Screencast-O-Matic - Record PowerPoints, Demonstrations, and More
Screencast O Matic
Links to an external site. is a well known computer screen recorder that records on-screen activity for short tutorials, visual presentations, and communication of goals or materials. As a teacher, you can use it to record your voice over Powerpoints, explain modules in Canvas, describe a painting or artwork, demo a math problem, and even diagram a sentence or flow chart. It will record the screen while you demo so you can use any software that you like such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or Google Chrome. It also has the capability to record your webcam at the same time for a little teacher presence in the online course.
Here is a brief overview Links to an external site. of Screencast O Matic on their website. Basically the free version allows a teacher or student to record up to 15 minute long presentations, export them to YouTube or a video file. We can also explain how to close caption your videos at YouTube(link) or 3CMedia(link). If you would like a demonstration of how to use this tool please contact one of your instructional technologist / designers.
It is a tool that teachers love, and a lot of VC instructors are already using it. Here are some examples from instructors who created test videos with only about 5 minutes of instruction. The first one is using this script Download this script and the second one is a demo that Matt uses.
| Sample Welcome Video Download Sample Welcome Video | Closed Caption Example Links to an external site.  |