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How to Start an Informal Learning Library with Screencasts

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One simple and cost effective way is to create a learning library of screencasts. Creating an Informal Learning Library with Screencasts. Some platforms allow you to place tags onto your content. The post How to Start an Informal Learning Library with Screencasts appeared first on TechSmith Blog.

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Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia

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Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offer instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed.

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Need Special Effects for Camtasia for Mac Screencasts?

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If you'd like to add some screen effects to your screencast, check out OmniDazzle. OmniDazzle offers a wide array of options to add some nice visuals to your Mac screencasts - like a flashlight effect that illuminates your cursor and follows it around the screen while also dimming your background. Flashlight. Focal Point.

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Meet Dan Spencer - Using Screencasts Effectively in the Classroom

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We're gearing up for the 24 hour screencast marathon about Camtasia next week. Dan uses Camtasia for Mac in his classroom to create screencasts of his lectures and then he loads them onto iPod Touches so his students can learn the material at a pace that works for them. Can't join us live? Sound good?

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Screencast of the Week - introNetworks

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This week's Screencast of the Week is actually a series of Jing videos (Jingcasts) from introNetworks ! Using it to show clients and prospects the nuances of our platform in bite sized chunks of five min has been incredibly effective. Any nominations for next week's Screencast of the Week? You can see all the videos here.

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Suggestions Needed - Screencaster Suggested Reading List

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I recently had a request by email to share a list of suggested books for screencasters. And, I was also thinking about different elements of a screencast -prep, planning, writing, graphics, presentation, storytelling and promotion. Great screencasts start with great writing. Use these tricks to make better screencasts.

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Screencast of the Week - Tom Crawford + Gondola = Fun

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It's time to get back into the Screencast of the Week! I had a chance to catch up with screencaster, "Tom Crawford":[link] from "Visualization Network":[link] at "CES":[link] recently. Tom helps people communicate more effectively plus use art and visuals to solve problems and sell ideas. No gondola required.