Lights, Camera, Action

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ScreencastingA tool for a new generation.

What is screencasting?

a digital recording of a computer screen’s output,

often containing audio narration

sometimes known as video screen capture

Why use Screencasting?

Uses: To capture a meeting, seminar or class

when you want to save it or share it

To post for students who are absent due to short term or long term illnesses or who take educational trips

To include video lessons in e-classes

To capture samples of student work as they demonstrate proper procedures to solve a problems or make presentations.

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classrooms

Why use Screencasting?Uses: The student who wants to take

two singletons, scheduled at the same time, has the opportunity to stay current on both by splitting their time between the two and watching the on-line videos

An excellent study guide for those who chose to review the lessons before the test

Preparation for those who will eventually take an on-line course

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Throughout the PowerPoint, you will find this symbol indicating a linked video

What does a screencast look like?

Creating a Screencast with Active Inspire

Open active-inspire Choose the video camera tool Minimize the tool bar (optional) Move the icon to a corner of the screen Press record Choose the output folder Name the file Begin your presentation Stop the recording when finished and

name your file

Creating a Screencast with CamStudio

Open CamStudio Choose the view and minimizeMinimize

to the tool bar version Move the icon to a corner of the screen Press record Begin your presentation Stop the recording when finished and

name your file Choose the output folder Name the file

At home with Windows media encoder.

With windows media encoder: Open windows encoder Choose New Session Choose Capture Screen Entire screen Click on capture audio from default device Next Choose the file storage location Next High quality Next Next Unclick begin when I click finish Finish Set up what you want to capture Click Start encoding When finished click Stop

Converting Files with AVC Open AVC To Set Output folder

Choose file Set output folder Navigate to the output folder

To add files to convert Choose file

Add videos Navigate to the video

Choose the conversation settings Profile: flv Frame Size: 640 x 480

Choose Convert Close when finished

Posting Files to MOODLE Each wiki or website has different formats but they are

also similar Posting to MOODLE Open the appropriate MOODLE page Turn on editing Scroll to the desired box Choose to add a resource Give the file a name Choose to upload a file Press upload Select the desired file Press choose Set to view in a new window Save and return to course

Posting Files to MOODLE IF the files are too large: Right click on the file in explorer

Choose send to compressed folder Then upload

OR

Drop the file into windows movie maker and split it and save the parts as part 1 and part 2 etc.

Free Software for your home computer

Recording Software Window Media encoder—free download 64-bit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CC41218D-7E37-4546-BF0B-

1276959EE3EF&displaylang=en

System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition;

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition; Windows Vista; Windows XP 64-bit

1800 MHz processor or higher, such as an Advance Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 and 512 MB of RAM or more

  32-bit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5691ba02-e496-465a-bba9-

b2f1182cdf24&displaylang=en

System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows XP System requirements vary based upon encoding task. For more information about

Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, see the

Camstudio http://camstudio.org/

Video Players

Real Playerhttp://www.real.com/

Quicktimehttp://quicktime.7-s0ftware.co

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Winffhttp://winff.org/html_new/

Free wikis Wikispaces

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/signin Moodle

If your school district has it available Web hosting (not free but inexpensive)

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/ http://www.aplus.net/hosting/?gclid=CMOPtu3A3Z

0CFR9N5QodkXbnOQ

http://www.gate.com/promos/ppc-google-upp-a.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=ultimate%2Bpower%20pack&utm_campaign=google%2Bppc&gclid=CLaEhovB3Z0CFR9N5QodkXbnOQ

http://www.hostmonster.com/

Video converters

Any Video Converterhttp://www.any-video-converter.co

m/products/for_video_free/

Winffhttp://winff.org/html_new/

Tablets

Vis a vis http://www.journeyed.com/item/VisTablet

+Systems/VisTablet/95769576

Wacom https://direct.wacom.com/stores/5/

Variety http://www0.shopping.com/xPP-graphic_t

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Adding the camera tool to the toolbar

Go to main menu

Choose viewChoose customize

Search for camera tool

Highlight and choose add

Then press done