Screen Recording in Computer Teaching and Training
In the production of multi-media courseware presentation, we often need to capture the computer screen actions of operating the application, such as tracking the movement of the mouse and the keystrokes from the keyboard, and so on. That is to make a multimedia animation presentation document from your onscreen activity. And they can be used for software training and self-learning. The research shows that screen recording applied to teaching and training receives a good result.
Multi-media technology like screen recording can be used to create virtualized scenarios combined with driven tasks for breakthroughs of the keys and difficulties in teaching. Students can view the screen recording documents online or on their computer screen. They explore independently, and exchanges opinions mutually. They work as partners to complete learning tasks, while teachers guide and support them in a timely and professional manner.
Let’s say that the teacher is having the course of how to make a good PowerPoint presentation. He shows the students the operating steps and tips with screen recording courseware and then arranges the task.
He prepares a detailed demonstration of software video tutorial recorded from computer screen (Flash video files recorded by DemoCreator). Via multi-media teaching system and network, the software video tutorials can be posted to the learning management website and the desktop machines of students. And students can watch the tutorial and operate the application at the same time, and communicate with teacher and exchange opinions with other students readily. So the teacher has enough time to understand the learning process of more students, and guides them to learn better. For some unexpected operational problems, teachers can produce tutorials and send to students to support their learning online.
There are many benefits of screen recording on computer teaching and training:
1. Fully reflect the subjectivity of students, and drive the entire class to complete the task and explore more.
2. With the video tutorials recorded from screen, it breaks restriction of time and space in learning. Usually, students listen to the teacher in the class, and then go to practice. If they don’t focus their minds, some operations or main points may be unable to grasp. And it is not practical for teachers do repeat the course. Screen recording provides a convenient way to help students to learn and explore, no matter in classes or in extra-curricular.
3. All levels of students are taken in consideration. There are some differences of learning progress among Students. It is more conducive for different levels of students if there are detailed video tutorials. Students who master fast and do some deep exploring while students who master slowly can spend more time and opportunity to consolidate their learning.
4. A big help for teachers. There will be more time for teachers to manage and guide students in computer course learning. And there will be more time for Students to collaborate with peers, and more opportunities for exchanges opinions with their teachers.
5. Screen recording documents can be done by both extra-curricular and in class. The screen recording documents need to be prepared before such computer courses. If necessary, teachers can install the screen recording software to help students deal with some unexpected problems in class. On-site recording and distributing is a necessary complement for pre-class preparation improvement.
6. In favor of post-production and application. The screen recording documents used in class can be improved in accordance with the learning performance of students because of the post-editing and publishing features of screen recorder like DemoCreator. So that teachers can make better screen recording documents, and they can be used for other classes or for the next year.
There is a sample video tutorial to show you how to add audio file to PowerPoint.
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CBT And Training Solutions Come Alive With The Combination Of PowerPoint And AlterEgos
Having a virtual animated avatar or virtual tutor within your CBT, training or presentation media is a well proven means of dramatically increasing information retention, effectiveness and impact. However being comfortable incorporating our own likeness is something we normally steer away from. There is a great product partnership however that makes this process accessible, simple and highly compelling; PowerPoint and AlterEgos a revolutionary desktop avatar production system from AlteEgos.com.
Importing external media is common place in any media solutions and PowerPoint also offers a flexible approach to this function. AlterEgos provides the virtual representative in numerous video formats, a perfect synergy.
AlterEgos takes virtual tutors to a new level and compliments PowerPoint perfectly. With simplicity you get effective impact that will allow your productions to stand out.
AlterEgos allows you to use either your own or an imported voice for the narration, it even has a Text to speech interface to make life even easier. With 53 virtual characters available directly in the software and hundreds of tailoring items including backgrounds and clothing, it's a simple process to create a highly compelling automated lip-syncing animated character. AlterEgos also supports various composition outputs including Flash and AVI so integration is a snip!
