Video to show how to upload content to our school's sharepoint site:
I've been trying to use screencasting for nearly a year now. I started to apply for a grant to Camstasia and went to our computer teachers and they told me that they had a site license that I could use. The software was installed at the end of the school year last spring so I never had a chance to use it.
This fall I went to use it and due to a changing of the guard in our technology department, I was unable to load it. I've tried several times to get this changed but to no avail. But, then this class introduced me to Jing and I started using it in class right away. I did a series of videos detailing the requirements of the big project we do in biology class as well as a few videos to show some other things. The video above is a 2nd generation of one I already used in biology, but am now gearing for my physical science class. In fact, I'll be posting it to my physical science blog as soon as I'm done with this posting :)
Screencasting is great for giving students an opportunity to watch a presentation multiple times. I also have students who are absent watch the screencast videos I have made to help get them caught up. If I had the Camstasia suite setup up like it is supposed to be in my room, I'd be recording every presentation that I do and posting it publicly so parents can also see what is going on in their child's class.
I've had multiple students tell me that this is a nice feature to have and that it helped them out at times when they didn't think they could get help.
I'm our district "expert" on ExamView and I present PD several times a year to staff in our district and I will be using screencasting to record a series of short videos that walks people through a task in ExamView. I recently was able to send a video from home to a colleague showing him how to import his classes from Powerschool into Examview Manager.
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