There's a piece on Camtasia in May issue of Multimedia Information and
Technology journal which might be of interest - if you'd like a PDF just
email me.
Regards
Catherine
-----Original Message-----
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discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Kane
Sent: 21 July 2010 12:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Screencasts
Camtasia Studio is good. I have used it for screencasts.
David.
On 21 July 2010 12:19, Phil Bradley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Not sure if you mean an avatar speaking, or a webcam insert into the
> screencast, but if you mean the latter BBFlashback Express does that
> very nicely. Free, with commercial versions.
>
> Phil
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:15 PM, David Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>> Has anyone incorporated a talking head with short screencasts about
>> accessing electronic resources?
>> ________________________________________
>> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and
>> discussion. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marie Hitchcock
>> [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 21 July 2010 11:21
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Screencasts
>>
>> We've done a couple using the free version of Jing from TechSmith.
>> You can download it for free from the internet.
>>
>> It's very easy to use but, being free, you can't edit so your
>> screencasts need to be done in one take. This isn't too bad if
>> you've got your 'script' and have practised. We found it best if two
>> people did the recording - one to do the 'voiceover' and the other to
>> operate the keyboard and mouse.
>>
>> Marie
>>
>> Marie Hitchcock
>> LRC Systems Manager
>> Guildford College
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and
>> discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barden,
>> Mary
>> Sent: 21 July 2010 10:55
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Screencasts
>>
>> Dear Colleagues
>>
>> I would like to produce short screencasts about accessing electronic
>> resources. Does anyone have any suggestions for software that would
>> be suitable? Ideally the software would be free and easy for a
>> non-techie to use!
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>> Mary Barden
>> Business Librarian
>> University of Bolton
>> Tel: 01204 903547
>>
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