YOUR SCREENCAST 14

ASSESSMENT 15

Low cost screen capture; video creation software Same makers of Camtasia You go home with Snagit – license 16

WRAP-UP 17