Creating Your Own Video/Screen Captures

Creating Your Own Video/Screen

Captures

why?

demonstrateexplainpersonalize

Saving as RTF – the video

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Saving as RTF- the video

Saving as RTF – the screen capture

two tools that work together

Jing (TechSmith)http://www.jingproject.com/Screencast (also TechSmith)http://www.screencast.com/

Jing

‘sun launcher’top of screen

toolbarbottom

to capture the screen

from the sun launcheror toolbar

1. select Capture

use the grid to select the capture area

screencaptur

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redoselection

video cancel

2. use the annotate tools

3. save

upload to Screencastupload to Screencast

save the file on your system

save the file on your system

copy (to be pasted)copy (to be pasted)

cancel

cancel

by default the file name is the date

stamp

by default the file name is the date

stamp

Screencast URL / accessible anywhere online

Saveon your system / direct manipulation

create an account and sign in

Screencast

•free (for most users)•you set privacy controls•designed to work easily with Jing

my library

to record video

use notes or scriptrehearse

segment actions

use notes or scriptrehearse

segment actions

1. have the content to be recorded

open onscreen2. select Capture and

choose the screen area to record

(the same steps as the screen capture)

videos can be up to five minutes long

no editing no annotation

no mistakes?

record with or without narration

3. preview then save

Save •to Screencast •to your computer•both

4. save to Screencast copies the URL to clipboard

and then displays the message that the URL is ready to be pasted

Jing/Screencast files can be used in Blackboard

•added as a link•embedded•uploaded directly as a file (Jing)

URL opened in new window

code embedded in text box

Jing http://www.jingproject.com/

Screencasthttp://www.screencast.com/