Producing Screencasts | Digital Writing 101

WHAT IS A SCREENCAST? A screencast is a “broadcast” of what appears on your computer screen. In other words, it’s a video recorded by an app on your computer of …

If you do a test screencast and discover it has no audio, try the following: CHECK YOUR QUICKTIME SETTINGS Choose “New Screen Recording” from the QuickTime Player File menu. Follow …

The instructions below are for QuickTime X, which comes on all Macs with OS 10.6. REMINDER: When using a new multimedia app, it’s always a good idea to make test …

UPDATE: The post below refers to Camtasia 1. Camtasia 2 has recently been released and features a new interface. Until I have time to make some screencasts on how to …

(1) Go to the Camtasia downloads page, enter your email address, and click on Download for Mac OS X. Your web browser may prompt you to specify a location for …