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Teaching with Screencasts and Rapid Prototyping

TechSmith Camtasia

Part of where I struggled was writing up files for demos and examples each day for a lesson. Rather than writing out entire documents and refreshing the browser to see the effect, I start by prototyping in services like CodePen or jsFiddle. An example embed from CodePen: See the Pen LfiqI by Brian ( @bbennett ) on CodePen.

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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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10 Low-Cost Ideas for Employee Training

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

To get the ball rolling, simply write down the scenario you'd like to address, transform it into a case study format and let your employees reflect on the outcome of the scenario. in a meeting or special training session), or simply use an internal blog/discussion board for employees to comment. So, What Will it Cost Me?

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10 Ways You Can Use Video to Enhance Your Digital Learning Content

TechSmith Camtasia

Instead of marking up student papers with a red pen, talk through your comments in a quick video. You can point out exactly what you mean more quickly than writing it out longhand, and students will love being able to hear you personally explain the feedback. Record video lessons that students can watch anywhere, even from home.

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New Authoring tool rankings #11 to #20

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Features include: Community dashboards and developer blogs. AICC, SCORM and PENS support. From finding and fixing links, styles to suggestions (such as snippets, keywords, variables, writing structure, keywords, web and PDF optimizer). #12 HD screencast. Not with Publisher. Layers & objects. Task management.

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10 Ways You Can Use Video to Enhance Your Courses

TechSmith Camtasia

Instead of marking up student papers with a red pen, talk through your comments in a quick video. You can point out exactly what you mean more quickly than writing it out longhand, and students will love being able to hear you personally explain the feedback. Kevin Caran continued teaching through video lessons.

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