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How To Take a Video of Your Computer Screen

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All of these Tuesdays are just flying by, and I’m excited to offer another Technology Tuesday post… How to Take a Video of Your Computer Screen!

 How to Take a Video of Your Computer Screen

 

Now, if you’re doing this on a Mac or a PC, you’re going to need two different programs… so I wrote up a walk through for each program!  I’m posting the PC tutorial first, but if you’re looking for the Mac tutorial, keep scrolling down!

The PC tutorial requires the free program CamStudio, which you can download for free here.

 

 

Now… onto the Mac tutorial!

 

 

Enjoy!

Comments

  4. Pat's Paper Passion says

    Thank You…How do teachers use this? I'm thinking I'll make videos about certain apps and programs I want my students to use. Then they can visit the video after I've given whole group instruction. (is there anyway to post videos on a blog? I do have a web site, but it's easier to post updates to a blog then my website)

    How do you make the borders around your tutorials? I'm assuming you're using word or some photoshop program?

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    • TurntoLearn says

      That's an awesome idea! I haven't used this with my students, only with the other teachers at my school to walk through how to do certain things on the computer… and I actually haven't even uploaded those videos to my blog! Oops! I love the idea of using it to walk students through how to use a certain program or how to browse around a certain website.

      There is a way to post videos to your blog, here's a bit of info on that:
      http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=67428

      I make the borders in Microsoft Visio by layering boxes on top of each other. You can achieve a similar effect in Word or Powerpoint by using two text boxes/shapes, one with the color in it, and one on top of it that you type the text into. Let me know if you try it out!

    • TurntoLearn says

      Thanks! Sometimes things are way easier than they seem which is what I love about technology! It's always nice to find an easy way to do something!

  8. Unknown says

    I just discovered your blog and I am so excited. I am always looking for ways to learn more about using technology and your step by step format makes it so easy. Thank you so much!
    Julie

  11. Patti Wilson says

    You are wonderful! I REALLY appreciate all your tutorials!
    Is there a time limit on recording? Also, what program do you suggest for audio recording? I need to record books onto a CD.

    Again, thank you for all you do! I look forward to reading your posts!

    Patti
    One Class, One Sound

    • TurntoLearn says

      Thanks for the sweet compliment! I don't believe there's a time limit, but that will also depend on how much space in on your hard drive I think. I had accidentally left CamStudio up for an hour by accident and it just kept recording!

      For audio recordings, are you using a Mac or PC?

    • TurntoLearn says

      For the Mac, you can use QuickTime similar to this tutorial, just choose "File > New Audio Recording" instead of "New Screen Recording." For the PC, there's a free program called "Audacity" that lets you take audio recordings.

      Here's the link for audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

      I'm pretty sure Audacity runs on Mac too, if you want consistency between the two computers. That's up to you though! I'm definitely going to add it to my list of things to blog about. It may take some time for me to get to it, but it'll definitely be on my list. In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions/problems playing around with it!

    • Patti Wilson says

      I recorded audio with Quick Time. What format would I use to burn to a CD? It automatically saved as mpeg4 and that will not play on a CD player.

      Patti

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