Creating And Collaboratively Sharing High Definition Youtube Videos

Creating and collaboratively sharing High Definition Youtube Videos
Horizons 2009 | Hunnee Kim | Oct 23, 2009 | 10:45 – 11:30am | Room C205

Overview
Screencast?
Why Screencasts?
Windows Screencasting
Mac Screencasting
Demo
Collaborative Video Sharing Case Study
Discussion

Screencast?
Recording of screen activity
Not to be confused with screen capture
Used to create video tutorials
Compliments (does not replace) Word documents that contain step-by-step instructions

Why Screencasts?
Support student learning
Video – a powerful asynchronous learning tool
Rewinding – a powerful feature
Omnipresence
Is it worth the time? Depends…
Remember that you can access other people’s screencasts
Using class time
Money?!?

Windows Screencasting I
Blueberry Flashback Express
Pros: Free. Fast and direct upload to Youtube, Blip.tv, and other video sites in HD.
Cons: Not as feature rich as commercial alternatives and is not very popular.
Jing
Pros: Free.
Cons: No direct upload to Youtube. Lacks features. Lacks features. Note: Jing Pro has direct upload to Youtube. $15/year

Windows Screencasting II
Screentoaster.com
Pros: Free. No software installation necessary. Can integrate webcams.
Cons: Requires latest version of Flash player and Java runtime. Currently has no rewind feature. Sound slightly unsynchronized.

Windows Screencasting III
Camstudio
Pros: Free.
Cons: Harder to install – requires installation of lossless codec as well. No direct Youtube upload.
Camtasia Studio
Pros: Well known, feature rich.
Cons: About $120+ (academic pricing). No direct video upload for PC version?

Mac Screencasting
Screentoaster.com
Free. Works on a Mac because it is browser-based.
ScreenFlow
Popular commercial version. ~$100.
Camtasia Studio ~$100.
Newcomer to Mac but is the PC Gold standard.
The Mac version has direct upload to Youtube

Demo
BB FlashBack Express
(ScreenToaster)

Collaborative Video Sharing
Many ways to share videos on the Internet
Since there are many ways to create a website: ex. Moodle, FirstClass, Joomla, Ning, Google Pages, Wix, Wordpress, Blogger, Posterous, HTML, Flash, etc.
Each solution has its own pros and cons
Key: 1) establishing a web presence to support student learning. 2) teachers deciding what works for them.

Case Study: pmlions.ca

Department Page

Teacher Websites

Discussion

BB FlashBack Express

Screentoaster.com