1. Welcome to “Screencasts” with Tara Wein

2. Why I researched screencasts….  I had student that was going to be absent for a week at the end of the year, so I wanted a way to help her.  I had a student on homebound and wanted to do more to help her than write out EVERYTHING!!!  Another teacher was out during final review, so I wanted her kids to have access to the reviews.

3. What is Snagit? Snagit is a program that captures what is on the screen. It can be a video, or a webpage, or just what’s on the screen. Is Snagit the only program? No, there are many screen capture programs “out there”, but my research pointed me to snagit.

4. Who benefits from screencasts? Homebound students Students that know they will be absent & request the work early. Absent students Students that need a second look Pre-record for when you will be absent. Students that need to preview the lesson

5. What does it take to make a screencast? Snagit ($29.95 with education discount) Some sort of writing tablet. (around $20 – 100) **These are 1 time purchases**

6. I found these tablets on Amazon by searching “pen tablet usb”. I like these because they are cheaper & connect directly to your computer, no software needed. You can get wireless tablets, but they require bluetooth & software.

7. ..\Documents\Snagit\big circle.mp4 Let’s look at a sample of one of last year’s screen casts.

8. How to install Snagit

9. 1. go to www.techsmith.comwww.techsmith.com 2.Click on snagit download

10. 3. Enter your email address click on “Start Windows Download”

11. 4. Select “run” when asked if you want to run snagit.exe

12. Now, you just follow the installation instructions.

13. How to record a screencast

14. Double click on the snagit 11 icon

15. Select “turn on OneClick”

16. Start your power point & select the pen Goes to the slide before Controls the pen Controls the slide show Goes to the next slide

17. Hover your cursor over the orange part on your screen.

18. Select “video” on the dropdown menu

19. Use the yellow crosshairs to select the part of the screen you want to capture.

20. Click the red REC button

21. Snagit will countdown from 3 before the recording starts. (the yellow film strips on the sides will be moving when you are recording).

22. Record your screen cast. When you are finished hit Shift f10 to stop the recording.

23. Once you stop the recording this screen will open up.

24. You can upload the video to screencast.com

25. Setup your screencast.com account

26. Fill in your information

27. You will see this screen.

28. When you are finished, this will pop up on the bottom right of the screen

29. You just signed up for your free account. I like this one because they don’t take ownership of your screencasts & it’s the same company that makes Snagit.

30. Uploaded files go in here

31. Double click on the “snagit” folder & you can see the files you’ve uploaded

32. Hover over the file & these icons come up. Opens the folder, or you can double click Edits the file’s properties Allows you to share the files Deletes the files

33. To edit the content of a file click on the edit icon.

34. Change the file name in the “title” box

35. To move a file from one folder to another, click on “move content”

37. To create a folder, click on “create folder”

38. Give the folder a name Change privacy settings

39. If you want anybody to be able to view your screencast, use this setting.

40. Use this one if you want people to have to be given the address for this folder.

41. Use this one if you want people to have to have a password to access the folder. It’s the one I use.

42. This is the most secure setting, but you have to email invitations to each person individually. Would be a pain.

43. Now you can see my new folder

44. If you need help email me: tara.wein@ectorcountyisd.org I’m wanting to start some kind of forum or blog about screencasts for us to support each other. If you want to join, please email me with “screencast” in the subject. Copies of the powerpoint can be found on my ecisd webpage.