Screencasts

Screencasts are a great way to capture a computer screen through a video. This tool is great when wanting to explain to your students or any audience a particular website or how to use a specific Web 2.0 tool. Below are some screencasts that I created using different programs. Take a look below:

Screencast-o-matic

Screencast-o-matic is free and easy to use. I've used it before to create a screencast on how to utilize the school online card catalog. At first I was a bit reluctant to use this tool because I was afraid of messing up and having to start all over again. I learned to use some features that made my presentation flow and easy to record. I also like how easy it is to share the video. You can share with an email, social media websites, and Youtube. I posted this video easily on Youtube and the uploading didn't take long. You can either get the URL or embed code to post to your blog or share with others.




Jing

Jing is free and easy to use. It is alot like Screencast-o-matic. It has the same features. For example, when you are recording, you have the option to pause, gather your thoughts, and continue. When you review the final outcome of the video, you can't even tell there was a pause in between. I really hard a hard time getting the embed code to work on the blog. I used the embed code provided and couldn't get the video to view on the blog as I did with screencast-o-matic.  I watched and followed the tutorial given by Jing. The file also takes very long to upload.

URL     http://www.screencast.com/t/f77FY0fQm

Link for Video:   rcabriales_sciencefair


Screenr

To my surprise, I went into the Screenr website today. I had viewed it about a week ago and was already planning on using it for my blog today. As soon as I went into the webpage, I got a message that said that Screenr is retired as of November 11, 2015. What a bummer because it was free and easy to use as well. This is what they had to say:

Sadly, we're retiring Screenr on November 11, 2015.

As you might already know, Screenr’s recording capability is based on Java RE (Runtime Environment), which is rapidly becoming antiquated. For example, Google Chrome doesn’t support Java RE anymore. So Screenr can’t run there. And on other browsers, Java support is also limited, causing constant problems for users.

Because we at Screenr pride ourselves on providing a superior customer experience, these issues are simply unacceptable. And there’s no way around them.

If you’d like to download your videos, please do so before November 11th. After then, you will no longer be able to log into Screenr. However, all of your embedded videos and links to your videos will continue to work.

We hope you’ve enjoyed our services as much as we’ve enjoyed providing them to you.

The Screenr Team