I used CamStudio to create a demonstration podcast for the speech students. CamStudio is a software that is designed to create a screenshot video so you can effectively show others how to use software. CamStudio is extremely easy to use, and created a sleek video of how to create a slideshow podcast. For the Speech class semester exam, students are using PowerPoint to create the slides for the podcast. It was a breeze to create a video to demonstrate how to save the PowerPoint presentations as jpg slides. I was then able to show how Audacity is used to record the voiceovers for the podcast - I recommended that a separate audio file be created for each slide. I used CamStudio to show how Audacity files are then exported as mp3 files. Finally, I was able to demonstrate how both the jpg slide files and the mp3 files are imported into Windows Movie Maker where the audio and pictures are matched up and a final product in the Windows Media format is created. I did make the initial mistake of creating a demonstration video that is longer than 10 minutes. As I was reminded this morning, YouTube has a restriction on length of videos for it's regular accounts. I resorted to a quick fix of using Windows Movie Maker to cut the video into two segments saved as wmv files. While the original CamStudio format is an avi (much better quality format), the two part wmv files turned out okay. I did lose video quality, but am still happy with the results. Below are the two videos, let me know what you think:
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