1. Technology Tools for
Teaching and
Learning
Valencia College Learning Day
February 8, 2013
Facilitator: Betty Byrd Bright

2. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
What is Jing?
Jing is a free tool to instantly
capture images and record 5
minute videos on your computer-
then share them with anyone
Jing web site www.techsmith.com

3. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
What’s unique about Jing?
You want your students to watch a video
you just recorded at home
You make video, save it, attach it to an
email then send it to the students
Students can then click on the link to see
what you captured
 Only students with the link will have access to
your video content

4. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
You can also automatically up your
video to your website, blog, wiki,
YouTube, Squidoo, Twitter and
Facebook via a hyperlink or an
embedded code
Paste your video content into an
Instant Message(IM), email, Flickr or
on Screencast.com

5. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
During the Jing install you can sign up for a
free screencast.com account to help share
your video content easily and privately
Screencast.com will return a link to share
with students
Students can then click on the link to see
what you captured

6. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
What is Screencast?
Screencast comes free with Jing
What you upload is what you see
You hold the rights to and you decide who
views your content
The content will stay on Screencast.com
until you delete it

7. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
Screencast is totally private and free
A place to store your Jing video content
2 GB of bandwidth and storage each month
Allows viewers to comment on your video
content

8. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
 Why use Jing?
 To communicate with more clarity and impact
 Examples
 Record Procedures
 Answer frequently asked questions
 Give students audio-visual feedback
 Record lessons students can access anytime,
anywhere
 Make a video to help the substitute teacher in
your absence

9. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
Use Jing to Improve Student Learning
Help students get more out of your feedback
Meet students’ individual needs
Mark up your screenshot with a text box,
arrow, highlight, or picture caption to make a
point
Teach students even when you are absent

10. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
 Use Jing to Improve Faculty and Staff
Communications
 No training – no big learning curve
 To increase collaboration
 Save time doing repetitive tasks
 Record a video and talk employees through
issues or problems
 Explain difficult concepts
 Provide on-demand training

11. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
Windows Mac Requirements
Requirements Mac OS X 10.6.8 or
Windows XP, Vista, later
Windows 7, or QuickTime 7.5.5 or
Windows 8 later
Microsoft.NET Broadband
Framework 4.0 Full recommended
Broadband
recommended

12. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
Other Free Screen Casting Tools
 Camstudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer
and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF
producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly
Streaming Flash videos (SWFs) http://camstudio.org
 Screenr is used to create web-based recorded screencasts with
nothing to download www.screenr.com
 Copernicus (for Macs) allows you to take a picture of exactly what is on
your screen, then export it to several different formats. It also allows you to
create a screen movie that is exported as a Quicktime movie file.
www.copernicus.com

13. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
 Free Screen Casting Downloads and Tutorials
www.techsmith.com (Jing website)
www.Screencast.com
http://camstudio.org
www.screenr.com
www.corpernicus.com

15. Technology Tools for Teaching and
Learning
Questions and Answers
 For more information contact:
Betty Byrd Bright
Email: bbright4@valenciacollege.edu