Screencasting: IT Training Goes to the Movies

Summary

Activity

ScreencastingIT Training Goes to the Movies

Phil Vincent

What is a Screencast?

Screencasting Software

Web Browser

Network

Personalise

Visual

Fixed Presentation

Not Interactive

Screencasting Process

• Storyboard• Audience• Purpose• Distribution

Plan

• Screen• Audio• PowerPoint

Record • Import• Audio• Timeline• Effects

Edit

• Production Presets

• Custom Production

Produce • Web• Download• Social Media

Share

Planning a Screencast

Storyboarding

Audience

Purpose

Distribution

Recording a Screencast

Recording Tips

Create Recording Standard

Practice

Be Patient

Clean Up

Turn Off Pop-Ups & Alerts

Multiple Short Clips

Mouse Movement

PowerPoint Recording Tips

• 32 Arial• Sans Serif• High Contrasts• Simple Backgrounds• Spell Check• Use Notes – import slide notes into Camtasia as captions• Use Titles – title text imports into Camtasia as table of

contents markers• Use Cropped Images• Use Simple Animations• Add Transitions in PowerPoint, not Camtasia

Audio Recording Tips

USB Microphone

Practice

Quiet Location

Script

Project & Enunciate

Audio Levels

Audio Enhancements

Activity

Editing a Screencast

Producing a Screencast

Sharing a Screencast

Summary

• Storyboard• Audience• Purpose• Distribution

Plan

• Screen• Audio• PowerPoint

Record • Import• Audio• Timeline• Effects

Edit

• Production Presets

• Custom Production

Produce • Web• Download• Social Media

Share

Questions

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