Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials

Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials
Michael Rees
School of Information Technology
@mrees

Topics
© 2009 Michael Rees
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Vice-Chancellor T&L Grant Project
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Screencasting workstation
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Vista Workstation
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XP Workstation
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Audio Hardware
Logitech Desktop USB Microphone
Behringer Podcast Studio: Mic plus mixer
Freestanding audio recorder: Zoom H2
Lapel Mic plus M-Audio Fastrack Pro Mixer
Digital keyboard: M-Audio Axiom 49
Revolabs xTag USB Wireless Mic
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Podcast Studio
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Wireless Microphone
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Screencast Software
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Camtasia Capture
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Camtasia Studio Demo
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Video and Audio Formats
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Shorter Screencasts
Software demos, web applications
System utilities
Software development processes
Training for colleagues
Seminars, short talks at Bond and conferences
Major lesson: the shorter the screencast the better scripted the narration needs to be
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Screencast Audio
Additional narration
Narration substitution
Intro and outro music using Creative Commons licences: http://jamendo.com
Background music
Screencast music generation:
Garageband
Microsoft Photostory
Microsoft Songsmith
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Screencasting Advice
Understand some audio engineering
Indulge in templates
Use prudent emphasis to enhance learning
Learn from other, professional screencasts
Practice narrating
Be codec-smart, context-aware
Explore other video delivery mediums
How to Master Screencasts in 7 Steps
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Screencasting Lite
Works best for talk and slides
Upload slides to http://www.slideshare.net
Upload audio to public site like http://archive.org
Create a ‘slidecast’ on Slideshare by providing URL of audio file
Use slidecast editor to set slide change points to match the audio
Slidecast editing demo
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Immediate Screencasts
Jing and Jing Pro
Click the Jing sun
Drag screen area to record and decide if audio needed
Start screencast capture
Stop capture and trigger upload to Screencast.com or YouTube
Link to screencast left in clipboard
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Screencasts Online
Login to online screencast site
Site automatically loads Java applet and Flash movie
Click on ‘record now’ after selecting recording options
Operate the computer as normal and narrate into the mic if needed
Pause as needed and then stop the recording
On Screentoaster the save options are:
Upload to the Screencastle site as public/private, use URL for playback
Save screencast locally at .mov file; edit and use as required
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Screencast Deployment
Upload to iLearn, and automatic streaming with IE, Windows Media Player using WMV format
Upload to Screencast.com
Upload to archive.org
Upload to YouTube.com
Screencast collections on DVD and online using Camtasia
Vidcasts on favourite blogging site
Silverlight web site repository
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In Summary
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Resources
Bond Screencasting Wiki:
http://screencastbond.pbworks.com/
Talk links at:
http://dotdolfin.com/talks/#bondscreencast
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