Tutorial 1 how to use jing and sharing with screencast

HOW TO RECORD VIDEOS AND
CAPTURE IMAGES WITH JING AND
SHARING THEM ON SCREENCAST
theoptimumguides.wordpress.com Mark Earnswell E. Dimailig ©2015
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What is Jing?
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• Jing is a computer software made
by TechSmith Corporation. The
software takes a picture or video of
the user's computer screen and
uploads it to the Web, FTP,
computer or clipboard.
Source: Wikipedia
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• If uploaded to the web, the
program automatically creates
a URL to the image that can be
shared with others.Jing is
compatible with Macintosh and
Microsoft Windows.
Source: Wikipedia
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• Users must sign up for an
account before using the
software.
Source: Wikipedia
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Pretty useful software right?
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Now, allow me to show you how to
download and install Jing
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Here are the steps
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Go to Google.com
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Type “Jing”
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Hit Enter Key
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This will appear
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Click this link
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You will be directed to the Jing
homepage
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This is what the homepage looks like
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Scrolling down the homepage will
show different information about
Jing
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On the bottom of the main page
you can click on the link “Step-by-
step tutorials
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Click here
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It will lead you to this page
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Click on the links below to learn what
you like
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Upon clicking on the desired link just
press the play button to start the video
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Let us now download Jing
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Click on the “FREE DOWNLOAD”
button
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This will appear
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Select based on what system you are using
by clicking either on windows or Mac
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For this tutorial I used Windows
and Google Chrome browser
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Upon clicking the Windows download,
this will appear. The download will
start automatically
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At the bottom left of the page you will
see the progress of the download
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The speed of the download will
depend on your internet
connection and hardware
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When the download is finished it will
look like this
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For quick install you can click on the
drop down arrow here
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Move the mouse pointer on open
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Click on Open
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This will appear
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Click on the check box
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Then click on the install button
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Wait for the installation to finish
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Upon finishing the installation it will
look like this
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Click on the “finish” button to
complete the installation
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A notice will appear after clicking the
finish button
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Click on OK button
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You will be prompted to create a
Screencast account
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Input your desired email, display
name and password
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Select your country by pressing the
drop down button
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Click Create button
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You have an account now at Screen
Cast
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You need to activate your account
by going to the email that you
provided during account creation
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Click on the email sent by
Techsmith Account Services
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Click on the “Confirm my Email
Address Button”
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Now that you have confirmed your
email, I will now teach you how to
record using Jing
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Upon opening the program Jing you
will notice a half yellow circle that
looks like a sun on just on top of the
middle part of the taskbar
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Upon hovering the mouse over the
sun three icons that look like this will
appear
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The first icon on the left is the capture
function
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The capture icon enables you to
record videos and capture images
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The middle icon is the history function
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The history icon enables you to
view your previous recordings or
captured images
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The icon on the right is the more
function
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The more icon enables you to
select additional functions for the
jing
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In order to record a video or
capture an image, select the
capture icon
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Upon clicking the capture icon you will
see this
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You can move the cross anywhere
on the screen
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Press and hold the left click mouse
button
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Drag the pointer to the area you
want while holding the left mouse
button
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You will form a square or a
rectangle called selection box
depending on the area you want to
capture
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It will look like this
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Now you will have 4 options
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1st option will be to capture image
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2nd option will be to capture video
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3rd option will be to redo the selection
box
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4th option will be to cancel the capture
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Now we will select the 2nd option
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A 3 second countdown will appear
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The mic on means that you can record
your voice
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You can turn off voice recording by
clicking the Mic icon
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Upon clicking, Mic off will appear
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Wait for the count down to reach 0
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The recording will start
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Everything you do under the selection
box like mouse movements will be
recorded for 5 minutes
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The recording time can be seen below
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Recording can be paused anytime by
clicking here
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Recording can be restarted by clicking
here
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Clicking on restart will enable you
to recapture the video
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Recording will stop upon reaching the
5 minute mark or by clicking here
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This will appear upon clicking stop
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Clicking on the play button will
preview what you have recorded
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To save, select the file name you
desire. Default file name will be the
recording date
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Click on the diskette icon to save
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This will appear
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Select the desired save location
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Click on save
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This will appear
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To share the recorded video hover on
the sun again then click history
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This will appear, then click on view
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This will appear
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Click on the arrow icon
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A progress bar will appear
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Upon finishing the upload, this will
appear
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Click on view on screen cast
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You will be taken to this page
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Congratulations, you have now
uploaded your video on screen cast.
The link provided can be pasted as link
so that others can view your video
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THANK YOU 
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