Tips for New Screencasters

8/7/2019 Tips for New Screencasters

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general tipshire an audio pro/studio use ree tutorials & ask questions on user

orumsbe con dent & just do it! learn basic eatures o

the so tware like start, pause, stop get a good mic haveun—inject humor and personality get started, experi-

ment, make mistakes learn to use playlists & blog media rolls

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know your material cold supplement with written instructions,

linked rom the screencast determine goals & category o screencast

mix slides with screen videodetermine what to cover (con-

tent), then how to cover it ( orm) plan out your screen-cast use illustrations, diagrams, other visuals keep screencast

ocused & short improvise!do practice takes

don’t over practice leave time or review & critique

ollow instructional theory best practices look to cinema or inspirationcreate a script/storyboard use a webcam to

show the speaker use the efects in PPT or Keynotesimple tutorials may not need audio be visually interesting

content & planning

before recordingchange screen/app resolution to match target size create and

ollow a pre-recording settings checklist close apps to ree up memoryshut down anything that pops upor goes “bing!” clean o your desktop clear website

browser history record a 10-second audio check use large ontthat contrasts with background log into system as a

user or student, not as admin or instructor turn on mouse highlight turn o /

silence phones nd or build a quiet place to recordbeware o mic picking up computer, typing, chair noise keep a glass

o water handy





during recordingleave some space at the beginning o each clip record in small chunks/mod-ules, join in editing capture only the important parts o screen recordvideo rst, leaving “pauses”, thensync to audio decide whether to record in chunks or one long

take record audio separately rom video, usingAudacity take your time while recording speak in a conversationaltone (no reading or rushing) when not talking, take your hand o the mouse

a ter a verbal slip-up, leave silence—it’s easy to spot & edit on timeline keep up a

brisk visual pace—static is boring don’t narrate every move on screen

editing & productioncreate a custom thumbnail or the frst rame

borrow sound e ects & soundtracks rom apps like iLi e add captions/subtitles or those viewing sans audio don’toveruse transitions or zooms automate anything you can edit to

remove errors in audio or videoenhance audio using built-in tools add good callouts & titles, paying at-tention to typography use music during title transitions adapt dimen-sions & fle sizes or target viewers create screencast at two sizes so viewers

can choose



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