Seminar describing work on screencasting made possible by a Vice-Chancellor's T&L grant.

1. Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials Michael Rees School of Information Technology @mrees

2. Topics © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 2

3. Vice-Chancellor T&L Grant Project © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 3

4. Screencasting workstation © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 4

5. Vista Workstation © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 5

6. XP Workstation © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 6

7. Audio Hardware Logitech Desktop USB Microphone Behringer Podcast Studio: Mic plus mixer Freestanding audio recorder: Zoom H2 Lapel Mic plus M-Audio Fastrack Pro Mixer Digital keyboard: M-Audio Axiom 49 Revolabs xTag USB Wireless Mic © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 7

8. Podcast Studio © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 8

9. Wireless Microphone © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 9

10. Screencast Software © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 10

11. © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 11

12. Camtasia Capture © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 12

13. Camtasia Studio Demo © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 13

14. Video and Audio Formats © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 14

15. Shorter Screencasts Software demos, web applications System utilities Software development processes Training for colleagues Seminars, short talks at Bond and conferences Major lesson: the shorter the screencast the better scripted the narration needs to be © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 15

16. Screencast Audio Additional narration Narration substitution Intro and outro music using Creative Commons licences: http://jamendo.com Background music Screencast music generation: Garageband Microsoft Photostory Microsoft Songsmith © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 16

17. Screencasting Advice Understand some audio engineering Indulge in templates Use prudent emphasis to enhance learning Learn from other, professional screencasts Practice narrating Be codec-smart, context-aware Explore other video delivery mediums How to Master Screencasts in 7 Steps © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 17

18. Screencasting Lite Works best for talk and slides Upload slides to http://www.slideshare.net Upload audio to public site like http://archive.org Create a ‘slidecast’ on Slideshare by providing URL of audio file Use slidecast editor to set slide change points to match the audio Slidecast editing demo © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 18

19. Immediate Screencasts Jing and Jing Pro Click the Jing sun Drag screen area to record and decide if audio needed Start screencast capture Stop capture and trigger upload to Screencast.com or YouTube Link to screencast left in clipboard © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 19

20. Screencasts Online Login to online screencast site Site automatically loads Java applet and Flash movie Click on ‘record now’ after selecting recording options Operate the computer as normal and narrate into the mic if needed Pause as needed and then stop the recording On Screentoaster the save options are: Upload to the Screencastle site as public/private, use URL for playback Save screencast locally at .mov file; edit and use as required © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 20

21. Screencast Deployment Upload to iLearn, and automatic streaming with IE, Windows Media Player using WMV format Upload to Screencast.com Upload to archive.org Upload to YouTube.com Screencast collections on DVD and online using Camtasia Vidcasts on favourite blogging site Silverlight web site repository © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 21

22. In Summary © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 22

23. Resources Bond Screencasting Wiki: http://screencastbond.pbworks.com/ Talk links at: http://dotdolfin.com/talks/#bondscreencast © 2009 Michael Rees Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials 23