Saturday, July 17, 2010

BP_4 Screentoaster

My latest find is a video screen capture application called Screentoaster (www.screentoaster.com).  This is a nice, but simple piece of software without a lot of features, but it gets the basic job--making a video of what you are doing on the screen--done.

The nice thing about this application is that it works on both Mac and Windows machines and it is essentially a server side application--you do not have to download the application in order to record. You can save the resulting movie as either a .mov file (for further editing) or as a flash file.  You can also record sound with it to go with the video.

This is a basic but handy tool to record software demos with. I find applications like this useful for recording a project or part of a project and having the video available as a reference tool for my students--in essence, creating a tutorial that they can view as many times as they need to.


An image of the save screen after the video is complete:





There is more comprehensive video capture software available, but screentoaster is quick, easy and, most importantly, free.

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