Category: Tutorials
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Five Best Desktop Microphones
I've long maintained that one very important, yet often overlooked component of good screencasting is a good microphone. My current rig is the Samson CO1U, but it didn't even make the list of Lifehacker's list of contenders for Five Best Desktop Microphones. Check 'em out, and if you're in the market, pick one up –…
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Who does screencasting help the most?
An interesting report on the Casting Out Nines Blog (part of the Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Network): Who does screencasting help the most? The author summarizes the results of a Winter 2011 paper in Advances in Engineering Education (PDF), and concludes that, I think it suggests that screencasts, when done well and deployed properly, help…
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Get Camtasia 2 for Mac for 50% off!
Just a quick heads-up that StackSocial is currently running a $50 Mac software bundle that includes the latest version of Camtasia, which normally sells for $99. In addition to that fine screencasting tool, you also get 8 other pieces of software you may find useful. Regardless, 50% off if you've been thinking about picking up Camtasia……
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APLEN Training Centre
Here's a site you might want to browse through: The APLEN Training Centre. APLEN is the Alberta Public Library Electronic Network, and the Training Centre is "a hub for libraries to share their training materials, learn from the collective experience of library staff, and discuss Alberta library training." There are quite a few guides from…
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Google Advanced Power Searching course
Following a link from Lifehacker, I went ahead and signed up for the Advanced Power Searching course taught by Google. Guess I should go ahead and work my way through the archive of the Power Searching course that's still available online… The Advanced course begins Jan 23, 2013 and includes the following challenges: Challenge 1…
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ChronoZoom is like Prezi on steroids
Just ran across ChronoZoom this AM, which immediately reminded me of Prezi in the way things zoom around. It does look pretty cool, but so far appears to only contain content produced by the beta participants. While this makes sense as a beta, I really hope they open it up to contributions from a wider…
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Finishing the year with some screencasting resources
The Nov 2012 issue of EDUCAUSE Review has a couple of nice articles looking at screencasting, specifically how they can be used to enhance the “flipped classroom”. Both are by Michael F. Ruffini, an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Screencasting to Engage Learning is the one that ties the concept…
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How to make library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts
Chad Boeninger continues to make good use of both screencasting and traditional video in introducing research topics to his business students at Ohio University. In this post Chad "discusses the inexpensive equipment and software needed, and shows how to make a video from start to finish. Discusses camera selection, how to use Screencast-o-matic.com, how to…
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Change to Google Scholar Advanced Search
Thanks to a thread on the Web4Lib list I just learned that Google Scholar has changed the way you get to the Advanced Search options. Instead of looking for a link, you'll now hit the down arrow at the right side of the search box: At that point you'll see the advanced search options:
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New Book: Screencasting for Libraries
Greg Notess, one of the first to see the possibilities of screencasting in libraries, has just announced that his new book, Screencasting for Libraries, part of the excellent ALA Tech Set series, has now been published. I had a chance to review this title a couple of months ago and found it an excellent guide…