Screencasting In and Out of Your Library

Note: workshop full. To be added to a waiting list, email rrichard@pcc.edu.

Friday, April 25, 2008, 1:00 - 4:00 pm 
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus
Technology Education Building - Room 226
705 N. Killingsworth Street
Portland, OR 97217
For directions and parking information, see http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/

Workshop description:
Screencasts are superb tools for teaching library users about your technology and resources.  Best of all, screencasts can be produced quickly without any specialized equipment.  This workshop will show how libraries are using screencasts to create tutorials and provide hands-on training in creating screencasts using Camtasia.

According to one definition, "a screencast, or video screen capture,  is a digital recording of a computer screen output, often containing audio narration." Screencasting for libraries allows you to create online tutorials for your patrons and fellow staff.  There are multiple products available to develop screencasts, from freeware to more expensive software with extra features.  One of them, Camtasia, even allows the ability to incorporate video and require user interaction, such as mouseclicks.  Although the technology is relatively new, educators have reported better student understanding and success after implementing screencasts.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a short screencast using Camtasia.   Erin and Alan will cover the basic concepts of screencasting, demonstrate a completed screencast with advanced features, and finally, help you to create your own.   Come prepared with an idea of a simple online task that your library users could learn, such as how to search by title or author, for example.  You will leave the session with a short screencast, which will teach your patrons a skill, whether they are in the library or using a home computer.  Please bring a flash drive to save your project.

Presenters:
Alan Cordle has been a reference librarian at Portland Community College for eleven years.  His recent sabbatical provided the time for him to sharpen his screencasting skills while traveling in the wilds of the U.S. Virgin Islands, central Mexico, and South Africa. 

Alan Cordle with llama

Erin Petrequin has been working at the Portland Community College Sylvania Library for 8 years. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science with a major concentration in Fine Arts from Portland State University. Erin recently received her Associates degree in Graphic Design from Portland Community College.

 

Cost:
Student/retiree rate:       $25.00
PORTALS member rate:    $35.00
non-member rate:            $45.00

Registration:
After you have registered, please make out your payment check to PORTALS/PCC and mail to

Roberta Richards, PORTALS Coordinator
Sylvania Library—PORTALS Office
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990

 

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