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How to Use This Free Screencasting Tool for E-Learning

How to Use This Free Screencasting Tool for E-Learning
You may have heard the news last week that Articulate launched a new screencasting tool called Screenr. It is a free web-based tool that lets you create screencasts without installing any software. I really like Screenr. If you haven’t tried it out yet, you should give it a whirl. Here’s what I like best: Screenr is super easy to use and there’s nothing to download. With that said, let me share some ideas on how you can use Screenr with your rapid elearning courses. 1. Screenr gives you an embed code. Here are a couple of tutorials on how to embed the Screenr videos in Moodle and how to embed them in Blackboard. Click here to view the web object demo. 2. As I mentioned earlier, one of my favorite things about Screenr is that I can download the videos as MP4 files and not have the Screenr logo in the video. Here’s an example of a Screenr MP4 file inside an elearning course. Click here to view the MP4 demo. 3. Use a tablet PC or something that lets you do pen input to simulate a whiteboard.

How to Record Screencast Videos on your iPad or iPhone This detailed guide describes the various options that will help you record movies (screencasts) of your iPad or iPhone screen. You can use it for capturing app demos, game walkthroughs and more. Whether you are an app developer building iOS apps and games or a tech blogger who likes to review such apps, what you definitely want is a screencasting tool that will help you easily record video demos, or screencast movies, of your mobile app. Now there are tons of screencasting apps available for your Windows or Mac desktop but if you wish to capture the screen of your iPad or iPhone, the scene is very disappointing. A search for “screen recorder” or “screencasting” shows zero results in the iTunes app store. That said, there are ways, or rather workarounds, by which you can capture the screen activity of your iPad or iPhone and convert that into a movie. Option 1. This is the quick solution. Option 2: Use Display Recorder to Capture your iPhone /iPad Screen

Télécharger ScreenFlow 3.0 (Gratuit) pour Mac OS Plus d'images ScreenFlow est un logiciel vous permettant de réaliser et d’enregistrer des captures vidéo sur votre Mac. Vous pouvez donc tout enregistrer, à la fois votre écran et également ce qu’y s’affiche sur votre Webcam. Une fois votre capture faite, vous êtes directement transporté dans l’éditeur de ScreenFlow. Pendant l’enregistrement, ScreenFlow traque où se trouve votre pointeur de souris, lorsque vous cliquez ou quand vous pressez une touche. Rendez-vous sur notre dossier comparatif des logiciels gratuits afin de vous faire une idée et sélectionner celui qui peut répondre à vos besoins : Tous les meilleurs logiciels gratuits.

How To Use Flipgrid for Book Clubs How do students in your classroom share their responses to reading? How can you participate in a book club with educators nearby or far away? I’m so excited about the way educators are leveraging the power of digital tools to connect readers of all ages. Whether you are organizing a book club for a classroom of first, sixth or eleventh graders, or setting up a book club for fellow educators, you can use Flipgrid for book clubs – it’s a favorite tool for reading responses and discussion! Last week I received an email from a fellow Apple Distinguished Educator, Dr. Terri Cullen. There are lots of ways to use digital tools with readers, and I’ve shared some of my favorite strategies in the past like creating book trailers with Adobe Spark and using backchannels with Today’s Meet. Looking for more reading favorites? How To Use FlipGrid You can decide how long students have to respond. One special feature of Flipgrid is the ability to respond to the contributions of others.

Freedom to Teach Name: Toni Weiss School: Tulane University State: New Orleans, Louisiana Job Title: Senior Professor of Practice, Department of Economics; Associate Director, Tulane’s Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching How do you use Doceri? Let me start by saying that I have never used PowerPoint when I teach. Having content up on the screen makes it significantly easier for all students to see the material, including those who might have a sight impairment. As a check for understanding, I can hand my iPad to students and ask them contribute to solving a problem. of graphs so I have the students draw different parts of the graphs and then “pass the iPad.” students the graphs form and everyone else can see mistakes as they happen. I can further support my students by being able to save the notes an upload them to Canvas so students who have more difficulty taking notes don’t miss any information. What have been the reactions of your students, other staff, and admin, to your use of Doceri?

Screencasting: Jing versus Screenr | E-Learning Unit Screencast tools provide a way to record your computer screen and can include audio and video. This is a great tool if you would like to explain something to a student or give quick feedback. It is very convenient for short demonstrations which can be viewed over and over again. Two free products that we use for screencasting in the E-Learning Unit are Jing (from Techsmith) and Screenr (from Articulate), and though they are very basic, they may be suitable for your needs. Both Jing and Screenr have the capability to record a specified area of your screen for up to 5 minutes, and both allow you to add audio using a microphone. Jing: I’ve been using Jing for a long time to do my screencasts, and what I like about it is that the tool sits discreetly at the top of my screen and allows me to start recording at any moment by just clicking a button. To use Jing you need to download and install the software to your machine from the Jing website at Screenr:

How to use Pearltrees? Many people search the web, read content every day and share that content. While advances in search technology has made finding information easier and easier, saving and organizing information in a way that captures a story or conversation can still be very challenging. I just posted on Techmamas.com about my first experience with Pearltrees.com; I was on a Traveling Geeks trip to LeWeb and Pearltrees was one of the French companies we met. I easily created Pearltrees for conversations, issues and topic areas I am researching. Months later, when I took on a project as adviser to Pearltrees, I had the opportunity to learn even more about the site and share the information I learned. The way many people currently organize web content is by using bookmarking sites, which are organized in a linear, menu-style format. A Pearltree is made up of Pearls. Listed above is a picture of my Firefox toolbar with the Pearltree buttons installed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8.1 Intro screencast: The Pearl: 9.

5 Recommended iPad Screensharing Apps The iPad is supposed to make teaching and learning easier, right? But if you’ve ever tried to talk your mom through a new task on her computer or iPad without being able to show her what you’re doing, you can understand that some frustration might ensue as you try to get an entire class to follow along with you. Or maybe you want to show a quick video or diagram, but holding up your iPad to the class really isn’t reaching everyone. There are a lot of folks out there who feel your pain, and to ease it just a bit, they’ve created Apps to share your screen. Join.me With the join.me viewer, you can join an online meeting no matter where you go. View someone’s screen, share ideas and collaborate in real time, for free! Optimized for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, join.me is fast, free and nimble, and makes attending an online meeting as easy as touching your screen. We’ve tried out Join.me and really enjoyed the ability to share screens across our iMacs and iPads at the same time. Air Sketch

Five Great Free Screen Capture Tools for Teachers and Students I have recently received some emails from teachers asking me about some free screen capturing and annotating tools. In fact there are several such tools online but only few work effectively for us in education. There are also various extensions and add-ons for both Chrome and Firefox users that let them exactly do the same thing these tools do. Anyway the following is a meticulously prepared list of tools teachers and even studnets will find useful particularly when preparing annotated pictures for tutorials and other lesson related activities. 1- Bounce Bounce is a great screen capturing tool. 2- Awesome Screenshot This is my favourite and I have it installed on my Chrome browser. 3- Aviary Aviary is a great photo editing software that I have already covered in a seperate post a year ago. 4- Jing Jing is a cool that allows users to :Share their screen captures with othersEasily capture a screenshotIt provides awesome annotation toolsIt is free but it also offers a pro version for $15

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