This presentation was given August 4, 2009 as part of a staff training session on screencasting, facilitated by Digital Technologies Librarian Rebecca Miller.

1. Screencasting:Adobe Captivate LSU Libraries Staff Presentation Rebecca K. Miller August 4, 2009

3. Interactive tutorials “Passive” tutorials

4. Import directly from PowerPoint Example from LIS 1001 Course

5. Edit the size of the slides Select which slides to include Decide how your tutorial will progress

7. With these tools, you can add (from left-right): Captions Rollover captions Highlight boxes Rollover slidelet Zoom areas Text entries Click boxes Buttons Text animations Images Rollover Images Animations Videos Mouse movements

8. Capturing Screen Movement Determine where you’d like to add the capture You can add the recording at any point in the tutorial you’ve already created

9. When you are ready to record the capture, Captivate lets you choose which window you’d like to record and how you’d like to record it. For capturing screen movement, “Demonstration” works well. However, “Simulation” is still an option at this point. You hit the “Record” button to begin recording , and the “End” key to stop recording.

10. The capture is added in a series of “slides” that you can edit using any of the tools or properties available in Captivate

11. Publishing the Tutorial

12. Flash is the most popular file format for publishing tutorials, since it is viewable across various platforms. Placing the media file you just created on a plain web page is, likewise, the most popular choice for disseminating tutorials… Tutorial with screencapture from LIS 1001

13. The Summer 2009 LIS 1001 online course was built entirely with Captivate software to explain material and demonstrate methods through digital tutorials. A total of 19 tutorials, ranging from 1:00 minute to 9:00 minutes, were created. No audio was associated with these files, for various reasons Both students and instructors found benefits in this method.

14. Other Uses… Professional Development Software Demonstrations Training Scenarios Special library functions The Plant Patents Workshop Integrated Information Literacy Instruction Business School Podcast Series