Screencasting

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= = Here is a great site that explains with Screencasting is! =Screencasting =

Jing Screencasting, or video screen capture, is when the computer screen is being recorded, along with narration. Here is a link to Wikipedia on //screencasting.//

With screencasting, you can either take a picture of your computer screen, or take video. To the right, I took a "snapshot" of a screencasting program website, and added arrows to the image to highlight what the program's name is.

Jing is a free screencasting program that stays on your desktop for easy access.

If you click on the screen capture to the right, it will bring you to Jing.

One downfall I have seen with Jing is that videos can't be longer than 5 minutes.

With screencasting, you can also record your computer screen actions and on top of that record a narration. For example, here is a video I created using Jing so my students could watch for homework. To make this video, I was using Paint and Jing helped to record my movements in Paint, while I discussed what I was doing in the microphone. All this, happening at the same time.

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Screen-O-Matic

Screen-O-Matic is another screen capturing tool. I have never used the tool, but here is a great video tutorial on using it.