Screencasting basics for the classroom.

1. Presented
by:
Meredith
Martin
mmartin@mantuaschools.com

2. Screencasting is the process of recording
actions on your computer screen along with
audio to create short videos that can be
watched on demand at a later date.
There are a lot of great reasons for screen
casting. Use it to record lessons for students
who were absent, or for those who may need
reinforcement. Use it as a reteaching tool. Use
them as video sub plans! Create screencasts
to 'flip' your classroom: Students watch the
video lessons, then complete work, coming to
you for assistance as needed. You can even
have students create screencasts of their
own!
Screencast Resources: http://www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html

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www.screencast-o-matic.com
Free, web based screencasting tool. No download.
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camstudio.org
Free screencasting software. Requires
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4. Once you have created your screencast, you need a place
to put it so others can access it. There are multiple
options for this, but YouTube and SchoolTube are two great
options. Create a channel for your screencasts on either
service, and upload all of them to that channel so they are
easily accessible in one place. Both services allow you to
embed your videos into other websites once they have
been uploaded and processed, so you can also share them
via your class website.

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6. 1.
This is the main menu for CamStudio. All of your
tools are available from this screen.
Choose
your audio
device here
Under the
Options
menu you
can select
the device
you want to
record from.
Be sure to
select
microphone if
you want to
record your
voiceover.
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Region lets you specify what area of the screen
you want to record. Full screen is most common,
but you can also choose a specific window, or
set a region to record.
The Tools menu
gives you a
few more Annotations
options. From
here, you can
add
annotations,
and also
convert your
movie to Flash
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It's important to know where the computer will be saving the video files
you create. You can set the folder it saves to by clicking OPTIONS -
PROGRAM OPTIONS - DIRECTORY FOR RECORDING - USE USER SPECIFIED
DIRECTORY.
Once the
Browse for
Folder menu
comes up, you
can select a
folder to save
your files to. I
recommend
saving to your
H drive.
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10. You can upload your video
clips to YouTube under
your account.
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Once you have signed in,
simply click the UPLOAD
button at the top of the
screen.
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On the upload menu, simply
drag and drop your clips.
You can also access the
Editor from this menu.

11. 13.
YouTube's video editor is a powerful but easy to use editor. You can
combine multiple clips, add photos, music, transitions, and text.
These buttons
give you more
detailed
editing
options.
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Once your video is edited and uploaded, you can click on it to access its
settings, and to get the link or embed code. Simply click SHARE to get
the code to add it to a website or blog.
Once you have
your embed
code, you can
easily paste it
into your
website to
create a video
library of
lessons.
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13. There are many different tools available for
screencasting. Try several and find the one that
works best for you. You may even find a
combination of tools works better than just one.
For example, the Promethean software has a
recording option, and for video editing you can use
Windows MovieMaker. Get your students involved!
They can create tutorials on many topics for you
and help you build your video library. Don't try to do
it all at once! Start small and build up to more.