Thing 13: Screencasting

I love screencasting! I've been screencasting for a long time, and it's quite possible that my screencasts may have been one of the elements that led to me landing the job I have today. (In my former district, I used to create screencasts to answer frequently asked questions about our region's automation system, which I would then share on our local Listservs.) For a long time, I primarily used Screencast-o-matic, but after I started working for BOCES, I quickly discovered that Screencast-o-matic didn't want to play nicely with my brand-new computer. Thankfully, Screencastify is really easy to use, and in no time I was back up and running with my screencasts using this Google tool.

Not long ago, I decided that I needed to play with how to record video on my phone, so that I could show my fellow librarians how to use Overdrive on an app. I figured out how to screencast on my iPhone and uploaded it into my Google Drive: Overdrive app

I've slowly been consolidating my screencasts on our BOCES Libguides. I hope to have a prettier interface at some point, but right now you can see them here: Libguides

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  1. pollyalidaApril 27, 2018 at 4:33 PM

    Love that we can now record iPad and iPhone with the latest iOS - so handy!

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