What's in a Name?
Posted on Monday March 27, 2006 by Betsy Weber
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I'm hearing a lot of terms thrown around for videos, and I'm getting confused. Am I the only one?
Jon Udell coined the term 'screencast' which I'm partial to. Since you're 'broadcasting your screen' on your blog or Web site, it seems logical. That's how I usually refer to Camtasia Studio video online.
I've also been hearing videos referred to as Vodcasts, Vidcasts, and Video Podcasts. The Tablet PC bloggers over at GottaBeMobile.com are calling Camtasia Studio videos on the Tablet PC...Ink Shows. Ink Show makes sense to me - I definitely like it for Tablet PC Camtasia Studio videos.
Chris Henley over at Microsoft is calling them Podcasts on his Blue Blog.
Tim Fahlberg at CoolSchoolTools.com is calling his Camtasia math videos: MathCasts.
Paul Pival, the Distant Librarian is calling them Librarycasting.
Anyone hear other terms? What do you think Camtasia Studio video on blogs should be called?
On a side note, I found this nice article online about the seven things you need to know about screencasting. It has an education focus, but the information is useful. Check it out here.
Comments (3)
Actually, I call them screencasts too - I was pointing to another site that was using the term Librarycasting...
Posted by Paul R. Pival | March 28, 2006 10:40 PM
Posted on March 28, 2006 22:40
We first called our screencasts "Math Movies" (that was 5 years ago). Then we changed to Whiteboard Movies (since they weren't always about math).
Now we like the term "MathCasts" because we'd like to see students and educators create & share math screencasts on the web and portable devices like the iPod.
Posted by Tim Fahlberg | March 30, 2006 2:30 PM
Posted on March 30, 2006 14:30
I've been calling my Camtasia movies "screenshows" for the past few years, as opposed to "screenshots." When you add narration and animation and simulation -- you're putting on a show, after all...
Posted by Tim Prentiss | April 6, 2006 4:12 PM
Posted on April 6, 2006 16:12