I know there have been times that for whatever reason, I would have liked to record what I'm doing on my desktop as a video to share with colleagues and students. Perhaps it is new software that you are sharing with other teachers or showing your students how to take an exam using eCART or Blackboard. This post will outline two methods of doing so. For each of these options, I've created a video (using the other one) to walk you through the steps-so the video about SmartBoard was made using CamStudio and vice versa.
If you have SmartBoards at your school, you'll have access to the SmartBoard software/tools. Within that software, there is a recorder (video) included with it.
If you do not have access to the SmartBoard software and/or you wish to do this on your home computer, you can get similar software online for free with CamStudio (video). CamStudio is free software for Windows that allows you to record from your desktop - you can then save the file.
After using both of these applications, I think CamStudio is a much better product. Here's why:
- Although you have to download it, it's much easier to use.
- The recording is better, especially the audio. Did you notice on the CamStudio video, the first few seconds are difficult to hear? I used the SmartBoard recorder to make that video and it seems to be an ongoing problem with it.
- There are more options for customization within CamStudio.
While working on this post, I did download Jing, which has a very snappy interface and is both PC and Mac compatible. However, while it does have a free version, you are limited to non-.avi file saving and there seems to be widespread problems with audio.
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