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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

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While not every nonprofit needs to invest the resources to make scripted videos, we wanted to try the new format to better serve our audience, particularly the different learners coming to our site. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. Screen Capture.

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Using Web Conferencing Software To Create A Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? I'd love to know: How much scripting does he do prior to the interview? Does he edit in Camtasia? Yes, that is possible and it has been done. What did I learn?

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're making a screencast, and you end up having a vertical monopoly on the process (you write the script, do the filming, operate the mouse, do the editing, and produce it), you need to become a super learner. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.). I used a hybrid of his approach.

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Technorati Tag Bookmarklet: The Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's the script. will scan later) Also, I haven't fully mastered the editing features yet as I was just trying to get it from script to filming. Next I'm going to try the free trial of Camtasia (Udell uses that one) and go back to fooling with Camstudio (the free open source tool).