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The Ultimate Guide: What is Screencasting and Why Use it?

TechSmith Camtasia

A screencast is a digital video recording of your computer screen and usually includes audio narration. Screencasting not only saves you time answering the same questions over and over, but it has been proven that 80% of viewers can recall a video they have seen in the past 30 days. Common examples of screencasts are: Tutorials.

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Teaching with Screencasts and Rapid Prototyping

TechSmith Camtasia

An example embed from CodePen: See the Pen LfiqI by Brian ( @bbennett ) on CodePen. What About Screencasting? Using screencasts, I can do the same thing. One way to approach this is to have students screencast their own thought process. Curating examples is a tough task. Leave more ideas in the comments!

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What is Screencasting?

TechSmith Camtasia

Screencasting is when you record a video of your computer screen, oftentimes for teaching or sharing ideas. Common examples of screencasts are onscreen tutorials , video lessons , or slideshare presentations. Screencasts add a personal touch in ways that other methods (I’m looking at you PowerPoint decks and written proposals!)

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Top 5 List of Products for Screencasters from CES

TechSmith Camtasia

A few products I saw on the show floor stood out that looked useful for screencasters. Here's my top 5 list of products for screencasters from CES! So, load up your Camtasia screencasts and show them off to the crowd. Your screencasts should look and sound great. This is my camera of choice for any screencasts I do.

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Screencast of the Week - Picture-in-Picture for Whiteboard Recordings!

TechSmith Camtasia

There are a couple elements that can make screencasts interesting and engaging. Motion from drawing on the screen with something like a Tablet PC or Wacom tablet make a screencast dynamic and can focus viewers attention. Some researchers at Microsoft have done something really creative for their screencasts using PIP!

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How to Use This Free Screencasting Tool for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

You may have heard the news last week that Articulate launched a new screencasting tool called Screenr. It is a free web-based tool that lets you create screencasts without installing any software. You can even watch the screencasts back at HD-quality and they look great. Screenr gives you multiple ways to use your screencasts.

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Instructional Video Styles: Choose Your Own

learnWorlds

Screencasting. Lectures with strong agency are: – Screencasts, – Hands writing boards, – Presence active on whiteboard and. The level of the human embodiment varies widely between video lecture formats from full shots that include the audience heads to screen capturing of the tip of the pen. Screencasting.