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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 20:22, 30 July 2007 (MEST).

Screencasts can be used to explain how to use some software. E.g. user interaction is recorded and explanations are given by a voice-over made at recording time or later.

A second use of the word "Screencast" refers to recordings of talks and seminars where slide contents + presenters voice are recorded.

See also

Software

Free Recording software

  • CamStudio for Windows is 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).
  • Jing (MacOS, Windows)
    • widget that hides in the corner until clicked
    • image or video capture of selected area on screen
    • sound or mute
    • save to clipboard, locally or share
    • basic version free, added instant sharing and screencasting features for pro version

Video software

You also may just film some user interaction (i.e. via a webcam) or with a camera. But mileage is not so good in most cases. See: video streaming, multimedia container format, etc.

In education

Screencasts are very popular in so-called rapid elearning. "Rapid" refers to production cost, i.e. it is cheaper to produce screen casts than good written manuals or online interactive contents.

See also:

Links

Overviews Screen casting

(capture of user interactions)

Tutorials