Screencast

What Is It?
A screencast is a video screen capture that often contains audio narration. In simple terms, it is a digital movie in which the stage is the computer screen. The term screencast compares with the term screenshot. A screenshot is a picture of a computer screen. To make this a screen//cast//, audio narration is added to enhance the viewing experience. Screencasts are not aired live on the web, but rather are recorded in advanced to posting it on the web. After recording takes place, screencasts can be edited and then published inside a standard web page or blog post. The word screencast was invented by columnist Jon Udell in 2004 when describing the benefits of using this technology to show how computer applications worked to his readers. There is free screen recording software that is available to anybody. Some of these include CamStudio, Jing, Webinaria, Wink, UltraVNC Screen Recorder, Windows Media Encoder, BB FlashBack Express, CaptureFox, TipCam, and Krut.

What's New?
Recently, a genre of documentary filmmaking has emerged that tells stories about software-based cultures such as Wikipedia, as well as about content remixing. The idea of screencasting is starting to become an emerging movie genre ("software movies").

Educational Example
Presenting materials in this fashion makes lessons more accessible to a variety of learning styles. It also creates an engaging learning environment and is especially helpful for online students.

For an example of what this looks like, view the below screencast:

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To learn more about screencasts, click here. To learn about the 10 free screen recording softwares for creating attractive screencasts, click here.

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