I discovered screencast while exploring educational technology. By definition, screencasting is a video recording of the computer screen either with or without voice over commentary (Hargis & Yee, 2010). Various programs are available for screencasting, such as Camtasia, but there are free downloads also. As discussed in a previous post, Jing allows a free five minute screencast with 2 GB free storage online. I have found screencast-o-matic.com to be a superior program due to extended length of recording and multiple file formats for saving presentation. In addition, the pro version is only $15.00 for a year and allows for editing, doodling, zoom and pan while recording, and overlays. Screencast-o-matic also will record from your computers speakers; therefore if you wish to include another video, song, or animation in your presentation the sound is captured.
Below is a video giving an overview of screencasting, a tutorial on Screencast-o-matic.com, and an application of the program for teaching APA formatting.
References
Hargis, J. & Yee, K. (2010)
Screencasts. Turkish Online
Journal of Distance Education 11 (1), p. 9-12
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