IL2007: Screencasting and eLearning on a Shoestring

Internet Librarian 2007

Screencasting and eLearning on a Shoestring
Michelle Boule and Karen Coombs, University of Houston

PowerPoint Tools

• Slideshare (can upload PowerPoint and Keynote)
• Zoho show
• Google Presentations   
  
  • can upload or build

Chat

• Drupal chat
  • gets around filters and firewalls
• Single Party Clients
  • AIM, etc
• Third party client
  • Pidgin, Trillian, Adium
• Meebo
• Group clients
  • Campfire and Meebo Rooms

Blogs

• Blogger
  • api is somewhat open
• WordPress
  • OS
  • auto saves
  • akismet spam filtering
  • import feature
• Moveable Type
  • non-hosted
  • free for personal use only

Screencasting

• Camtasia
  • true video, PPT, screen cap
  • can export to Flash, QT, etc
• Captivate
  • not really full motion screen caps
• CamStudio
  • only for PC
  • OS
  • simple
  • exports as AVI or Flash
• iShowU
  • Mac
• blip.tv
  • store screencasts
  • can post to blog
  • can archive
  • makes Flash file for viewing
  • keeps original

Webcasting

• most $$$ part of any project
• OPAL
  • windows, IE only
  • Online Programming for All Libraries
• DimDim
  • Open source
  • installed version is free (but for techie people only)
  • hosted is $8/month, $99/year
  • browser-based
  • multi-user chat
  • Windows, IE only
• Zoho Meeting
  • free while in beta
  • person running has to install
  • works on all operating systems
• vMukti Meeting Place
  • open source
  • no install
  • open or private meetings
  • audio, video, web conference
  • must install on a server w/ MySQL capabilities

Podcasting

• Audacity
  • create, import, edit
  • create MP3 (w/ LAME encoder)
  • can set IDE tags
• OurMedia
  • can upload audio or video
  • create a podcast feed
  • adds to Internet Archive automatically
  • can apply Creative Commons license to work
• FeedBurner
  • create feed for podcasts
  • add info for iTunes
  • keep statistics of subscribers
• iTunes U
  • organize content by course
  • add and edit IDE tags
• PodPress
  • Wordpress plug in
  • create podcast feed on Wordpress blog
  • collect stats
  • add to podcast directories
  • embed podcasts

My thought:
Lots of good tools, but mostly ones I'd heard of. Also, I'm not sure if I'd categorize Captivate and Camtasia as "on a shoestring" tools - that's a pretty expensive shoestring.