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I have been screencasting for many decades now. A screencast is a video you take of your screen. Often screencasts include audio, at the bare minimum, but they have become even more full-featured in recent years.<\/p>\n
When I try out a screencasting tool, the following are the criteria I use to evaluate the application:<\/p>\n
There are many ways we can use screencasting in our teaching. Here are just a few ideas to get you thinking:<\/p>\n
I was recently re-introduced to Screencast-o-matic<\/a> when they got in touch with me to explore potentially sponsoring the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast<\/a>. As you will hear in upcoming episodes, I did decide to enter into an agreement with them to support the show. After I used Screencast-o-matic<\/a>, after not trying it for many years, I found it to meet all of the criteria I mentioned above that are important to me in selecting a screencasting application.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This\u00a0video screencast I created using Screencast-o-matic<\/a>\u00a0will give you a glimpse of just some of the application's features<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:574\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/screencast-o-matic.png\")
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