Screen casts

I used Screen cast to create this video.  As I have mentioned before, I am still trying to get comfortable recording myself.  This was after 10 or so takes and it's still not the best.  I made a video to give students a quick tutorial on our Gale databases.  Using screen cast was very easy to use.  Once I created the account, I watched the quick tutorial video, then started on my own video  I plan on making a better version to  place on the high school library website.  You have the choice of saving the video on your computer or uploading it to the sight.  I saved it on my computer, but then couldn't get it to upload on Blogger, so I had to upload it to YouTube, then embed it.  Once I saved it on my computer, it was gone off the sight, so next time I will upload to the sight first.







I used Jing to create a quick intro to Popplet.  It was fairly easy to used just like Screen cast. This one is quicker because there is a sun looking icon on my screen. I just click on the yellow icon, choose the screen size, then either capture the picture or start recording.  I only had 5 minutes of video time so I did feel a bit rushed. This video took a few takes as well.  I felt like I was rushing through in order to get in all the information I wanted to cover.  You have to upgrade to the paid version if you wish to save the video to your computer then upload it from there. The free version only allows you to save to the website, which still allows you to share the link and share on a website or blog.  However, I couldn't get the video to embed. I had to add the link instead.

Screencast - Popplet Intro



I attempted to use Screenr for almost an hour. I could not get the Java app to work. I tried on both Chrome and Explorer.  I tried downloading it several times, each time I got an error message.

I liked both Screencast and Jing. The only drawback to Jing is that you have to download the tool to use it.  I know at our school you have to have admin permission to download anything so that may make it difficult to use on your school computer.