Catching your screen

Screencapture

Slidecasting

Screencasting

• Much, much more detail and a copy of these slides is at:

• http://mullet.pbwiki.com

• Is passworded

Outline

• Definitions• Output Format• Streaming• Screencasting gear• (How we have used these)• Software to use:

– Jing – SnagIt – Slideshare.net – Camtasia Studio– Captivate 3– Other Options

Screencapture

• Source: http://aquaculturepda.wikispaces.com/podcast4

Slidecasting

• http://www.slideshare.net/sirexkat/what-is-library-20

Screencasting

• http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/time.mov

Output format

• Size of captured screen 4:3

• Can it be played by everything ?

• Should file be made smaller ?

• Can it be uploaded to sharing sites like YouTube?

Storage

Lectopia trial

Laptop

Tools

Jing

Jing

• Fast and dirty screencaptures and screencasts, hosted on the web. Free

Link to Jing screencast: http://screencast.com/t/hBsncFfAYK

Jing

Jing

• Where from ?

• Cost?

• What does it do ?

• How do you get it ?

• How do you use it ?

• What type of output ?

• What is it best for ?

SnagIT

SnagIT

• Fast, quality screencaptures with excellent editing and captions (called “callouts”)

• Fast and dirty screencasting

• About AUD 68

SnagIT

• Where from ?

• Cost?

• What does it do ?

• How do you get it ?

• How do you use it ?

• What type of output ?

• What is it best for ?

Slideshare.net

Slideshare.net

• Slidesets with synchronised audio.

• Hosted on the web, free.

Link to slideshare screencast: http://www.slideshare.net/pollyalida/slidecast-demo

Slideshare.net

Slideshare.net

• Where from ?

• Cost?

• What does it do ?

• How do you get it ?

• How do you use it ?

• What type of output ?

• What is it best for ?

Camtasia Studio

Camtasia Studio

• “Sophisticated interactive educational simulations”

• OR Very fancy screencasts

• USD179

Camtasia Studio

• Where from ?

• Cost?

• What does it do ?

• How do you get it ?

• How do you use it ?

• What type of output ?

• What is it best for ?

Captivate 3

Captivate 3

• “Sophisticated interactive educational simulations”

• OR Very fancy screencasts

• AUD130

Link to Captivate demo: http://tweaket.com/LibraryStuff/Screencasting/ShowtimesCaptivate_demo.swf

Captivate 3

Captivate 3

• Where from ?

• Cost?

• What does it do ?

• How do you get it ?

• How do you use it ?

• What type of output ?

• What is it best for ?

Other Options

Screencapture • Screengrab!

– Firefox extension. Free and downloadable here: http://www.screengrab.org

Screencasting

• Windows Movie Maker see notes Making mini movies with Windows Movies Maker 

• Camstudio – http://camstudio.org/

• Screencast-O-Matic – screencast-O-Matic http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Things to decide

• How do we want to use screencatching ?

• What training / gear / tools do we need ?

• Do we need to trial or test software in an organised way before buying more?

• Pilot projects ?

• Anything else ??

Kathryn Greenhill

April 2008

Image used for title:

Me, on the screen of the computer Uploaded to Flickr on January 22, 2006 by smith