Description: Screen capture software allows the user to create a video of what appears on the screen. Audio may be recorded simultaneously. Some versions allow the user to edit and annotate the video after the capture it is saved. Screen Capture videos can be streamed from YouTube and linked in Moodle for viewing.
Best Practice:
- Limit scope of use to one objective
- Orient view to what they are seeing
- Speak clearly
- Align mouse movements with narrations
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- Screencast-o-matic (free or Pro versions)
- Screencastify (Google Chrome plugin. free Lite or purchase Premium version)
- Mac Quicktime Player Tutorial (Quicktime 10) (Mac Only)
- Snagit (purchase)
Microphones
- On a computer use Use an external USB microphone to record on a computer, when possible
- e.g., Blue Snowball Mic available for checkout from the BU library
- a microphone on a headset (even earbuds) is better than the internal mic on a computer
- Use a microphone app to record on a smartphone.
- The microphone on a smartphone is better than the internal mic on a computer
- a microphone on a headset (even earbuds) will improve the sound quality
- an external mic can be purchased for a smartphone, which will improve the sound quailityquality
Locations:
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- Faculty may request use of reserve the Voice Over Booth (ANC265) by contacting ADO at academic-development@bethel.edu
- Bethel Podcast Studio (HC300A)
Recording Tips
- Drink water before recording to avoid mouth noises
- Silence all devices
- Keep microphone a few inches away from mouth
- Make sure audio quality and levels are good by recording a quick test and listening back to it
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- Decide what it is you are going to capture - it's better to develop 2 or 3 shorter screen captures rather than one longer oneThe size of the screen capture should be less than 1024 X 768
- Develop a script or outline of how you are going to narrate the screen capture
- Do a couple of dry runs
- Create the screen captures
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- If you use Screencast-o-matic you can load your screen capture directly into your Bethel YouTube account (upload tutorial) (Screencast-o-matic tutorials)
- If you use Quicktime you will produce a .mov file that you can upload into your Bethel YouTube account (YouTube upload tutorial)
- Once in YouTube, copy the URL or embed code and add it in Moodle using the URL resource, embedding it in a Moodle page, or by linking it in a text box