Screencast-o-matic: Your First Screencast
1) Start the screencastomatic program (look for the SOM icon
the recording toolbar.
). Click “Record” to open
2) On the SOM recording box, choose your settings:
Choose to record only the
screen, or only the webcam view
of yourself (“head shot”), or
both at the same time? You can
selectively delete the webcam
recordings later during the
editing process.)
Max Time: Do you want to set a
time limit on this recording?
Size: What size frame (how
much of your screen) do you
want to record?
Narration: Do you want to
record your voice during the
screencast? (You can add audio
later if you prefer.)
Preferences: set “hot keys” for
things like Pause, or other
settings.
When you are ready to start
recording, click the red “Rec”
button.
3) Before you start recording, click “Preferences” and note what your hot key is for
“Pause” and for “Draw and Zoom.” Jot these down because you will need them in a few
moments.
4) When ready, click the Record (red) button.
After a short countdown you will be recording. During the recording you will see controls:
controls:
They are: Pause Recording, timer for the recording, and the Draw and Zoom tool.
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5) Now try recording the following:
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Open Word and type a sentence.
Click the “Draw and Zoom” icon (the pencil icon next to the recording timer).
Double-click on one of the words in the sentence you just typed in Word.
Draw a circle around the tool or choose another Draw tool from the Draw and Zoom
control box.
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To quit using Draw and Zoom, hit the hot key combination.
Save the Word file and close Word.
Open Firefox and navigate to http://www.uvm.edu/ctl.
Open another program if you like or move some windows around.
6) Press the “Pause” hot key. The SOM recording bar will reappear. Click Done to save your
recording.
7) To edit your video, click on it. Move the play head to where the edit should start then
click Tools and choose a tool. Each tool will guide you through the process. Here are a few
to try:
 Cut a section from your video.
 Add a Blur overlay.
 Speed up a portion of the video where you typed a sentence in Word.
 You can use the Undo/Redo to step backward and forward through your edits. You
cannot go back and selectively remove an edit that you did several edits ago.
8) Your video will be auto-saved as you edit it. When finished editing, click Done, then Save
As a Video File.
9) Your recording will currently have a name like “Recording File #1.” Change that name to
something more meaningful, then choose where it should be saved. Save it as an MP4 file.
10) Click Publish to complete the save process. While it is being saved you may click
“Continue in Background” to do other tasks while the Save is being completed.
Upload Your Video Using streaming.uvm.edu
The http://streaming.uvm.edu service allows you to upload a video to your UVM web space,
give it a title, description, tags, and privacy options, and then generate a link or embed
code that you can put into Blackboard, a blog, or an email, to send to others.
Full details on the steps can be found at the CTL streaming help pages at
http://www.uvm.edu/ctl/?Page=resources-teaching/mediamanager/streaming.php
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