http://semlskathy.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/the-tools-im-using/ Recording my first experience with online instruction Thu, 07 May 2009 01:05:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://semlskathy.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/the-tools-im-using/#comment-16 inna Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:31:32 +0000 http://semlskathy.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-16 Hi Kathy, a wonderful tool to use instead of "Captivate" is Jing from the http://www.jingproject.com/ It is completely free and very easy to use. The screencasts can be no longer than 5 minutes and while that may not be ideal for tutorials, it works really well for brief focused training. We here at CLAMS use it to create an enhancement to our FAQs. See an example here: http://www.clamsnet.org/HTML/English/iii_web/New_Catalog_Questions_Answers.htm Hi Kathy, a wonderful tool to use instead of “Captivate” is Jing from the http://www.jingproject.com/
It is completely free and very easy to use. The screencasts can be no longer than 5 minutes and while that may not be ideal for tutorials, it works really well for brief focused training. We here at CLAMS use it to create an enhancement to our FAQs. See an example here: http://www.clamsnet.org/HTML/English/iii_web/New_Catalog_Questions_Answers.htm

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