SCREENCAST-O-MATIC
Screencast-O-Matic is my favorite. You can record either the screen or web cam or both. You are allowed up to 15 minutes which is plenty for most of our needs here at WA. You can also insert captions. It is very easy to use and install on your computer. You can use it on either a PC or MAC. It publishes your video to an Mp4 which is the most versatile format for video producing.
One thing I want to mention however. There is an option to upload it directly to YouTube, but I was not able to accomplish it. I kept getting an error message when it was about halfway or so done with uploading it to YouTube. I was not able to figure out what the issue was. Also, it does put a small watermark in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. The free version does not allow you to edit your video. There is a pro version which is actually fairly reasonable at $15 per year. It unlocks many features to include editing, removing the watermark and the ability to record for longer than 15 minutes.
Website: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Price: FREE (Pro version: $15 per year)
Flash and java have big time security issues, because many websites have moved on to HTML5 for videos. I think youtube uses it now. Tried to stream a move from Amazon. It stopped using MS Silver light and will only allow flash to play in Firefox. Hard to keep up, I think Netflix is now using HTML5. I have disabled flash and java in Chrome, I set it on click to play because many websites still use flash. What a mess hard to keep up!
William
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That does sound difficult to keep up with. I am not sure what YouTube uses for videos. It might be HTML 5. I have had a hard time streaming from Amazon as well. Thank you for offering more insight into the world of videos. :)
Steph
Best to you Steph, always...
William :)
I think I may have confused many folks. There are more pages to this training than the first page listing Adobe Captivate. I added a paragraph on top to make it more clear that there are other affordable and often FREE chooses out there as you navigate through the training. :)
Steph
Enjoy your weekend.
Robert
Many thanks Steph.
