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The Screencasting Handbook

Screencasting is something I have talked about extensively before and indeed something which I develop on an almost daily basis. I think it's safe to say that I am fairly well educated on the concept, that said however there is always room for improvement and learning new techniques and practices is something I am always willing to indulge in. Screencasting as a phenomenon has gained great popularity in recent months both as an educational tool where perhaps some of it's greatest strengths lie b...

ScreenFlow 2.0 – Review

In the past few weeks I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to participate in the ScreenFlow 2.0 Beta. For those that are new to the blog and perhaps unfamiliar with ScreenFlow it is a screencasting development application for the Mac platform. I have been a user and admirer of the software for some time and use it extensively in my daily work flow as an academic, it provides what I consider the best screencasting development solution available and is pivotal in my development of e-lear...

You Ain’t Born Typical

It's an exciting time in the world of e-learning and in particular screencasting, this week sees the release of Camtasia For Mac from Techsmith. A market leader on the PC platform Camtasia is a screencast production application which provides for content capture, editing and distribution. This is the first release of the software and is due to be made available later today. I expect a trial version will be available for those wishing to test it out, for more information check out the visual loun...

Screencasting & Screenflow Review

Screencasting is a relatively new concept born out of the new media phenomenon as society seeks for ever more efficient ways of communicating with one another. Essentially it refers to the practice whereby the contents of a computer screen is recorded and then distributed in an attempt to provide instruction, demonstration or discussion on a matter of interest. The distribution can take a variety of forms such as .flv or .mov and target a variety of devices such as an iPod or HD TV, but in each ...