Screencasts

Screencasts are a valuable tool in the library. You can create and post them for students and teachers. You can create them to teach and/or remind students and teachers how to navigate the library website, online catalog and databases. They are also useful for instructions on using various websites, conducting searches, analyzing validity of sources and citation tools. The possibilities are endless.

• Here are 2 screen cast tool examples:

Jing

Jing is easy to download. I found it really unique in that it hangs out in the top right of the computer screen as a sun just waiting to be used. When you touch your cursor on the sun, it gives you rays of choices. Jing can be used to capture a screeshot as well as caputer video for a screecast. So, you just capture the portion of the screen you want and click video. The downfall to this tool is that it uploads the content to Screencast.com. So, you have to go to a separate place to access your content and choose which method you want to share.

Screencast-o-matic
 
Screencast-o-matic was a great tool. First, download the free software. Once complete, chose the portion of the screen you want to video and click record. You can record and save it in one location. I chose to upload it to my YouTube channel. One feature I really liked was the highlighted cursor. When I pointed to something on the screen, a yellow circle  highlighted what I was discussing. I will definitely be using this tool for my future screencasts.