Screencast-o-matic is a video creation software that CETL has on the computer in our studio for your use! It is excellent for recording your on-screen demonstrations. It has light/basic editing features, though you may want to switch to a different application (like Adobe Premiere) after recording if you want to do a large quantity of editing/alteration and/or special effects.

Purpose

Modeling and explaining: an expert demonstrates the desired performance including false starts, mistakes and dead ends so students can see a process in action. Modeling shows how a process unfolds, whereas explaining involves giving reasons why it happens that way.

Features

Free features:

15-minute recordings - This is a GOOD thing! Videos should be short so that your class can watch them easily and find individual videos to go back and review vs having to watch a 3-hour video all over again just to remember how to do one thing.
Screen & webcam recording
Publish to YouTube - A direct upload if you don't want to do it manually
Save as video file - If you would prefer to send your file to media services to get Closed Captioning first - Which you should do if your video is going to be relevant for longer than 2 or 3 semesters.

Pro features include above plus:

No watermark - Come to the CETL Studio to use the Pro version for free!
Make longer recordings
Record Computer Audio (Windows Only)
Edit tools
Scripted Recordings
Draw and zoom
Publish to Google Drive, Vimeo, Dropbox
Screenshot Tool
https://screencast-o-matic.com/subscribe/get-pro-screen-recorder - Pro $18/year

Tutorials

Screencast-O-Matic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZ6Yt-BWSJbUwBYwC4J9eA
9 video tutorials: http://help.screencast-o-matic.com/

Example

The examples below were actually recorded in Quicktime for Mac, but you can see here how you can upload files to youtube to create a playlist for your class and/or embed the videos directly into your online class. You can also upload videos directly for embedding in your course without incorporating YouTube.

YouTube w/Canvas

https://www.eduappcenter.com/apps/163#.Wm92YNenGUk
An older link from Emily's hidden (non-youtube searchable) playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLchyGL6VC_eByqBGrAhHtBFHkGtdkYNCc
Or this year's link, but it will not have as many videos in it by mid-February: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLchyGL6VC_eDSz08plE-i5OcFixwl6oIP

Alternatives

Camtasia

Bandicam

Windows App - Bandicam
Free download. Screen and face capture. Interactive whiteboard features.
Bandicam/Bandicut editing package $60

Quicktime

screen capture
limited editing (Trimming movie files, combining movie files.)
Pro version costs money on PC, free on Mac