Hi Anne/all,
Anything uploaded to YouTube should present well on just about anything as they process it in the background in the background to create all the different quality levels, video formats etc to suit all devices - I render mine as .mp4 at the highest resolution (720p HD).
The two screencasts I linked to in my previous email were made exclusively in Camtasia - feel free to take a look at them on which ever mobile devices you have access to and see what you think, they should give you a good idea of the attainable quality
There are a lot of elements to making good screencasts that aren't driven by the software - good scripting, clear speaking and sound, good editing and sensible use of the effects all play a part no matter which software platform you opt for.
Hope this helps,
Kind regards,
Paul
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MASKELL, Anne
Sent: 29 January 2015 15:52
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Screencasting software
Tricia,
Thank you very much for all this very comprehensive information.
Do you know if Camtasia presents well on mobile devices and web browsers?
Anne
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rey Patricia
Sent: 29 January 2015 15:00
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Screencasting software
Anne
Here's the summary of a recent email discussion.
Apologies for the late collection of responses. A number of very useful suggestions and possible options were made. A common barrier with freeware is that your trust won't let you have freeware as they won't support it. Large output files were also quite problematic, but it was suggested you could get around this problem by using Drop Box or Google Drive, if your trust allows it.
Good starting point is the infokit that JISC has produced: http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/screencasting
A very useful suggested site was Phil Bradley’s site: http://www.pearltrees.com/philbradley
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/3406578/how-record-your-screen-for-free-in-windows/
There was a mixture of paid and free versions:
Camtasia (http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html) was by far the most popular suggestion with many respondents positing it as their ‘first choice’. Camtasia Software captures the screen and allows you to edit and add notes and labels and render to the net in the correct format. Easy to use, and allows you to edit videos, add visual and sound effects, voiceovers, subtitles, things like that. Costs between £180-300 sounds reasonable.
iMoves is a possible option if you have a Mac or an iPad. It is free (built-in in a Mac PC) and there are many videos on Youtube showing how to use it. Images and videos are captured with an iPad and imported into an iMac then used iMovies for editing etc. Or you can record using screen capture functionality on iMac then edit the video with iMovies.
"Blueberry flashback" (http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack/Home.aspx) is Intuitive and easy to record what you are doing onscreen and add voice over with a microphone headset, but for doing simple things but to do more intricate stuff I was advised to go for the paid for version. Screencast-o-matic was also suggested and given a favourable mention along with WeVideo, Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html) and Screenr (https://www.screenr.com/)
Adobe Captivate was given favourable reviews, but the licence cost would a major drawback
Regards
Tricia Rey
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cheryl Kent
Sent: 29 January 2015 14:17
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] Screencasting software
Hi Anne,
we use a free version of screenr.
We also export the videos to youtube.
Cheryl.
On 29 January 2015 at 13:22, Anne Maskell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> We would like to create screencasts for our e-resources to aid our
> users, does anyone know of any tools/ software that would enable us to
> do this and would play on mobile technology, i.e. an iPad?
>
> Many thanks,
> Anne
>
> Anne Maskell
> eResources Librarian
> House of Lords Library
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