CamStudio is a free and open-source screen recording software that allows users to create video tutorials and demonstrations. It records the user's screen and audio narration into standard AVI video files. The software is easy to use with no programming knowledge required. Users can record their screen activity to create tutorials, demonstrate tasks or programs, or record gaming sessions. The document provides step-by-step instructions on how to download, install, and use CamStudio to record the screen, optimize video settings, and save and share recordings.

1. ED 366H Educational Technology

2. Educational Technology ScreenCasting CamStudio An Introduction

3. Screencast A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture , often containing audio narration. The term screencast dates from 2004 Early products produced large files and had limited editing features. More recent products support more compact file formats such as Adobe Flash and have more sophisticated editing features allowing changes in sequence, mouse movement, and audio. Just as a screenshot is a picture of a user's screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of what a user sees on their monitor. http:// en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Screencast

4. CamStudio - AVI CamStudio is a tool which records screen activity into standard AVI files. Audio Video Interleave , known as AVI , is a multimedia container format by Microsoft and is part of their Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback the files support multiple streaming audio and video. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave

5. CamStudio - SWF SWF (acronym of “Shock Wave Flash” pronounced swif - is a multimedia file developed by Macromedia and now controlled by Adobe. Intended to be small enough for publication on the web, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swf

6. CamStudio With CamStudio AVI demonstrations can be created in just a few steps. Install it and just follow the instructions, it is very easy to use, no programming knowledge required. All the recordings created with CamStudio can be played back with the CamStudio Player, Windows Media Player and many other third party tools that support AVI.

7. CamStudio This tool can be used to: record the steps of any complex task, create movies for user training, record and track the progress of a program that executes for a long time, record the sequence of steps that cause the occurrence of bugs in faulty software, record a gaming session, record a movie stream for posting it to a website The best part about this software is that it is free. http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r1075.html

8. CamStudio - How To Create a Video In CamStudio CamStudio is an open source software screen recorder. It's perfect for tutorials. You can use it to record screen videos. You can record audio using your computer's microphone and/or audio coming from your computer, (dedicated mic is recommended).

9. CamStudio - How To Create a Video In CamStudio Click slide for video

10. CamStudio - How To Create a Video In CamStudio Click slide for video

11. CamStudio – Step 1 Visit www.CamStudio.org and download the free software. Please use link under Camstudio in tools look for CamStudio2-0.exe note - Version 2.0 loads easiest.

12. CamStudio – Step 2 Once CamStudio is installed, you can make video adjustments. Open CamStudio and click on the Options button at the top. A menu will drop down and you'll see Video Options at the top. Adjust your video to compress by using one of the listed programs. You can download others from websites or you can leave it on the default settings. (We’ll use the default).

13. CamStudio – Step 3 You have a choice of two video formats, either AVI or SWF. AVI is a standard video format that most people can easily open. SWF is better if you want to publish your file to a website. Some people feel SWF is better for web publication because you don't have to embed it onto your site.

14. CamStudio – Step 3 For best results we need to adjust a few other video settings - these can be set as: Compression Microsoft Video 1 Configure 1.0 Quality 60 Set key frames 20 Capture frames 50 Play back rate 30 Max frame rate 1

15. CamStudio – Step 4 Next adjust audio options so that you can either record via a microphone or by using your computer's speakers. The latter if recording a game or some program that has sound, the sound will be included in your video. The program's default is to have the sound turned off.

16. CamStudio – Step 4 cont’d Enable AutoPan AutoPan speed - 100 Program Options Under Region – Select Fixed Region Keyboard Shortcuts Rec’d F2 Next F5 Stop F3 Prev F6 Cancel F4 Show/Hide None

17. CamStudio – Step 5 Now simply click record and see what happens. When you're done recording - push the stop button, you'll see a prompt to save the file. You may want the CamStudio screen to be minimized so that it isn't included in your video if so scroll down to program options and – Select Minimize program on the start recording option.

18. CamStudio – Step 6 You are essentially ready and can begin recording. Before starting you can also change: How your curser looks - pan in and out and you can even control the speed the camera moves. You can adjust whether you record a full screen or (usually) simply a portion of your screen. Under Region – Fixed Region works best with Youtube . . . http://makingmoneyonlineworld.com/video-tutorials/how-to-create-a-video-in-camstudio/

19. CamStudio Class Exercise Please bring up the page of the Book that you are working on or something from your project page and make a short clip of that work. Feel free to link to the book . . .

20. CamStudio Thank You for your Patience, Attention and Input.