Making a screencast

Hello Blog Readers,

Today I could not attend My lecture or workshop as my son an I were both unwell. Luckily I was able to view the lecture "collaboration and teamwork" on the Learning Management System on the Murdoch webpage, by using ECHO360, This lecture has helped to prepare myself for when I begin on Task 3, where I will be working with a team and collaborating our ideas.

Task 2 of my EDN113 unit requires me too construct a set of instructions using multimedia, to help a peer access and use my social media page. As discussed in my previous blog the social media page I choose was MListr, where I created my own movie list called "Favourite comedy movies". I decided it would be more comprehensible if my instructions was backed up by using a screencast to help visually show how to use MListr.  

Last week I came across a website designed to create screencasts. It was called Screenr, it seemed extremely easy to use and there was a 1 minute video which explained how to use the site. After watching the video and following the instructions, I found it very easy to complete my screencast. All I had to do was click the record button, set the size of the screen I wanted to record then run through how to access and use my MListr.


Screenr Homepage
http//:www.screenr.com

 After I had completed my screencast I had to publish it to be able to save the file and publish it on my website. I clicked the publish button and waited over half an hour, nothing happened...... I decided to give my computer a break and came back to it a bit later, I tried again to publish my screencast, this time walking away and leaving my computer running for two hours, after returning, it still said it was publishing. I clicked the cancel button and my screencast just disappeared. I went straight to the help bar and sent a question, explaining what I had just experienced to Screenr, only to be replied to with "our servers are down, please try again later". I wanted to have this assignment well on the way to completion by the end of the day so I decided my best bet would be to choose a new website to redo my screencast. By this point I was extremely frustrated and thought about throwing my computer straight into the trash. I called my friend who is also completing this unit and asked her what she would do in this situation, she recommended trying a new website, but as she was not doing a screencast she had no idea on a website to recommend.

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I have learnt from this experience, that sometimes technology fails you, however there is always way to get around it, and I have decided on choosing a new website to create yet another screencast. This is a minor setback, but it has been another learning curve in this interesting unit.





Until next time =)