Screencasting for Libraries

Instructional Technology Frontiers: Roundtable Discussion on Emerging Technologies & Library Instruction

LiSUG 2009

Carleen HuxleyAssistant Librarian

SUNY JCC

•Digital recording of computer screen•Often contains audio narration•Demonstrates software features•Teaches concepts.•Create online tutorials.

Presentation objectives1. How can screencasts help our

students?2. Inspiration/Motivation3. Road blocks/Work arounds

The Face of JCC

•Enrollment up 13%•Provider for eArmy U•Online and Two-Way Interactive•EDGE•Higher Ed. institution

The Face of our Library

•Staff 4 (minus 1 as of next month)•F2F instruction classes per request only•Closed on weekends

http://www.library.dal.ca/How/LibCasts/

http://libraries.ou.edu/help/tutorials/

http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/research/media/#Howto

Camtasia Studio v. 6

iTunes U, Youtube or Screencast.com?

Placement

IT encourages that we use CMS (Blackboard) vs. adding more content to the library website.

So….LibGuides!

Other Screencasts in the works

•How to search for an article in a General Database•Find It!•Artstor•ILL•Access an Ebook via CannonCat•Creating an Ebsco account•Class specific?•IL Tutorial – broken down into individual screen casts.

•Google Scholar•Google Docs

1) Create a Master File of screencasting scripts for easy updating.

2) Delegate screencasting projects.

3) Refine screencasting skills

Thoughts? Questions? Discussion?

Thank you!

Carleen Huxleyhttp://card.ly/cshuxley