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Screencasts are ways to present instructional material, usually through a series of pictures with an audio track.

Screencasts in Moodle

Screencasts use the multimedia capabilities in Moodle. They can be embedded in most Moodle pages that have the HTML editor. A screencast might use a flash (.sfw) file.

Where do I find screencasts about Moodle?

You may find links to screencasts at the bottom of many MoodleDoc pages with external links to Moodle screencasts on YouTube or other places, e.g. Moodle Tutorials.

A favorite is the UsingMoodle channel by Moodlefairy aka Mary Cooch.

Tools for creating screencasts

CamStudio (open source) - http://camstudio.org
Jing (free, but not open source) - http://www.jingproject.com
recordMyDesktop (open source, for GNU/Linux systems) - http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net
Camtasia Studio (commercial, 30-day trials and educational-pricing available) - http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
Screentoaster (web-based, free) - http://screentoaster.com/

How do I create a screencast?

For detailed instructions see http://code.google.com/p/google-highly-open-participation-moodle/wiki/CreatingTutorialVideos
You also find instructions on the web sites of the above mentioned tools.

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+Screencasts are ways to present instructional material, usually through a series of pictures with an audio track.
-== What are screencasts? ==
+==Screencasts in Moodle==
-Screencasts are ways to present material. Usually they are a series of screen captures of a computer screen with a audio track. These are often used to present small lessons. They can also be embedded in a Moodle page.
+Screencasts use the [[Multimedia plugins|multimedia capabilities]] in Moodle. They can be embedded in most Moodle pages that have the [[HTML editor]]. A screencast might use a [[Flash|flash]] (.sfw) file.
 == Where do I find screencasts about Moodle? ==

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