5/9/2012

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Learning Outcome • Each attendee will:

Plan, produce, edit and publish a 2-3 minute

instruction screencast on a topic of your choice using Camtasia software

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Screencasting

What Is it?

• capturing your actions on a computer screen with the goal of showing others how to accomplish tasks on a website or in a given software environment

• Bailey, J. (2012). Informal screencasting: Results of a customer-satisfaction survey with a convenience sample. New Library World, 113(1/2), 7-26.

• Term first appeared in the literature in 2004

• By Jon Udell,writer for Infoworld

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Learning Outcome • Each attendee will:

Plan, produce, edit and publish a 2-3 minute

instruction screencast on a topic of your choice using Camtasia software

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INTRODUCTIONS

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Introductions

• Tell everyone

• Name• Institution• What you do

• 3 unique things about yourself –

one of which is fictitious

Demo Video: Google Scholar

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PLANNING YOUR SCREENCAST

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Be Certain to Print Script/Notes for Recording

• Save your work on a USB provided by any team member

• Go to the print station and print it so you will have your notes in the recording studio

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RECORDING

RECORDING IN CAMTASIA

How to record in Camtasia • Step 1: Open Camtasia select desktop icon

• Step 2: Select “Record the Screen”

• Step 3: Resize screen recording area

• Step 4:Set recording settings (microphone test, deselect “record system audio”, adjust audio volume)

Ready, Set, Record!

To Record

• Click the red “rec” button

• When finished, Stop recording by hitting F10

• Watch preview of recording, then Save & Edit

Title Screen

• After recording and saving your video insert a “Title Screen”

• Select the drop down for “More” & chose “Title Clips”

• Select “Add title clip” & either create a title screen or upload an image file.

Rehearse

Rehearse

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Recording To Do’s

• Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

• Take your laptop and headsets [4 at a time] to the recording studios (317/318) a team member will show you the way

• 15 mins. in the studio should do it!

• Upon return, show your work to a team member and learn to insert a Title ScreenYou’ve earned it!

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EDITING PROCESS

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PUBLISHING YOUR SCREENCAST

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ASSESSMENT

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• Low cost screen capture; video creation software• Same makers of Camtasia• You go home with Snagit – license

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