Jing Easy Screen Recording by TechSmith Eddie Mathews EDTC 6340 (Fall 2010) Project 4-E Presentation.

JingEasy Screen Recording

by TechSmith

Eddie MathewsEDTC 6340 (Fall 2010)

Project 4-E Presentation

• Jing acts like a camera and video recorder built into your computer that “captures” what you see on your monitor screen

• Jing is an easy-to-use software tool for capturing images and narrating what is being recorded on your screen

What is Jing?What is Jing?

Click to see to see a brief video about Jing

What is Screencast?What is Screencast?

http://tinyurl.com/moreaboutscreencast

Jing + ScreencastJing + Screencast

How Do I Begin?How Do I Begin?

Before you begin, you will need to:

• Download and install Jing on your PC (create a free ScreenCast account)

• Take a few minutes to learn the basics

• Create a narration script and prepare your screens that your plan to capture

• Record in a quiet environment

• Use a good microphone (USB headset)

• Test your webcam if using Jing Pro

Take a Screen CaptureTake a Screen Capture

Step 1. Mouse over the Jing sun & click capture

Step 2. Click & Drag cursor around what you want to capture.

Step 3. Click on the “Capture image”

Annotate Screen CaptureAnnotate Screen Capture

Step 4. Annotate your screen capture with the comment / drawing tools

Share a Screen CaptureShare a Screen Capture

Step 5: Upload to screencast, save it to your computer or copy it to paste somewhere

Create a ScreencastCreate a Screencast

Step 1. Mouse over the Jing sun & click capture

Step 2. Click & Drag cursor around what you want to capture.

Step 3. Click “Capture video”

Create a ScreencastCreate a Screencast

Step 4. Wait for the count down to begin speaking & recording your mouse movement

Step 5. Click stop when you are finished recording.

Share a ScreencastShare a Screencast

Step 6. Preview recording

Step 7. Name it

Step 8. Upload to screencast or save it to your computer

Student Uses of JingStudent Uses of Jing

• Record a narrated historical or personal journey using Google Maps or Earth

• Use as a digital story telling tool…maybe in another language

• Create teaching tutorials, such as, a math video showing other students how to solve math problems

Teacher Uses of JingTeacher Uses of Jing

• Create a tutorials of new technologies• Demonstrate how to access your social

bookmarking, class wiki, or blog• Create Screencasts to publish student

work or to make downloading easy• Have students create presentations using

Jing to take them beyond PowerPoint

Need Help with Jing?Need Help with Jing?

http://help.jingproject.com/

Need Help with Screencast?Need Help with Screencast?

http://www.screencast.com/help/

What’s the Cost?What’s the Cost?

Application Cost Notes

JingJing Free -5 min. limit-can’t edit SWF file

Jing ProJing Pro $14.95/yr -5 min. limit-Webcam option-Better video (unbranded)-Upload to YouTube-save as SWF or MPEG

ScreencastScreencast Free -2GB Storage / 2GB monthly bandwidth

Screencast ProScreencast Pro $9.95/month

or $99.95/yr

-25GB Storage / 200GB monthly bandwidth

Resources & Credits Resources & Credits

Jing Web Sitehttp://www.techsmith.com/jing

The Jing Projecthttp://www.techsmith.com/learn/jing/

Screencast Web Sitehttp://www.screencast.com/help/