Monday, March 25, 2013

Create your own ScreenCast

What is a Screencast?

A Screencast is a video of your computer screen with audio narration.

Many Screencast applications are available in the web and Camstudio is one of them. It is a free open source screencast application.

How to create a Screencast with Camstudio?
  • Go to http://camstudio.org/, Click on the Download links at the middle of the page. Download and install the application on your computer.
  • After installing open the CamStudio program.
  • You can see the buttons to Record, Pause and Stop your screencasting.
  • Go to Options -> Program Options and select "Minimise Program on start Recording". This helps the application to minimise its window automatically when you start recording.
  • By default no audio is recorded. If you want to record audio, Go to Options -> Audio Options and select "Audio Options for Microphone".
  • Select the "Region" on the computer screen to be recorded. 
  • Begin recording your How to videos, lectures etc by clicking on the red circle (Record Button). After finishing your task on the screen to be captured, press F9 to stop the recording. 
  • Now you will be prompted to save the avi file on your computer. You Screencast is now ready to be shared on YouTube.
 Who can benefit more from screencasting technique?
  • Software Professionals - to demonstrate software features.
  • Teachers - for tutorial purpose.
  • Students - to organise seminars and for e-learning.
  • Business Professionals - for publicity, training etc.
I have created a sample ScreenCast and uploaded in YouTube.

How to embed the sample video from YouTube in this post?
  • Go to your YouTube video.
  • Right click on the video and select "Copy embed html".
  • Come back to the blogger post and select HTML view instead of Compose view.
  • Paste the html code copied from YouTube to the existing html code. Postion the code as per your wish for target position.



Note: Many other paid ScreenCast applications are available in the market with more and more features. Based on the type of use and the price they can afford, one can use the screencast program which suites them best.

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