Screencast
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Definition
“A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration.” (Wikipedia, retrieved 19:51, 30 July 2007 (MEST).
Software
Free Recording software
- CamStudio is s able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
- Wink. Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. (Windows and Linux).
In education
Links
Overviews Screen casting
(capture of user interactions)
- Video Captures (Wikipedia)
- Screencast (Wikipedia)
- List of screencasting software (Wikipedia)
- J Udell's del.icio.us entries
Tutorials
- Capture a Screencast with a Mac by Miraz Jordan.
- What Is Screencasting, by Jon Udell, 11/16/2005
- How to Make Flash Tutorials With a Free Program Called Wink (Wink is a free program that you can use to create Flash tutorials on Windows or Linux).