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How to fix Closed Captioning on your YouTube videos
YouTube has a very cool featured whereby the big fancy YouTube computer will try to automagically perform closed captioning for your videos. In my experiences in watching my own videos, and from viewing other videos, the closed captioning results from … Continue reading
How to make library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts
The video below is a follow-up to my previous post about how I make library instructional videos. This video shows the basics of making library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts. The video discusses the inexpensive equipment and … Continue reading
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Tagged Instruction, screencast-o-matic, screencasting, video editing, web video
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How I make instructional library web videos and screencasts and how you can too
Making videos for my library patrons have saved me time, allowed me to better serve my them, and enabled them to quickly find answers to their questions. I first started using web video for library instruction over 6 years … Continue reading
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Tagged liaison, outreach, screencast-o-matic, screencasting, web video, WordPress
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Working this weekend
It’s supposed to be absolutely gorgeous this weekend in Athens, but I have to work on Sunday. If you’re up for asking any research questions, I’ll be working the Alden 2nd Floor service desk on Sunday, May 16, from 12-5. … Continue reading
Why use web video to reach your audience?
Because it’s growing by leaps and bounds, that’s why! “The number of unique viewers of online video increased 5.2% year-over-year according to The Nielsen Company, from 137.4 million unique viewers in January 2009 to 142.7 million in January 2010.” I’d … Continue reading
