VideoActivities

**Video Activity 1: Screen capture and screen recording**
Now may be a good time to become aware (if you aren't already) of the variety of tools for **screen capture** (taking a picture of a segment of your screen) and for **screen recording** (recording actions on your screen). Each of these tools is useful, for example, when you are developing a tutorial for software use or you wish to incorporate a screen image in another presentation. These tools can be used to help teachers and students with troubleshooting or professional development and to demonstrate how to solve a problem or clarify a multi-step procedure.

For **screen capture,** there are built-in tools in the Mac OS and in the Windows OS. See [] Additionally, the Mac OS comes with "[|Grab]" (located in Utilities folder) which allows additional control.

There also are several commercial screen capture products available, including [|Snapit] and [|Snapz Pro.] Also, Aviary has a [|Firefox plugin] that permits instant screen capture!

For **screen recording**, there are many tools available; some are free or include a 30-day free trial. 1. [|Screen Flow] - Simply the best, most robust application for creating screencasts at an affordable price. 2. [|Snapz Pro] - While not as many features of Screen Flow, more affordable and easy to use. 3. [|Jing] - One of the more popular free applications for recording screencasts (unpaid version saves as a swf file). 4. [|Screenjelly] - Probably the most user-friendly site to use for recording video and uploading to a number of sites. 5. [|Camtasia] - Great application for Windows, similar to Screen Flow. 6. [|Screenr] - Excellent free site for recording screens with an iMovie type interface. 7. [|ScreenCastle] - One of the best and easiest ways to record a screen and share or embed with others. 8. [|Sequence] - Very affordable Mac application for creating screencasts with the ability to draw or comment. 9. [|Screenium] - A nice Mac application at a nice price. 10. [|Screen Flick] - A Mac application with many export features.

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Currently, one of the most popular tools for screen capture and screen recording is **Jing**. We will use Jing for Parts B and C below. See below for Jing info. [I recommend purchasing Jing Pro if you are able ($14.95/year). Jing Pro permits you to save video in MPEG-4 AVC format (MP4) and to upload to YouTube automatically - and in 720p HD! It also permits you to mix your webcam image with your screen capture.]

There are //three parts t//o **Video Activity 1**:

Reduce the size of your image to less than 100K by using [|webresizer] or another graphics tool. Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following: 1. Your OS 2. One-sentence statement about technique used. 3. One-sentence statement about the process.
 * Part A.** Take a picture of your screen (or a portion) //using one of the built-in OS tools mentioned above.//

Reduce the size of your image to **less than 100K** by using [|webresizer] or another tool. Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following: 1. Your OS 2. One-sentence statement about technique used. 3. One-sentence statement about the process.
 * Part B**. Download and install [|Jing]. Take a picture of your screen (or a portion). Label your image using the arrow tool and text tool. See tutorials at the bottom of this page.

Post your video on your wikispaces site (preferably **embed it**, or link if necessary) and list the following: 1. Your OS 2. One-sentence statement about technique used. 3. One-sentence statement about the process.
 * Part C**. Using Jing, record a less than two-minute narration and explanation of a process (your choice) on your computer.

Please make certain that your audio is of high quality! Use a quality microphone, eliminate background sounds - including fluorescent lights. //As always, use copyright-free images and audio!// //**Provide full credits for all images, audio, and video.**//

**Video Activity** **2: Create a slide show with accompanying music using an online app**
There are many tools for creating slideshows of images with accompanying audio. In addition to iMovie and Movie Maker (which you used in AEET/EDET 603), applications such as iPhoto permit development of slideshows. There also are tools like Picasa as well as the many online photo hosting services (Flickr, Photobucket, Shutterfly, etc... and even Facebook can be placed in this category)

This week, we will explore online applications that are available for creating slide shows with accompanying music and/or narration. These are somewhat similar in nature to iMovie and Movie Maker but with fewer options. Here are a few. Choose one that permits //inclusion of audio// (Animoto is highly recommended for educators):

1. [|Kizoa] - Creates beautiful slide shows, with a variety of music, effects, transitions to choose from. 2. [|Shwup] - Great site for creating private collaborative slide shows with features such as the ability to allow comments. 3. [|Photo Peach] - Unique site that allows users to create quizzes in their slide show through multiple choice questions. 4. [|Animoto] - One of the most popular sites around with an educational [focus]. 5. [|Slideroll] - A very nice site site that allows the user to make private or allow comments. 6. [|Flixtime] - Easy to use site where a user uploads photos and selects audio and transitions and then gets a code to embed into their site. 7.[| One True Media] - Great site to create animated slide shows with video. 8. [|PhotoSnack] - Very user friendly site with a drag & drop interface. 9. [|Pho.to] - Create flash based slide shows and get an embed code to put it on a site. 10. [|Vuvox] - An excellent site for creating beautiful multimedia slide shows.

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Create a short, **5-slide** slideshow with accompanying music using one of the online apps above. Post your video on your wikispaces site (preferably embed it, or link if necessary) and list the following: 1. Your OS 2. One-sentence statement about technique used. 3. One-sentence statement about the process. //As always, use copyright-free images and audio!// //**Provide full credits for all images, audio, and video.**//

Due by midnight on January 31. (Here is a pretty good example).

 [|How Jing Works]: [|Jing Overview]