Adding Pizzazz to your Website using Video Capturing Software

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Adding Pizzazz to your Website using Video
Capturing Software
OLA 2005

• James Watson
• Information Services Librarian (Education)
• Trent University

Jennifer Thiessen Education Librarian Brock
University
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Outline

• What is screen recording/video capture software?
• Why do it?
• Drawbacks
• Comparison of products
• Planning
• Conclusion
• Questions

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What Is Video Screen Recording?

• Creating full-motion video of PC screen activity
  (basically what you see on the screen gets
  recorded)
• Produce videos in one of many used formats for
  distributing streaming videos over the Web

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Why Do It?

• Realistic and interactive
• Learning styles
• Visual
• Auditory
• Psychomotor/Kinesthetic
• Student characteristics
• Reach off-campus learners
• Good marketing tool for the library

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Are There Drawbacks?

• Amount of time needed for screen recording,
  editing, audio narration
• Need to edit or totally redo recording if
  resource changes
• Will students use the tutorials?

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Comparison of Products

• Qarbon Viewlet Builder/Cam
• Macromedia Captivate
• TechSmith Camtasia

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Qarbon Products - http//www.qarbon.com
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Macromedia-http//www.macromedia.com
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TechSmith - http//www.techsmith.com
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Factors to consider

• Cost
• Prices vary some educational discounts
• Leading products all cost over 100
• Ease of use
• Personal preference
• Editing callouts, arrows, boxes, etc.
• Voice narrations
• Compliance with Web standards
• Produces videos in formats widely accepted and
  accepted, ie. AVI, Flash, Real Player, Microsoft
  Media Player
• Ability to produce in more than one format

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Factors to consider contd

• Ability to produce videos in different ways
• Ready for Web publishing
• Publish directly onto CD for distribution
• Fit within organization's IT structure
• Access to Web server and/or Webmaster?
• Partnerships with other units
• Compatibility with other software used
• Staff and ongoing maintenance issues
• Staff willing to learn to use technology?
• Support for creation and maintenance of videos?

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Comparison of features
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Planning

• Content
• Length
• Audio/no audio
• Publishing
• Formats (e.g. Flash, etc.)

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Examples of Screen Videos

• Trent Universitys Thomas J. Bata Library
• Gibson Library, Brock University
• UBC

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Conclusion

• Lessons learned
• Future directions
• Trent
• Brock

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Questions??