In five minutes using the wizard driven interface your AlterEgos virtual teacher is sitting on your desk ready to import directly into PowerPoint, a simple and effective workflow.
Importing into PowerPoint is done with just a few clicks. The process couldn't be more simple.
Your final composition has the ultimate in flexibility, deploy directly to the web, CD, DVD or internal server based. Everything is industry standard formats from start to finish.
AlterEgos and PowerPoint offers you a perfect partnership. With ease of use, industry standard compliance and simple workflow, professional impact and effectiveness is available to all.
For the ultimate in customisation AlterEgos.com will even create you your very own AlterEgos for a small fee. If could even be a virtual "you", full circle, it's a funny old world.
There are many shapes and sizes within the Virtual Character and Avatars market so check out all of the competition that work with PowerPoint, their options and costs. You can download a free trial of AlterEgos here AlterEgos Free Edition
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Screencasts – Effective Technology Training in Enterprises
We had the rapid technology development of new mobile devices and platforms, virtualization, cloud computing, and more. But we also met the serious financial crisis in 2008. In enterprises, more and more people are upgrading their OA systems and products with new technologies. Nowadays high quality and low cost training of new technology is what enterprises looking for.When an enterprise is going to adopt the new software product or a new system to provide them higher productivity and greater functionality, training is the must-have item before the technology is widely used. The traditional way of sending your employees or users to a training center costs a mass of money and time, and it means that you lose productivity from your employees. And the truth shows that, usually they don’t learn much in the training classes. When they start to use the new software application, they meet difficulties everywhere.In this recession period, the inexpensive solutions which can achieve the effective result are the choices for most enterprises. As e-learning and knowledge management come to be popular in enterprise training, the task-oriented screencast presentation is a good solution for technology training in enterprise.A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. It is a powerful tool to demonstrate technical tasks, or to illustrate technical concepts that are hard to explain in words with screen recording and slideshows.
There are two ways to do the training screencast: have someone done it or do it yourself with screencasting tool. There are some professional companies like AotoDemo that makes software demo and website demo for enterprise, but the cost is beyond some enterprises’ budget in this difficult time. To make it yourself, there are many software applications available to produce screencasts. What software you need depends on your computer platform and the content you want to make. The screencasting tool I suggest is DemoCreator for Windows. Some free solutions such as TipCam or Camstudio can also be your option. The main downside is that the free applications are almost with no editing features. To make a screencast with DemoCreator, you have 4 steps to go: prepare your script, record screen activities, edit your recording, and publish your movie. Here we will take a look at some special features of DemoCreator:
Record the onscreen activity as slides for easy editing
DemoCreator record video tutorials with audio by screen capture, and show exactly how the application (such as PowerPoint, Photoshop and website) or system runs. The screen recording is saved as slides. This enables users to save the desired slides and discard the unwanted slides for their presentation.
Edit the recording tutorial with interactive objects for explicit illustration
There is a library of objects to decorate the recording, such as Flash animation, highlight boxes, and clickable buttons for directing users to another slide or a URL page. Users can enhance the presentation by adding the objects to make the illustration explicit. And it allows users to rerecord the narration or import the audio for the training content. Furthermore, multiple tutorial projects can be integrated as one.
Publish the presentation for online training
To make interactive training presentations, the predominately used publishing output media type in DemoCreator is Flash movie and Html. Trainers can provide the video tutorials compliant with SCORM or AICC. The screencasts are available through both commercial and open source learning management systems for school education and enterprise training.
The screencast training is clearer and more engaging than traditional teaching; the training tutorials can be played as many times as needed; the tutorial videos are for "anytime/anywhere" learning… These advantages make screencast an outstanding training method, especially in this tough economic time. For enterprise, the training content can be put on the Knowledge Management System like SharePoint or Learning Management System like Moodle for knowledge sharing and technology training. Then the trainees and employees can learn the technology on Internet freely.
Related Links :Get start with DemoCreator
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Macromedia Flash Professional 8: Training from the Source, CD-ROM?
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