Category: Tutorials
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7 things you should know about Screencasting
The latest addition to the Educause “7 things you should know…” series is about Screencasting. The 7 questions answered are What is it? Who’s doing it? How does it work? Why is it significant? What are the downsides? Where is it going? and What are the implications for teaching and learning? To answer the question…
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Webcasting Pointers
David King has posted his tips for successful webcasting based on two recent online presentations he gave. DE Librarians are likely to find themselves using tools like Elluminate or who knows what else to deliver instruction in the same environment, and taking a look at these tips before you go online can only improve your…
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Adobe Captivate 2.0 on the way…
Amit reports that Adobe is in the beta stage for the next version of Adobe Captivate (the screencasting software formerly known as Macromedia Captivate after it was formerly known as RoboDemo). My ramblings on the product. Technorati Tags: Screencasting, Captivate
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Online Research Toolkit presentation
I’m just now finally getting around to looking at some of the presentations from last week’s Library & Information Resources track of HigherEdBlogCon. Great idea in theory, but I’m still finding it difficult to set aside the time to give the presentations the full attention they deserve. One presentation I did spend some time with…
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Thoughts on Macromedia Captivate
The Web4lib discussion list recently wrapped up a slew of posts discussing the virtues of Macromedia Captivate, with some additional discussion of Qarbon ViewletBuilder and a surprisingly (to me) small number of comments on Camtasia Studio. You can pick up the discussion here – scroll down (or Ctrl-F) to the subject of [Web4lib] Macromedia Captivate…
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Intuitive Revelations: The Ubiquitous Reference Model
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How’s that for an ear-catching title? Brian Mathews at Georgia Tech is working on a really interesting project. OK, so we know some libraries have created pages in places where patrons hang out, like MySpace. I use a Pubsub feed to look for anyone who’s blogged about the University of Calgary, and on rare occasions…
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Librarycasting SE
Chad at Library Voice points to Librarycasting SE (the SE is for Sciences and Engineering). This is a wonderful collection (blogged) of screencasts and podcasts put together by Pete Kirlew at Virginia Commonwealth University. A sampling of some of the recent posts include: Tutorials for Engineering Village, PubMed Video Tutorials, Finding Online Tutorials at VCU…
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VideoEgg – tiny screencasts
Want to see what your library screencast might look like on a video iPod? Head over to VideoEgg, which appears to be the latest in line along with YouTube and Google Video for sharing videos online. This one looks pretty nice, and I haven’t had time to do more than upload a test screencast to…
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Jon Udell’s Screencasting Advice
Jon Udell, who coined the term screencasting, has some advice for those who are using Camtasia Studio to precisely edit narrated video. Technorati Tags: screencasting
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Webcast – Just-in-Time Tutorials using ViewletBuilder
The Partnership is a relatively new network of provincial and territorial library associations across Canada. One of the services they offer is a series of online webinars called The Education Institute, and one of the upcoming sessions will be of interest to distance librarians – Karen Hunt from the University of Winnipeg will be presenting…