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Cast your screen - new Screencasting Workflow advice

Posted by Karla Youngs on Wednesday 26 May 2010
Tags: audiovisual | e-learning | microphones | news | presentations | screen capture | screencast | software | sound recordings |

With the rise and rise of the computer as a teaching tool, elegant and effective ways of sharing and explaining on-screen activity are of rapidly growing interest throughout the education and training community. Everything from software demonstration and training, through web tours and walkthroughs, to pre-recorded presentations can be delivered as screencasts.

Composite image - Dish image by CSIRO under Creative Commons, combined with original material

In our new Screencasting Workflow advice document we take a detailed look at all stages of the screencast production and delivery workflow, with explanations and demonstrations of techniques, tips on software and hardware selection and use, planning, performance and more. Designed as a thorough introduction to screencast production, this new resource also features several embedded screencasts which explore different areas of the screencast lifecycle, and numerous links to further documents and resources.

Invaluable for the beginner wanting an overview of the process, as much as the experienced screencaster after advice on more advanced techniques, this is a comprehensive introduction to the technical business of broadcasting your screen.

• Google’s open source web fonts

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 25 May 2010
  Tags: fonts | open source | typefaces | web services | web fonts |

  Last week we published our Introduction to Fonts and Typefaces which included a look at recent developments in the use of web fonts.

• Animated robots show how we can help

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Monday 24 May 2010
  Tags: animation | e-learning | event | news | teaching | video |

  The JISC Digital Media team have produced a short video to briefly explain the fundamentals of what we do: provide advice relating to the use of digital media within teaching, learning and research.

• Find out more about fonts and typefaces

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 20 May 2010
  Tags: accessibility | fonts | news | typefaces | web services | web fonts |

  Our latest advice document is an Introduction to Fonts and Typefaces.

• How to get attention on Flickr

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 14 May 2010
  Tags: flickr | photo sharing | photographs | photography | web services |

  Once you have produced a collection of multimedia resources, it is typical to hope that many people will visit and view said resources.

• Online image size calculator

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 12 May 2010
  Tags: bit depth | calculator | compression | file formats | news | photographs |

  Our latest addition to the website is a Print Size and File Size Calculator.

• The problem with live video

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Monday 10 May 2010
  Tags: delivery | event | mobile | video |

  Over at Techcrunch, Michael Seibel of Justin.tv highlights several problems with live video on the web.

  

• Latest issue of newsletter now available

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 07 May 2010
  Tags: news | newsletter |

  We've just published the third issue of Intermedia.

• Film preservation at the Library of Congress

  Posted by Steve Hull on Thursday 06 May 2010
  Tags: analogue collections | audiovisual | digital preservation | digital preservation policy | repositories | restoration | storage |

  Creative Cow has published a wonderful article from Ken Weissman, supervisor of the Film Preservation Lab at the Library of Congress in the US.

• New lens document just released

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 06 May 2010
  Tags: equipment | lenses | news | photography | slr | tips | video |

  We have just released a new introductory document on lenses, it describes the main components of the lens and what you should consider before choosing a lens for a task.

• Workflow by Thomas Hawk

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 04 May 2010
  Tags: photography | workflow |

  One of the key tools needed to produce resources is the use of various workflows.