Comments on: Further Investigations Into Free Screencast Software

By: heated towel rails for bathrooms

heated towel rails for bathrooms — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:49:41 +0000

Enjoy reading this, thank you:)

By: dswaters

dswaters — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:26:20 +0000

Hi Jason – thanks for telling me about freescreencast.com I will give it a more thorough road test when I am on holidays.

Hi Beth – if anyone was not clear it would be me. I know that you like both. It was more of a case I was less into Jing and you liked it so there must be a good reason why you do like it.

Hi Paul – bad wording in my case. I have easily embedded Jing but can’t embed it in my Edublogs blog due to the nature of my blogging platform.

By: Paul R. Pival

Paul R. Pival — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:23:08 +0000

Actually you can easily embed videos with Jing – there’s an option to do so from the share menu, and you can also get the code by visiting your Jing folder on your screencast.com account.

By: » Online Tools vol1 looking forward

» Online Tools vol1 looking forward — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:33:21 +0000

[...] This one seems to be the topic of the moment: screen casting software. A lot has been said lately on this topic (for some great discussion on the merits of various products and their uses, take a look at Michele Martin’s Bamboo Project and Sue Waters’ Mobile Technology in TAFE). [...]

By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:55:23 +0000

Hi there,

Maybe I wasn’t so clear. I love both – it isn’t an either/or.

Jing is great for on the fly- micro screencasting – or screencasting as tech support or quick documentation.

Camtasia is better for more formal screencasts – because of everything you mention.

I like having both of them in my toolbox.

What I found liberating, was the 5 min limit for Jing and discipline to do one take – because of the lack of editing feature … which helped me be more succinct.

So, they both have their place ..
B

By: likewhoa » Further Investigations Into Free Screencast Software

likewhoa » Further Investigations Into Free Screencast Software — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:34:16 +0000

[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG jing]Beth Kanter has got me thinking more about screencasting since I wrote my post on Quick Tips for Improving Screencasts because Beth loves Jing while I have mixed feelings. As Beth is way more experienced at screencasting, and my background is scientific research (yes I have kept that quiet), the only option was to investigate Jing deeper. The Jing Project by TechSmith is currently allowing people free use of Jing and their web-hosting service screencast.com to capture images (and add [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:21:34 +0000

Let me throw another contender into the mix: freescreencast.com

I’m the founder and primary creator of freescreencast.com.

I like Jing, and they are very close to the vision I have, but they are obviously reserved, while I can honestly say a few profound statements:

Our screencast recording software is free. Yes, it requires .NET 2.0. Yes, I agree that is a barrier. However, windows update has brought most machines to that level.

Did I mention it was free? Oh, did I mention you can upload to our site and host your screencast for free? No limits on either bandwidth or storage. We -want- you to share your knowledge.

And from our site you can embed the cast into your site or blog, just like youtube.

Oh, you don’t want to share? Fine! You can use our free software and save either a WMV or FLV, in either the Microsoft or Adobe screen codec, ready to go. We don’t mind. Use our software. Create screencast. More than anything, we believe two things: screencasting is going to be big, and information wants to be free. We’re the free part of that.

By: dswaters

dswaters — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:57 +0000

Thanks Tim for reminding me about Screencast-o-matic.com — I did road test it several months ago but definitely worth a re-visit.

Hi Corrie – I also have to say I am very impressed with the version of Camtasia Studio I downloaded. I find it easy to use because I am used to using a range of video editing programs. But previously when I tried it (maybe 6 months ago) I did struggle with it (later version I think).

By: Corrie Bergeron

Corrie Bergeron — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:39:34 +0000

We got some budget $ to buy Camtasia Studio and really like it. I’m impressed by the features of the latest release, too, though I’m not sure if we can upgrade.

By: Tim Davies

Tim Davies — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:49:54 +0000

I’ve recently been using the basic but very functional ‘Screencast-o-matic’ from http://screencast-o-matic.com/ for quick training screencasts – particularly when I’m not working at my computer.

It’s javabased – so runs easily from the browser with no installation. It seems to playback screencasts online through a java-based player also – which can be a little tricky when sending a screencast over to someone whose computer isn’t set up with Java – but, it also offers an MPEG export.

Fixed area recording only – but I find it I set up to 800×600 and set the recording area just over the significant area of the application I’m using (e.g. just the webpage itself if recording a screencast about using a web-based tool – and not all the menus / button-bars) then I can get good quality with plenty of space.