Screencast of the Week - Side By Side Video
Posted on Sunday October 5, 2008 by Betsy Weber
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This week's Screencast of the Week is from Craig Lamb and David Caso of Empire State College. They gave a presentation entitled, 'Infusing Academic Warning into the Online Environment: A Pilot Program'. Click on the screencast below to watch the screencast. It is a longer one that runs a little over 29 minutes.
I liked this screencast for several reasons. Even though I was unable to attend the event in person, I can still watch the screencast and participate. The presenters also make great use of Camtasia Studio's side by side video option. That way I can not only view the slides, but I can also see and hear the presenters. This is a great way to archive an event!
Any nominations for next week's Screencast of the Week?
Comments (3)
I also like this format for recording lecture format events. It is becoming increasingly requested that live events be recorded for those who cant attend live. However the reality is that re-purposing live content into onDemand content is difficult to do well. For one, we are MUCH less patient (and have more distractions) when viewing something online than when we are sitting live in the room.
I am curious if they used the record video feature for this video, or if they recorded them separately and synced the slides with the video after the fact. (Synching ppt slides that have a lot of animation and builds can be quite tedious)
Finally, the end result looks much better if the the video of the presenter stays tighter in on close ups of the face to get the most out of that format. (This does require someone working the video camera the whole time)
Posted by nate | October 6, 2008 4:24 PM
Posted on October 6, 2008 16:24
Do you think, in this setup, that the synchronized ppt slides should be on the left side of the video so that when the presenter is looking towards his ppt slides in the video he is also looking towards the ppt in the synchronized presentation we are seeing?
Posted by Jim | October 15, 2008 2:56 PM
Posted on October 15, 2008 14:56
Thanks for the comments!
@Nate - let me contact them and see what I can find out...
@Jim - I never thought of that. Good idea. There much be some science or research about this for visual communication.
Bets
Posted by Betsy Weber | October 15, 2008 7:03 PM
Posted on October 15, 2008 19:03