Method 8 Capture Your Computer Screen

 

This module was about screencasting. And because I’m doing this three years later, some of the article links don’t work.

But, I get the gist of the idea. Screencasting can become a teaching tool by using your computer screen to go through the steps, highlighting your every mouse move. The courses at Lynda.com use this technique in their many instructional subjects.

Looking around our academic library web page, I couldn’t see any screencasting either for a newbie or experienced student or faculty but I did find an audio recording of a conference presentation by a librarian who  demonstrated the power of a software program. It did look somewhat like a screencast but without any fancy presentation of areas highlighted as described in this discovery exercise.

I can see where this would be beneficial to have librarians use screencasting either geared to general information or tailored to specific courses. Reference staff might also use it to illuminate and explain those same questions they are asked over and over.