Screencasts can be a powerful tool for eLearning developers. Well-produced screencasts can be great for software simulation, process demonstration, or providing background and context within an eLearning course. Screencasts are relatively easy and cheap to produce. However, poorly produced screencasts can be, at best, boring—and, at worst, injurious to your learning goals. While many take the idea of screencasts for granted, there are a number of techniques that can improve screencast quality and engage learners more deeply and for longer periods of time.

In this session, you will learn 10 powerful tips that will greatly improve the quality of your screencasts. Those who are new to screencasts will learn about the best tools and workflows. For those who are experienced at producing screencasts, this session will examine common problems with screencast production and demonstrate easily implementable suggestions for improvement.

In this session, you will learn:

• To identify the current hardware and software tools used for screencasts
• Which tools are best for producing quality screencasts
• To identify common screencast problems that may impede learning
• Production techniques that greatly improve screencast engagement
• Voice techniques that increase overall quality of screencasts and aid in content retention

Audience:
Novice and intermediate designers and developers.

Technology discussed in this session:
Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, audio recording equipment, and Adobe Audition.