Presented by Steve Garwood <[e-mail]> Lecturer School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers University

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Screencasting Video based lectures and
demonstrations (Camtasia, Jing comparison with
other tools)

• Presented by Steve Garwood ltlibrarysteve_at_yahoo.co
  mgt LecturerSchool of Communication,
  Information and Library Studies Rutgers
  University

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About Me Screencasting

• Former Reference and Instruction Librarian
• Lecturer, SCILS, RU
• On-Campus and Online
• Graduate and Undergraduate
• Teaching
• Information Technology for Libraries and
  Information Agencies
• Multimedia Production
• Web Design
• Social Software
• Student Contact
• _at_500 emails and countless Instant Messages each
  semester

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Student Comments (Advice to future students)

• The camtasia programs that Steve put together
  were invaluable!!! Review them, take notes,
  review them again. That picture was worth a
  thousand words - and the added words made it all
  the more clearer.

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Student Comments

• Watch the Camtasia lectures first thing. Then use
  them again, as you need to. Within a few minutes
  of seeing hearing Steve go through steps you
  get an idea of the whole unit/week is about.

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Student Comments

• Camtasia. I have learned most technology stuff I
  know from a book and was initially reluctant to
  sit there tapping my fingers on the desk while
  the demonstrations played, but they were
  incredibly useful and clear. Plus, as a distance
  learning student, stuck at my desk so much of the
  time, there was something kind of nice about
  hearing a voice.

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Student Comments

• Listen to the Camtasia lectures first as they are
  very helpful. I could hear Steve teaching, and
  something about his voice makes it evident that
  he is enjoying this class and that he really
  wants you to enjoy it as well.

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Student Comments

• I found the video lectures one of the most
  helpful parts of this class. Reading alone does
  not always make technology concepts clear, but
  seeing someone else going using the different
  applications is indispensable. In an online
  course it can be nice to hear a human being on
  the other side of the computer.

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What I primarily Use

• Jing by TechSmith
• Image captures
• Short (lt5min) Video captures
• Easy to share via email/IM
• Camtasia by TechSmith
• Lectures
• Screen Demos/Presentations
• Adobe Captivate
• Lectures
• Screen Demos
• Software Simulations

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What I primarily Use (Quick Comparison)
Product/Desc Formats Export /Produce Notes Features
Jing Free flash only png/swf only lt5min Great for disposable Easy upload Automatic url in clipboard
Camtasia 299 179 (ed) flash mov wmv avi m4v mp3 All associated files produced .html, .js Fluid Video Pan/Zoom Captions Quizzing Cursor Highlight Mouse Sounds
Captivate 699 199 (ed) flash exe Slide based Better for Simulations 508 SCORM compliant PowerPointesque presentation tools, etc. Better Quizzing
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Advantages

• Humanize/Personalize
• Its easy to do the basics in each program
• Reuse and Repurpose content
• If you break things into small chunks you can
  mash-up your content to create new content
• Be timely (the world loves video)
• Who doesnt know the term Viral Video?
• Vodcast
• Podcasting is coolvodcasting is very cool

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Disadvantages

• You have to learn something new
• It takes time to record, produce and upload
• You may have to change your approach
• Lectures should generally be chunked
• Attention spans are short and bandwidth is
  precious
• Break things apart to put them together in other
  ways
• Might have to re-do PPT slides so they scale
• 6x6 rule

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Examples

• What youre watching now is a screencast of PPT
• Stay tuned for
• A Screen/Application Demo
• An IM call for help (meebo Jing)
• A Quick example of Camtasia Recording/Publishing
• Demo of phrase searching and file-type restriction