Screencasts are a great idea. They are a really useful aid to training and education, and I think there is a big role for them to place in libraries communicating with their users. But... I am not a natural born screencaster.
Here's what I came up with on ScreenCast-O-Matic:
It's dreadful, really. What I'm trying to inform you of is pretty useful I think. But the way I've done it is appalling! I think I could do better with a program that enabled me to edit, and a bigger mouse-mat (I could never get the cursor where I needed to go in just one smooth move!); however, the fact that most other people managed something pretty decent (I'm thinking particularly of Gareth's fab video, with music!), persuades me that I am not naturally gifted in this area...
For some eloquent, simple instructions on how to do what I attempt to show in my video (subscribe to an RSS feed of new items by subject heading), see Rachel Marshes notes on the UL Service Development Blog (Raven ID required)!
3 comments:
The subscribe to an RSS feed of new items by subject had passed me by so thank you for your introduction.
You're welcome!
You are too generous in your praise... I think it is probably just a question of practice, and we're not meant to be perfect at this stage, just trying it out! I think the pacing of your video is good - it's something I struggled with, but it's better to be on the slow side and not the fast. And like Suzan I wasn't aware of the possibility of making RSS feeds like this - it hadn't even occurred to me - so I am in your debt. Hope you had a good weekend away!
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