ELT102 Ready. Set. Screencast!
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, October 25
Expo Hall: eLearning Tools Stage
When it comes to designing learning experiences, a picture really can feel like it’s worth a thousand words. It’s not uncommon to see L&D courses and resources use text to tell a story or explain how to do something in situations where a short screencast video could share the same information better and faster. So why don’t designers use screencasting more often? The perception that screencasts are expensive, time-consuming, and hard to create is a significant barrier, but one that is now easy to overcome with the right processes and tools.
In this session, you’ll find that high-quality screencasts are within your grasp. You’ll learn about a four-step iterative approach to recording your screen that can help you streamline your processes while also improving the quality of what you record. You’ll also explore budget-friendly tools and simple editing techniques that can help you create great screencasts without a huge investment of money or time. By learning these simple planning strategies and interactive approaches to recording and editing screencasts, you will significantly improve your screencasting game.
In this session, you will learn:
- What you’ll want to include when outlining a plan for your next screencast
- How to streamline your screencast storyboarding process
- Tips for editing screencasts like a pro
- How you can create screencasts with affordable tools like Camtasia and ScreenFlow
Audience:
Novice to intermediate designers and
developers.
Technology
discussed in this session:
TechSmith Camtasia, Telestream ScreenFlow,
and Google Docs.

Sam Rogers
President
Snap Synapse
Sam Rogers, the president of Snap Synapse, creates more effective, efficient, and engaging ways to deliver learning for clients including Google, Capital One, Deloitte, and AAA. He produced YouTube’s first online certification training, and he is a writer, director, producer, composer, and performer for stage and screen. Sam also writes and speaks frequently at conferences, sharing his passion for solving the problems that matter and inspiring learners to action.

Lee Rodrigues
Learning Experience Designer
Sunrun
Lee Rodrigues is a learning experience designer at Sunrun, where he creates interactive eLearning for the solar power company’s sales team. Lee holds an MA and brings a unique combination of experience in technology, instructional design, and public speaking. He served as both a creative and genius for Apple and is a certified Final Cut Pro instructor. Lee developed YouTube’s first- ever, award-winning online certification program, and he produced a series of 90 videos at Google studios.