Screencasting
What is a screencast? A screencast is a video recording of whatever is taking place on your computer. Screencasts are extremely useful for for guiding students through websites, video tutorials, or quick explanations that would take too long by email. There are many screencasting tools, but today we'd like to introduce you to one of the easiest tools: Screenr. You'll create your own videos for your classes using this simple tool.
What is a screencast? A screencast is a video recording of whatever is taking place on your computer. Screencasts are extremely useful for for guiding students through websites, video tutorials, or quick explanations that would take too long by email. There are many screencasting tools, but today we'd like to introduce you to one of the easiest tools: Screenr. You'll create your own videos for your classes using this simple tool.
Here's a great example of how a screencast can be used to help students:
One of our workshop participants shared this screencast (recorded using ScreenJelly, which has a 3-minute limit) that she created for her Math students, demonstrating how to use the graphing calculator. It's only three minutes, but she manages to include a lot of information, humor, and reassurances for her students.
One of our workshop participants shared this screencast (recorded using ScreenJelly, which has a 3-minute limit) that she created for her Math students, demonstrating how to use the graphing calculator. It's only three minutes, but she manages to include a lot of information, humor, and reassurances for her students.
Screenr Tips:
Because Screenr records everything in one shot with no post-recording editing options, you want to:
Because Screenr records everything in one shot with no post-recording editing options, you want to:
- have an idea in advance what you want to say. Five minutes goes fast, so plan accordingly!
- if you are going to go longer than 5 minutes, leave some some time at the end for a "to be continued" sort of a statement, then start another video.
- if you don't like the finished recording, don't fuss about it -- just delete it and start again. Remember, it only takes a few minutes.
- The player size never changes, so the more you try to fit in your capture screen, the smaller it will look on playback. However, there is a fullscreen mode that you can use for playback, and you will get everything in clear detail, even if it looked small in the regular player:
- YouTube demo: How to log in to Screenr using your MEID
- YouTube demo: How to create a screencast with Screenr
- YouTube demo: How to share your Screenr screencast
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