Screencasting Info
- 7 Things You Should Know About Screencasting
"A screencast is a video recording of the actions on a user's computer screen, typically with accompanying audio, distributed through RSS. Screencasts can be thought of as video podcasts. They provide a simple means to extend rich course content to anyone who might benefit from the material but cannot attend a presentation."
- How to Master Screencasts in Seven Steps
"Tips ‘n’ tricks I’m sure you’ll find practical and applicable to your further forays into the video fields."
- Most Common Mistakes in Screencasting
An experienced screencasters tells what not to do.
- Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines
"The medium of screencasting is readily available to everyone and with a few tools of the trade you can be ready to produce your own."
- Screencasting Primer
"This primer is an introduction to screencasting. It covers the what, why, and how to get started. You will also find examples of screencasts and additional how-to resources."
- Screencasting Strategies
An article on general screencasting tips and techniques.
- What is Screencasting?
"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." Covers types of screencasts, tools, and how-tos.
- Adobe Captivate $$$; Mac, Win
Adobe's premier screen-capture and capture-editing program.
- CamStudio free; Win
"Record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and ... turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)."
- CaptureFox free; multiplatform
Firefox add-on for recording screen captures and sound.
- Community Clips free; Win
Screen capture program from Microsoft.
- Copernicus free; Mac
Video-only (no audio) screencasting software.
- Debut free; Win
Free video and screen capture program.
- FreeScreencast.com free; Win
Site for making and uploading screencasts.
- GoView.com free; online
Free Screen and audio recording program; automatically hosts the created videos its own site.
- Jing free; Mac, Win
"The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video from your computer to anywhere."
- Microsoft Expression Encoder free; Win
"Encode a wide array of video file formats, stream live from webcams and camcorders or screen capture your PC. Make simple edits to video files and enhance your media with overlays and advertising."
- Mikogo $$; online
"Show any screen content from your computer live over the Web to multiple people. Anything you see, they see. Mikogo is ideal for web conferencing, online presentations and remote support."
- Oneeko free and pay versions; Win only 1-to-1 in free version
"Instant sharing. No need to plan ahead. No download for guests. 100% browser based. File transfer, whiteboard, web cams and a lot more!"
- ScreenCam $$; Win
Commercial screen-capture program and annotation program.
- ScreenCastle free; online
Record a screencast directly from your browser.
- Screencast-O-Matic free; online
"The free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"
- Screenr: Instant Screencasts for Twitter free; online
Incredibly easy-to-use web-based screen recorder which allows instant posting to Twitter or downloading in mp4 format.
- ShareItNow free and pay versions; Win
"ShareItNow™ is a service that allows you to share anything on your desktop to anyone, anywhere, anytime -- spontaneously and seamlessly. Use ShareItNow to conduct training sessions, demonstrate a product, collaborate on a document, host a web tour and more!"
- Wink free; Linux, Win
"Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software... Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users."
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this page last updated December 21, 2011