PowerPoint Screencast (Camtasia): https://youtu.be/h5g3GGMThnE
Screencasting for Pedagogy
Tool Demos:
Two Geography Tools (Snagit for Chrome): https://youtu.be/vvXneKx9KDo
Footnotes in Word (Camtasia): https://youtu.be/UUS1ehWBnZY
Editing in YouTube (Camtasia): https://youtu.be/pXavgSZmIys
Students: Sharing video in D2L (Snagit for Chrome): https://youtu.be/SMUr3RGgvuc
Teaching video production
You can find tutorials on YouTube, but they often contain more than your students need (including advertising.) Here’s a good one for iMovie: https://youtu.be/GKu5p4e4CbY.
I make my own screencasts: short, and focused on what my students need: PowerPoint Screencast (Camtasia): https://youtu.be/h5g3GGMThnE
Sample Assignment
This assessment replaces a traditional term paper assignment in an undergraduate U.S. military history course geared primarily toward freshmen history majors, and non-history majors of all levels.
Basic: Use Screencasting to Teach Content Creation Mechanics, Procedures
Example: Mechanics of Simple Video
Other possibilities:
Review document (syllabus. Primary source.)
Feedback on papers (no writing, clumsy Word markup.)
Sundry how-tos.
Assignment: PowerPoint for Slide Video
Simple intro to narrated documentaries
Intro to YouTube
Screencaster Options
 | 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. |
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.
Hosting: YouTube
Screencast-o-Matic
Can host 2 hours free.
Embeds.
YouTube/Google Drive
GAFE account.
Link/Embed
YouTube: simple editor.
Google Drive in GAFE: might have special sharing options within school domain.
Recording Screencasts: Prep
Quick updates: no script. Just record.
Explicit: different media. Video correspondence, not professional product.
“Capital” videos: use a script
Demonstrate good work: clean, scripted, edited.
Short, Simple, Direct
Leave pauses in recording. “Breaks” for editing.