Screen Casting with Quick Time

On Wednesday I learned how to make a screen cast using quick time on my MacBook Air.  Quick time has the capability of creating a video using the camera on the computer or a screen cast where just the screen is visible.  Both options include the ability to add audio to your recording.

Here's how I created a screen cast:

1. Click on the launch pad and open the quick time player. 
2. Under the file menu, there are three choices:
1. New Movie Recording
2. New Audio Recording
3. New Screen Recording
3. In order to create a screen cast, you want to choose the third option: New Screen Recording
4. A window will appear that has a red record button.  Once you are ready to record, click the button.  You can choose to either record the entire screen or a portion of the screen.  
5. When you have finished recording, press the stop button.
6. You may send your completed video through e-mail or upload it using YouTube or a variety of other sources.  To get to this menu, look at the play back window that appears on the bottom of the screen.  Click the small icon on the right had side of the window (it looks like a rectangle with an arrow).

This screen cast can be a powerful tool to walk students through new software, a website, or explain content.