1. Technology Training Tools Buffet Prepared by Lydia Towery, Nora Armstrong, Peggy Higgins, Edward Hirst, Melissa Raymer Master Trainer Refrresher, April 2010

2. Technology Training Tools Buffet By the end of workshop: 1.Library staff know that there are free tools to enhance their presentations 2.Library staff will be able to use free tools like Lightscreen, SnagIt, Jing, Youtube, Prezi, Polls Everywhere, Screencast-o-matic, etc. 3.Library staff will be confident in their ability to produce enhanced instructional materials.

3. Technology Training Tools Buffet SnagIt Poll Everywhere Screencast-o-Matic Camtasia Wiki

4. Snagit Image/Screen Capture & Share Tool Main Snagit page

5. Why use Snagit? To capture a screen shot or image to include in a presentation, document, website, or blog To add effects, callouts, arrows, etc., to your captures To save and arrange captures that you use more than once

6. Cropping, adding arrow and callout

7. Adding a plain-text callout

8. Snagit Tips Have Snagit AND the computer program open BEFORE you start capture Save a parent image – edited images can’t be undone You can add material to a saved image Be sure to check your spelling Avoid cluttering the page with too many images

9. Poll Everywhere Interactive Audience participation Live results

10. Create a Poll

11. Provide Access

12. Real-time Results

13. Life Beyond Powerpoint: Why consider using screencapture software Narration Uploading to web (YouTube) Embedding in blogs, Wikis, other websites, etc.

14. Examples of screen capture software Screencast-o-matic Jing Camtasia

15. Enhancing Your Presentations with Screen Capture Freeware

16. Recorder Frame Set capture resolution Recorder Frame

17. Simple Options Record Microphone Level Screensize Capture Resolution Close Alt-P—Toggle Pause

18. Easy Upload

19. Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

20. Record, Edit, Share Library of Accessories: backgrounds, intros with music, callouts, and title backgrounds Save Recording in multiple file formats for YouTube, ipod/itouch, Blackberry, Blog, Web 30-Day Free Trial Tutorials: http://www.techsmith.com/learn/camtasia/7/ http://www.techsmith.com/learn/camtasia/7/ Camtasia Features

21. Set clear goals for the video Speak slowly Create a script for the narrative Good microphone for better audio quality Practice, practice, practice Camtasia Tips

22. Why Wikis? Collaborative Web-based

23. Wikis to Pull It All Together Collaborate without a shared drive Easy-to-use templates Adaptable for variety of uses Offsite storage/hosting Free! *Wikispaces url: http://www.wikispaces.com/

24. Example Wiki Using Wikispaces

25. Other Free Wiki Products MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including this website, the home of MediaWiki. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki TikiWiki can be used to create web sites and intranets. It can be used for forums, chat rooms, poll taking, blogging, as well as a file and image gallery, and it has a calendar function. http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php

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