LibCasting

ALA has published my new book on screencasting! Screencasting for Libraries is now available. See more information on my Book page or browse the first chapter below. Screencasting for Libraries

Techsmith released a new version of Snagit on Feb. 28. Snagit is a great, full-featured screen shot (still image) program. With versions 11 for Windows and 2 for Mac, Snagit now has much more robust screencast (video) capabilities as well. Want to see it in action via a Webinar? If you are reading this in [...]

Techsmith has updated Camtasia Studio to version 4. While I have yet to download the new version to try it, there are some nice sounding features like more output formats, including m4v for podcasts, improved audio editing capabilities, production previews, open ended survey questions, extending end frames to fit added audio, closed captioning, and more. [...]

Paul points out that Adobe is now shipping Captivate 2 and that Techsmith will have version 4 of Camtasia Studio out soon (next week if they stay on schedule). I’m hoping to see that both find the balance between being even easier to use and adding more features and capabilities.

I have mostly been adding content into the pages (the top tabs and also links from the Pages section in the sidebar to the right). I’ll use those to add links to screencasts and notes about the process, software, hardware, etc.

After creating screencasts and exploring screencast software for the past year and a half, I have been wanting to put some of my materials online. I have been teaching several half day workshops on creating screencasts, “Creating Online Tutorials in Less Than 30 Minutes,” and I plan to use this experimental blog to share my [...]