LibCasting

Probably of interest to only a few readers, but just in case you have some Linux users in your organization or have Linux-using friends (mostly systems managers or other computer-intensive users with some mathematicians and physicists thrown in for good measure), take a look at 5 Ways to Screencast Your Linux Desktop from LinuxHaxor for [...]

While waiting for Techsmith to produce a Mac version of Camtasia, Mac users have more limited choices for screencasting software. But at least those choices are expanding. See, for example, a recent comparison of eight options at the TUAW Faceoff: Screencasting. The most advanced option reviewed, ScreenFlow from Vara Software has recently been upgraded to [...]

So I’ve been playing around with some of the newer, free screencasting programs that including hosting. I created a quick and short screencast with each on the topic of finding the ERIC thesaurus from our library site. See what you think of the output. I’m using five different programs that all offer a free screenrecording [...]

Since my library launched a new Web site for this semester, I decided to use Demofuse to create a quick online tour of the new site. Take a look and see what you think. It seemed to work well for showing where key links had moved on our home page (although to reduce the external [...]

And here is another free, Windows-based screencast recorder with audio and free hosting: FreeScreencast.com. The software download is Screencast Recorder beta 10. This is a Windows program that requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Windows Media Encoder. The hosted screencasts include linking URLs and embed code, but at this point, it does not include [...]

Webinaria appears to be another free program for creating screencasts. I have not tested it yet, but according to its site  it runs on Windows [...]

I came across an announcement of a free Mac screencasting software package called Screenium. It is currently available for free in its Preview Version (and looks like it will cost $20 later). I don’t have a Mac, so I cannot easily test it. I’ll have to say my one complaint about most Mac screencasting software [...]

Until January 7, Techsmith is offering a free version of Camtasia Studio 3.1.3 (the latest version is up to version 5.0). The download site says it is an “exclusive offering for PC Plus Magazine readers from the United Kingdom” but another site that links to the deal says that they “have confirmation from Techsmith stating [...]

I’m pleased to see that Genie Tyburski is now adding screencast to her wonderfully informative Virtual Chase site on legal information. She is using Camtasia Studio 5 and discusses the software and hardware being used. I expect more will be forthcoming, but for now, here is a list of what she has available.

Searching SEC’s Edgar
BRB’s [...]

Sketchcast.com offers an interesting permutation on screencasting. Instead of screen actions, sketchcasting can record audio while sketching, with very simple tools. I can not yet see any application for this technology with the kind of teaching that I do (and my significant lack of sketching ability), but it is an intriguing Web-based approach. To summarize [...]