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Screencasting Tools to Teach Distance Education and Promoting Your Lessons via Social Media Amanda Goodman Why Screencast? Screencastng sofware programs allow you to capture your computer screen, mouse moverens, keyboard input, audio and webcam input. You can then est these recordings nto a video that you can post onlin for your ‘Students. Some programs allow you to ‘ad interactive features lke quizzes ‘and external inks within the video. By recording yourlessons, students who have time conficts are not left ou of your lesson plan Screencasting Tools ~ Windows and Mac compatible ~ $289 por license ~ Bost for recording sereen with ite Interactivity ~ Windows and Mac compatible =s790 ~ Best for fully interactive training videos “Limited to § minutes in length ~ Free and paid versions ~ Free open source softare @ uncc Why Livestream? Livestreamingis similar to sereencasting ‘excopt that your soreen capture Is being {ranemitted over the internat in real ie. “The qualiy of the cast is often lower in resolution and of course, # you get detracted while seaming, your eudlence will witness it Livesteaming is beneficial {or showing studonts 2 quicker tutorial or interecing in eal ime to answer their ‘questions on the fy Livestreaming Tools ~ Free version has 2 10 GB limit ~ Paid includes 100 GB lint ~ Can adit your videos online Doos not record the sereen but steams feotage trom your camera ~ To record your desktop, you wil need to upgrade to a paid account SU a eters (OMe Website: hitp://www.godaisies.com/blog Why Use Social Media? ‘Tho heart of Web 2.0 the ability for your ‘audience to itaract with the content crear. In the earlier days ofthe web, marketing and Connecting with potential users and students \was.a static experience without realtime Updates. As an educator, social media lows your lesson plans to garnish a ‘worldwide audionco with only a limited amount (of effort on your part, Promoting Yourself on Twitter ~ Koop your useename shot. = Upload a photo of yourself not of an object. = Google for others in your fed and folow ‘them, ~ Post often and reply to others’ posts. = Use a URL shortening sorvie, Promoting Yourself on Facebook ~ Create a fan page for your work. ~ Be careful in choosing your name since you ‘cannot change i ~ Ones you have 25-Likes” you can request a customized URL. ~ Link to your Twitter account so you only have to post once.

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