Jing Screencast

Jing screencast and me. What an adventure! This tool is just as easy to use as the original Jing screen capture, but does take practice to make it run smoothly. If you've already installed Jing, you've got the capabilities to create a screencast video. The Jing sun will act as your Jing home tool that will allow you to capture your images, videos, etc, edit them, view your saved images, and learn more about other tools and features with Jing.  At first, I selected a small screen area to record my screen capture. This did not capture all the different things I was doing on my screen, so I had to start over with a larger recording area. You select your recording area the same as you would for a screen capture single shot.

Jing Screencast will give a countdown to 3 before it begins recording your actions. You will also need to select if your microphone will record as well. For my first time, I chose to have a muted video. I want to make sure I have a script together if I'm sharing this with staff or students. After you have completed your video, you are automatically prompted to save(to your Jing history) and it will also give you an address to access your Jing video online. Check out my video on how to create a World word cloud using VDOE SOLs required for third graders.

As I tried uploading my screencast video to my blog, Blogger was experiencing trouble processing my video. I looked on my document drive and the file is saved as a .png file. I'm curious to see if this is what is causing my issues. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure a screencast movie is a .swf file.

Since my video had some issues, here is the LINK to my screencast video URL. 

I think this will be a great tool to use in the classroom. This will also help share new technology with staff-especially those staff members who have been around a while and are interested in learning new ideas, but are having trouble navigating. If you have a substitute that can play a video, no need to worry about adjusting tech-heavy lesson plans if you're absent. By creating a Jing screencast, you are sharing relevant information with students, parents, and peers addressing NETs T 3c standard.