I can foresee a great disturbance in the near future. Our district is going to update all of the computers to Windows 7. What is wrong with this?! Nothing! But there are many people that have yet to use this version and when they open Word or PowerPoint they are going to freak out and be very overwhelmed. Not because the software does so many more amazing things than it ever did. It is because it looks so very different than it ever has. Especially as we are still working in 2003 software and have totally bypassed Vista.
So with the impending doom of the freak out I began to think about how I could soften the blow to the faculty that would be overwhelmed. I could schedule a training session but that time is very precious and they would get very little out of it. So I began to think about what I do when I get stuck on something. I usually google my issue and end up watching a youtube video of how to fix my problem. BINGO! I just need to make some "How to...." videos and upload them.
I found free Video Screen Capture software that even includes audio and converts it to flash for easy upload to youtube, if you so desire. It is called CamStudio and is easy to download and easy to use. I downloaded it about 15 minutes ago and already made a video on how to convert MP3 files to WAV files using Itunes. I already have my handy dandy headset hooked to my computer for gaming. Why not use it for something even more useful?
I really like that it does not have a time or file size limit for your video. Most of the free capture software out there does have that limitation. I love the ease of use as well. I am totally excited to get started on my new adventure of making my videos!
Here is the link to go download this yourself!
http://camstudio.org/
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