LIBR 246-04/13 Web 2.0 (Spring 2010)

March 9 - 15

• Learning Objectives
• Lecture
• Readings
• Examples
  • Tools for Screencasting
• Things to Do
  

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the week, you should:

1. Understand how to create an engaging video for library patrons.
2. Understand how to create an engaging screencast for library patrons.
3. Identify different ways that libraries can use video for marketing, instruction, etc.
4. Identify best practices for using video.

 

Lecture

Text lecture link.

 

Readings

 

Required
Farkas, Chapter 12
Leeder, K. (2009). "Learning to Teach Through Video." In the Library with the Lead Pipe.
Udell, J. (2005). “What is Screencasting.” O'Reilly Digital Media.
Oblinger, D. (2008). "Harder Than it Looks." Educause Review.
King, D. L. (2006). “More Things Libraries Can Do With Videoblogs.” David Lee King.
Matthews, B. (2007). “Fairfield U Goes Experiential.” Ubiquitous Librarian.
"Channel 12 Trailers: Library Literacy Campaign." YALSA website.
Torley. "How to Master Screencasts in 7 Steps." Mashable.
Boeninger, C. (2010). "Using video to address an immediate research need." Library Voice.

 

Examples

Screencasting
University of Wisconsin Libraries CLUE
ANTS: Animated Tutorial Sharing Project (see also http://liontv.blip.tv/)
MIT Libraries Video Tutorials
Ohio University Business Database Screencasts
Orange County Public Library System tutorials
Enoch-Pratt Free Library Show-Me Guides
Orange County Library System Online Tutorials

Vodcasting
UTA Education Research Guide (check out the little video in the upper left-hand corner)
Brown University Library Video Tutorials
UCLA LIbrary LITE Bites
Pima County Public Library Teen Zone Book Movie Trailers
Denver Public Library YouTube Contest
Cuyahoga County Public Library Teen Video Contest
UMD Library Student Video Contest
Alberta Libraries Books and Beyond
Birmingham Public Library Teen Summer Reading Video
Williams College “The L Team” Video
Kenton County Public Library “Off the Shelf” Video

Tools for Screencasting

For more options and to see reviews, visit Screencasting Software Guide and Comparison of Screencasting Tools

For Mac or PC (and in some cases also Linux)
ScreenToaster (also works with Linux)
Jing
ScreenJelly (also works with Linux)
Screencast-O-Matic (also works with Linux)

For PC
TechSmith Camtasia (free trial available)
Adobe Captivate (free trial available)
CamStudio
uTIPu
Wink (also works with most flavors of Linux)
FreeScreencast.com
Total Screen Recorder (free trial available)

For Mac
SnapZ Pro (free trial available)
iShowU (free trial available)
ScreenFlow (free trial available)

 

Things to Do

1. Watch the examples listed above.
2. Complete Exercise 4, due March 13. (Tag = Exercise4)
3. Write at least one blog post on one (or more) of the following topics (due March 13):

1. Which of the vodcast or screencast examples above would you consider most effective and why? Which did you find least effective and why? (Tag = blogpostwk7n1)
2. What are the pros and cons of screencast tutorials versus static HTML tutorials? (Tag = blogpostwk7n2)
3. How can libraries build participation and/or community using video? (Tag = blogpostwk7n3)
4. In your opinion, what are some things that libraries should try to avoid when creating a screencast?  (Tag = blogpostwk7n4)
5. Write your own reflections on what you learned this week. (Tag = blogpostwk7n5)

4. Write a blog post that includes a brief description of an article, technology, blog post, or other interesting resource outside of the classwork you've found that's related to that week's topic. Be sure to include a link to the resource (due March 13). (Tag = resourcewk7)

5. Comment on at least two other people's blog posts (due March 15).