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Screencasting 101

Posted by John Saddington on Feb 3, 2009

screencasting_monitorThis year I’d love to spend a bit more time doing “neat” things like screencasting. I’m no professional, that’s for sure, so there’s definitely some room for improvement.

For those that need a quick definition:

A screencast is a digital movie in which the setting is partly or wholly a computer screen, and in which audio narration describes the on-screen action. It’s not a new idea. The screencaster’s tools—for video capture, editing, and production of compressed files—have long been used to market software products, and to train people in the use of those products.

I think video is a powerful educational tool. I think we need to use it more.

Here are some resources that I’ve collected and drummed up. I’d love to know if you have any more as well!

Got any more that I need to put on the list?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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16 Responses to “Screencasting 101”

  1. brianayers
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    I use Jing to do some screencasting. Mostly I've recorded videos showing volunteers and staff how to carry-out specific tasks in our CMS. I find that it works GREAT for this purpose because it saves us having to schedule a meeting for me to show them how to do something, and they can refer back to the video if the forget or need a reminder on how to do something. …a win-win.

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  2. tommy
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    They don't provide tutorials on how to DO screencasts, but the videos at HeathenX.org are excellent examples of useful screencasts. They frequently have great tutorials on simple graphics designs that can be of great help to web developers (banners, etc).

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:02 pm

      Thansk for this resource… awesome!

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  3. Phillip Gibb
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    "I think video is a powerful educational tool. I think we need to use it more."

    Preach it

    And a powerful tool for leading people to Christ!!

    Now if I could just convince everyone else …..

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm

      HAHAHAHA… it starts with 1.

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  4. 3amjosh
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Screentoaster is my favorite screen casting. You can overlay your voice and even webcam very easily. It uploads to screentoaster.com in extremely high quality. Super easy to use.

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  5. tommy
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Also, here is a great list of free tools to get started screencasting.

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    • human3rror
      Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:02 pm

      dude, you are KILLING it. thanks!

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  6. human3rror
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    For sure. i've tried jing, but stopped… what's the “sell” for using it

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    • brianayers
      Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm

      I've only used Jing and Screenflow, but I really dig the Jing UI and I like that I can record up to 5 minutes of video without having to purchase the software (I don't do long screencasts, so it works just fine for me).

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      • human3rror
        Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 12:32 pm

        ah. forgot that it had a cap on the freebie. thx!

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  7. human3rror
    Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    yeah. i've had some issues with it working in the past…

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  8. Jim
    Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 4:24 am

    screencasting is a very handy tool, i've seen it used recently by the guy who developed wp sermon browser. That would be cool if you did that. nothing like a little hands on training, or eyes-on in this case.

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  9. Phillip Gibb
    Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 6:33 am

    Maybe I should give this a try to help volunteers get on board quicker

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    • human3rror
      Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 1:30 pm

      i think it may help! let us know how it rolls.

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