Screen Casting

Can somebody please recommend a useful screen casting widget? I've never made a screen cast before; but, I want to do so now. Preferably, I'd like a free one.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Marielle Lange on October 27, 2007 at 8:22am

Additional webservices are listed on the classroom20 wiki (see wiki tab on top of the page). Check out Presentation. The idea, if I understand correctly, is to have a single place with all relevant information. That's an open wiki, anybody can update that page with the tips given here ;-).

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Permalink Reply by elizabeth helfant on October 27, 2007 at 9:20am

I've had good luck with Jing (http://www.jingproject.com/), a free one from techsmith.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Hudiburg on November 28, 2007 at 12:30pm

Hear Hear, to Jing!

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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on November 28, 2007 at 1:25pm

Here is a Web 2.0 tool to use. It is called "Screencast-O-Matic. FREE!!!!

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

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Permalink Reply by Jack Phelps on November 28, 2007 at 9:32pm

camtasia is easily the top of the stack, IMHO, although I've never tried any mac-only stuff. but you won't be able to get camtasia *permanently* free, only temporarily.

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Permalink Reply by Damolward on February 4, 2008 at 5:16am

Hi
Screencast-o-matic is good. Smartboard users have a utility called Smart Record that makes hi-def WMA or WMV files on PC and Quicktime on the Mac version. Depends if you want to use your cast in a powerpoint/other presentation in which case the Smart software is more versatile.

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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on February 4, 2008 at 8:08am

I know you are looking for a free one but if you get hooked on screencasting and start making alot of them, I highly recommend Camtasia. I use it to make my masterycasts for my students and it is a really user friendly tool. I can produce multiple file formats at the same time ( flash and iPod is what I make), and I find it as a very user friendly tool.

I will check out some of the other options mentioned. Thanks for the info everyone!

Sue P

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Permalink Reply by Jeff O'Hara on February 5, 2008 at 3:54pm

Screencast-o-matic for a quick and dirty screencast.

If you are on windows use Snagit. Camtasia is way over priced.

For mac, snapzpro is excellent.

-Jeff
http://edmodo.com

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Permalink Reply by Richard on February 7, 2008 at 5:10am

I've always used Cam Studio.

It's licenced under GPL so its free as in freedom. But it's also free as in free beer, which makes it much more accessible for students and schools.

Have used it with students in class, they found that it didn't get in their way too much. And am using it at the moment to create a screencast for Termites. It's quality software.

Cheers,
Richard

http://tinyrock.com

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Permalink Reply by Tonya Herron on February 8, 2008 at 6:54am

Jing is the only one I've used. But it is free, easy, and fun. It keeps the files on a file server, so you can record lessons for a substitute and just give them the URL. It may not always be free, tho. There's some talk of charging for the server, but I'm happy using it now. If they want to charge me, I'll just find something newer and cooler to play with

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Permalink Reply by Leon Cych on February 10, 2008 at 11:47am

The problem with Jing as I see it is that the SWF files are proprietory so even if I download them and try to reencode I get only the audio which is a shame! I use SnapzPro on the Mac and an application called OmniDazzle to highlight stuff on screen and darken the background for emphasis