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Screencasting for Pedagogy
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Cheap or Free Tools for Video-Making Students | |
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Screencast-O-Matic | |
Microsoft PowerPoint | |
Cheap and Free Options for Videomaking
Very quick and easy. Limited to five minutes. To share videos, practically requires upload to screencast.com, and use of flash for playback. | |
Ideal for everyday use. Free version allows 15 minute videos with a minor watermark. Can host at Screencast-O-Matic's site or YouTube, and allows video file creation for hosting in Google Drive. Paid version includes editing and scripting tools. | |
High-end video creation and editing suite, that contains an excellent toolset for screencasting. Camtasia is very expensive, but offers discount for educators. If you anticipate doing lots of video work, it is worth purchasing. For example, Camtasia has a full-featured, simple to use pan-and-zoom tool not widely available in screencast or editing applications. | |
An excellent whiteboarding tool for tablets that records all activity as a screencast. Ideal for discussing maps or images with annotations. | |
Adobe Spark | A simple, free toolset that allows creation of meme graphics, simple but dynamic web pages, and slideshow videos. Works on Desktop (PC or Mac) and mobile apps (Tablets.) |
Until June 2016, Snagit for Google Chrome, a browser extension, was a helpful screencaster, but it's develop TechSmith, ceased support. Videos produced with Snagit for Google Chrome are linked here, but would be equally produceable with the tools above.
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