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General screencast tips
- Keep screenscasts short and focused.
By breaking down tasks into short segments (maximum 15 minutes), students are better able to find and view needed material. Also, if a task is complex and has many options, considering making two screencasts: one covering the basic points and another on advanced options. - Work from a plan or script.
This enables you to present important steps and options without wandering and distracting viewers. - Accept minor imperfections.
The urge to make a recording perfect will lead to endless hours spent on recording. Aim for 'good enough'. It is fine to leave minor technical imperfections and concentrate on the content instead. - Use short, distinct, descriptive titles.
Student can use course titles to quickly scroll through and find needed information. - Create slides easily viewed on a computer or mobile device.
Large sans-serif typeface, mixed case, high contrast, and succinct text. - Use a stylus or enlarged mouse pointer to emphasize important display areas.
As you move through your presentation, you can help students follow along by using a stylus to circle or underline important areas on your screen. If you don't have a stylus, you can change your mouse pointer to a larger icon, which will be easier to see and follow. - Create a screen recording library of frequently asked questions.
Instead of creating screen recordings for every tool and feature, let student questions and problems drive which topics you develop into screencasts.
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Breeze, Camtasia Relay & Ink2Go comparison
Feature | Breeze | ||
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Create presentations in: | Windows only. Breeze presentations can be viewed on any OS supported by Flash Player. | Windows & Mac. | Windows & Mac. |
Interface | A plugin which works only within Microsoft PowerPoint. | A virtual camera that records what is shown on your computer's desktop. | A virtual camera that records what is shown on your computer's desktop. |
Audio recording | Yes. | Yes. | Yes. |
Webcam recording | Yes. | No. | Yes. |
Recording area | N.A. | Records full screen only. | Records full screen or selected area of desktop. |
Multiple monitor support | N.A. | Yes. | No. |
Extra tools | Insert interactive quizzes. | None. | Whiteboard. Annotation tools. |
Upload mechanism | Publish to server when ready. | After recording, automatically uploads in the background whenever the computer on which you recorded is switched on. | After recording, the application uploads the video file. |
Viewing | Flash-based web page, accessible from IVLE. | Video, stored on server, accessible from IVLE. | Video, stored on server, accessible from IVLE. Video file also available on the computer where you recorded the presentation. |