Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Tips

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Simplify. Don't try to address too many points. Short is sweet, and memorable.

Start with clean slate

• Use a clean slate, with a new, separate browser profile (no toolbars, plugins) and a new Wikipedia account (without admin buttons, gadgets, etc.)
  • Firefox: [1]
  • Google Chrome: [2]
  • Safari: ?
  • Internet Explorer: ?

External general tips

Videos

• Designing screencasts, chunking, assertion plus evidence, visual information, modality, redundancy, personalization
• ShowMeDo - screencasting, screencasts about screencasts
• Screencasting 101: An Introduction

Lists of tips

• Top Tips to More Effective Screencasts
• Screen capture tips & tricks
• Make Great Screencast Videos with Scripts
• Screencasting Strategies
• techsmith1 and techsmith2, Screencasting Tips for New Screencasters (comments)
• Top Ten Tips for Creating Effective ScreenCasts
• Capture a Screencast with a Mac

Larger tutorials

• Ubuntu Screencast Team - including how to make screencasts
• Screencasting Primer
• An Introduction to Screencasting (2007)