Screencasting Handout

Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials
Alison Aldrich, Technology Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM PNR
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- Understand what screencasting is and what it requires- Learn to employ useful instructional design techniques
- Identify the instructional needs best addressed using screencasts- Practice the steps required to create effective screencasts
For a Just in Time screencast, you need:
A computer with optional microphone and webcam
Free or inexpensive screencast software
A plan for sharing your screencast via a webpage, email or social media
For a high quality, Made to Last screencast, you should have:
Input from your intended audience
Learning objectives
A storyboard and script
A computer with optional microphone and webcam
Software with appropriate video editing capabilities
Plans for promoting and evaluating your screencast
About one hour of staff time per minute of video
Instructional Design Concepts
The ADDIE method1: A way to track and manage instruction projects.
Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Bloom’s Taxonomy2: A means of developing measurable learning outcomes.
Image by dkutopatwa on flickr, Creative Commons license. http://bit.ly/271ktl
Information Literacy Standards such as those from ACRL3 suggest specific performance indicators and desired outcomes.
Kirpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation4:
Reaction – Do they like it?
Learning – Did they gain knowledge?
Behavior – Did that knowledge impact behavior?
Results – What is the big picture?
Contact Alison:Phone: 206-221-3489aldrich3@uw.edu
see Software Comparison Chart
Good microphone options:
Plantronics headset, $25Sennheiser PC 156 headset, $60
Blue Snowball, $81
Fill in the blanks:
What makes a good screencast?What makes a not-so-good screencast?
Works Cited
1 Harriman, G. (2004). Instructional design: ADDIE. Accessed 10/16/09 from http://www.grayharriman.com/ADDIE.htm
2 Anderson, LW. and Krathwohl, D,R., et al (Eds.) (2001) A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
3 American Library Association (2006). Information literacy competency standards for higher education." Accessed
10/16/09 fromhttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm
4 Kirkpatrick, D.L. (1994). Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Additional Resources
Blummer, B.A and Kritskaya, O. (2009). Best practices for creating an online tutorial: a literature review. Journal of Web
Librarianship 3: 199-216.
Software reviews by Melissa Rethlefsen for Library Journal:
Free screencating tools (1/15/09) - http://bit.ly/4hnhrO
Screencast like a pro (4/15/09) - http://bit.ly/IZzIl
Moodle page for this course (Log in as guest):
http://nnlm.gov/moodle/course/view.php?id=53

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