Screen+Recording+Software

There is a comparison of some products preceded by introductory videos
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 * Camtasia**

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 * Captivate**

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 * Adobe Presenter**

Records mouse clicks and allows editing || Used to record narrated Powerpoints and post as .swfs ||
 * **Criteria** || **Camtasia** || **Captivate** || **Presenter** ||
 * **Purpose** || Used to record any action on the screen. File sizes can get large. || Used to record software demos
 * **Purpose** || Used to record any action on the screen. File sizes can get large. || Used to record software demos
 * **Price** || Academic Download (bundled with Snagit) $175 || Adobe CLP web download $75 || Three licenses to each school board as part of ministry license for Adobe Connect. Additional licenses in the $300 range. ||
 * **Plugins/Features** || Has a Powerpoint plugin ||  || Plugin to add video at http://Train.RefinedData.com/RefinedVideo ||
 * || Editing Suite accompanies it || Creates bubbles with mouse clicks etc, which can be edited. || Nice demo by Marilyn Legault at http://breeze.hwdsb.on.ca/usingpresenter ||
 * ||  || Can force user interactivity. || Edit waveform view of sound. Insert and Edit Video and audio. ||
 * || Output to .mov, .wmv,.flv,.swf, .avi || Can create closed captioning || Can determine the amount of control that a user can have - eg. next page, previous page ||
 * ||  || Can create a complex flow of "slides". || Built-in Quiz manager. Can change the slides used based on the results. Information can be interfaced with LMS's. ||
 * **Summary** || Best suited to produce short 1-3 minute videos. Easy to learn to do simple things. || Creates tutorial style videos, that may or may not include narration. More full-featured. Using those features requires a steeper learning curve. || A plug-in for Powerpoint, that allows you to narrate it and publish as a .swf. Works well with Adobe Connect and as standalone web site. ||

Free Options

 * **Criteria** || **Wink** || **CamStudio** || **Jing** ||
 * || @http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ || @http://camstudio.org/ || @http://www.jingproject.com/ ||
 * Purpose || Used to record any action on the screen. File sizes can get large. ||  || Screen recording software similar to Camtasia - may stop being free ||
 * Price || Free || Free || Free ||
 * Plugins/Features ||  || OpenSource ||   ||
 * || Output to .mov, .wmv,.flv,.swf, .avi ||  ||   ||
 * || Output to .mov, .wmv,.flv,.swf, .avi ||  ||   ||

List of Free and Simple Tools to Create Video Tutorials for Teachers including [|Webinaria].

@http://freescreencast.com/ ,

Another free tool, that doesn't even need a software install (plus it has a great name!) @http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ as well as @http://screencastle.com/

Another option worth exploring for creating a tutorial in as a document: @http://screensteps.com/

Slides + Podcast = Slidecast using [|Slideshare] - a tutorial is [|here].