Screencasting+Updated

**Recording**
Your choice of screen-casting application will depend on what areas you use for the scenes in the video. Quicktime Recorder works very well for recording the entire screen, whereas Screencast-o-matic is better for zooming in on aselected area.

Note: The best examples will be placed on the ABCICT wiki and the LRC Youtube channel. If there is a particularly excellent example it may be placed on the LRC Website as a tutorial for teachers and others.

Screencast-o-matic
Go to Screencast-o-matic.com or __search out the Application on your computer__.

You do not have to make an account. Instead click on ** Start Recording ** and try it out!

It may take a few minutes to load the recorder depending on your internet speed.



You may be prompted to allow a ** Java Applet access ** to your computer. ** Click Allow **.



Next you will need to ** select ** the ** area ** of your ** screen ** to be recorded.

Notice that you can ** resize ** the ** recording window ** and move it around on the screen.

The controls for recording, pausing, adjusting audio, changing hte size and switching to web cam are a the bottom of this window.



This is what it would look like if you were to activate the webcam as well. Be aware that the window is there as it may block some of the items you are demonstrating in the recording window. **Remember you must use Avatar names for this project, especially if you are including the webcam window in your screen-cast.**

When you click done the following option will appear. For this project you will need to choose ** Quicktime (MP4) ** as your ** video type **. then ** click save video ** and choose a location to save it in. (You may have noticed that there are options to add ** notes, captions ** as well as ** advanced options ** .)



QuickTime Recorder
**Remember** you can search out ** QuickTime ** applications using the ** finder ** and the ** spotlight **.

The QuickTime Player Menu should appear at the top of your screen. Select ** New Screen Recording ** from the ** Drop Down Menu **. Notice you can also use ** Quicktime ** for movie and audio recording.

Use the red button to begin recording.



Your ** screen recording window ** will disappear. You can stop recording by doing the following:

Once you have ended the recording, you will nee to ** rename ** it and choose a location to save it in.