Screencast

Jing Screencast

Description of Assignment: Through this assignment, we had to create Jing and Screencast account in order to make instructional recordings of our work on the computers. Screencasts are created to capture images and activity done on your personal computer screen as the task is being done. This is a great way to show students and colleagues how a program can be used or how to set up a certain application without a face-to-face meeting. Screencasts can be shared via email or URL, which makes it very accessible. This specific assignment allowed us to create a Screencast for our Virtual Classroom. We were able to present detailed instruction to our virtual students without traditional modeling but through technological modeling.

My Screencast [|How to Create a PowerPoint] This Screencast was created to teach someone how to make a simple PowerPoint. I go through the step of creating slides, duplicating slides, changing layouts and background designs, inserting text and pictures, as well as viewing and editing the final product. The steps are simple and modeled though this short recording.

Reflection: This activity took lots of pre-planning. It was important for me to make sure my steps were clear and specific. This tool is a great asset to any distance learning classroom as well as a traditional classroom because of the supplemental reference value. Once a topic was decided on, which was based on the common complaint of not knowing how to make a PowerPoint, a script needed to be written. I wrote out exactly what I needed to point out. Screencasts are not made to answer every possible question but the highlight the main steps and concerns. My PowerPoint screencast goes through the basic steps. There are so many other tools that could be used on PowerPoint and perhaps a whole PowerPoint series of Screencasts would be a good idea, each one more detailed than the previous. I enjoyed using this tool and found it very user friendly. I did struggle with using the application on my Internet pages but will continue to find out the issue so I can continue to use this Web 2.0 tool for more instructions in the future.