Screencasts

The following will provide tutorials, definitions and resources for creating a Screencast. You are not required to look at all of the material, but search it until you feel that you have a good understanding of what is required for you to fulfill the assignment.

What is a Screencast?

A screencast is the video like capture (movie) of your computer screen that can include your voice narrating what is being seen. It is a fluid capture, showing all that you are doing, as opposed to one screen at a time. The tools for screencasting help you capture the video, edit it and produce compressed files that can be uploaded into a website. They are great for demonstrating how software works and for teaching concepts. It is great for teaching both the audio and visual learners.

• O'Reilly Digital Media: What Is Screencasting? A screencasting guide by Jon Udell (http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2005/11/16/what-is-screencasting.html?page=1)
• Infoworld (http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/02/11/07OPstrategic_1.html)

Tools

• Screencasting Tools (http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ScreenCasting/)(Microsoft Windows Only)

This is a great review of what it is and a description of software that is available.

• Screencasting to help your mom (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/05/screencasting-to-help-your-mom.html)

List and information about screencasting software which includes links.

Examples

• By Shannon Thurston - student (http://hiddencreations.com/podcast/translate.swf)
• By TJ Hilton - student (http://www.usu.edu/podcast/podcast.swf)
• By Blake Berrett - student (http://cc.usu.edu/%7Ebberrett/screencast.swf)
• By Jon Udell (http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html)

Assignment

1. Create a screencast
2. Make it available online (from your blog or another service)