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Screencast – browser-based tools

Mark — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:41:53 +0000

I needed a tool that could capture screencasts (video of screen activity) with audio, so that I can create training videos, without installing any software on my computer. I found a few options that can record screencasts from a web browser (java required). Here are the two that I liked best:

Screecast-o-Matic. All sizes and formats (including HD). Drag a black frame to anywhere on your screen and record anything. You can upload to YouTube, or download to your desktop. Exports in .avi, .mp4, .flv. Simply great.

ScreenJelly. Captures the whole screen. Requires you to log in with your Twitter ID (OAuth). Can share on Twitter, Facebook, or send a link to the screencast in an email. Screencasts are hosted with Screenjelly.

They’re both free.

Seesmic

Mark — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:44:58 +0000

Seesmic is like instant messaging with video. Or twitter with video. Basically, you have asynchronous conversations with other people by leaving your video postings on the Seesmic site. It’s a form of micro-blogging.

I reckon this could be quite fun to use with students.

Kaltura – online video collaboration tool

Mark — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:05:25 +0000

Kaltura is an online tool that allows groups of people to make videos together in their web browsers.

You can post your Kaltura interactive video player (looks like a YouTube video – except it’s editable) on your blog, from where you can invite other people to add more video, sound or pictures. You record directly into the video player on your web page and new content is added to the end of the video. Very clever.

Watch the Kaltura video tutorials

It looks awesome.

Yolango – like YouTube but for English language learning

Mark — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:56:56 +0000

Yolango is like YouTube, but has captions added to the videos to help people who are learning English. It’s also free. Here’s the blurb:

Yolango.com is a new way for English language learners from around the world to immerse themselves in a wide variety of authentic and interesting videos. What makes Yolango different from other sites, however, is that all of our videos have been carefully transcribed and captioned. What’s more, Yolango captions are clickable, enabling users to receive definitions, usage examples and world level translations in 13 different languages for words they don’t know or would like to study further. Every video at Yolango also offers several challenging interactive games that build users’ listening, vocabulary, spelling and comprehension skills. Users compete to earn points and rise to the top of the Scoreboard.

Yolango offers translations of words from the video transcripts into 13 languages.