Jing is a screen-sharing device (Link to tutorial)
Capture images/video.
Easy and free download. This allows you to create videos for yourself or your students.
It is helpful in demonstrating a concept or theory, process, or procedure.
Once you’ve downloaded Jing, it is as simple as selecting the little sun icon and the cross icon. Then select the movie button and you are good to go! You can record your:
Screen
PowerPoint presentation
An excel shortcut
etc.
To download Jing visit http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html (Link to tutorial)
Currently, Jing has no editing options. So make sure to plan out what you are going to say!
Script your video out
Refer to Gagne’s/Infomercial model when creating your presentation
Attention grabber
The “this is painful”
Solution
Testimony/Proof
Call to action
You have 5 minutes to make your point.
Best practices in web is 30 seconds - 3 minutes max.
Stories elongate that attention span.
To create a Jing Video, reference the following steps: (Link to tutorial)
Download Jing.
Click on the sun icon.
Select the cross like icon.
In the lower left hand corner of your screen, a toolbar will appear. Click the movie icon.
Begin recording
Select the stop button to finish your recording
Once you have finished recording your video, you can share on Screencast.com by clicking on the multi-directional arrow button. (Link to tutorial)
Know what you want to say before you start recording
Use images to communicate ideas NOT text
Petcha Kucha 6:40 (20 slides 20 seconds each)
Ignite Phoenix 5:00 (20 slides 15 seconds each)
Using fonts?
Use san serif options:
Arial Century Gothic*
Calibri
All easier on the eyes
If possible, get a microphone.
Don’t have a microphone, try to borrow one!
People will watch bad video quality, but are more likely to leave if the audio quality is poor.
Still no microphone? There is one built into most laptop computers.
Don’t read the script
Pretend you are presenting to an audience
Any audio recorder is going to dampen your intonations and tone. So as silly as it sounds, take it up a notch. Pump, pump, pump it up!
Inflection, inflection, inflection
Be careful that you aren’t following a rise and fall of your voice. Change it up! The more variety in your voice the better.
Sound like a lot? Practice in your car! Practice in the shower. Being a good vocal presenter can help you not just in your online presentations, but in your teaching as well.