Well, it's Friday and I just realized that I didn't have a blog post last week! Not sure if this one will count or not since it's a day late, but I figured I'd tell you what's been going on this week and show effort, despite the fact that's it's a day late. Maybe I'll get partial credit!
This week I began Side Trip #2. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I chose to do the Captivate/Camtasia Activity. I had never heard of either of them. Captivate is basically a screencasting program that records screen shots and audio to use as a tutorial to teach technology programs. Rather than just still shots, like a Power Point presentation Captivate records video of what you're doing in a demonstration so the learner can actually see your mouse moving and pointing as you teach. I've watched many such tutorials online, but I never knew how they were created.
So, I downloaded Captivate, watched all the tutorials, took notes, and I was ready to dive in! I began the practice actiivity in which we recorded our actions as we inserted a table into a word document. All was going fabulous and then I hit a wall. After completing the activity, the last step is to hit the "end" key on your keyboard. When I clicked the "end" key, I got a message that said "an error occured while copying sudio stream". I wasn't sure where to begin. I closed everything and tried again. Same error. I checked all my audio settings on my computer, and still same message. I googled this error message and found several forums (here and here) online where others were getting the same message. I read the directions for the fix, but didn't even understand how to follow them! So, I called Dr. B for a little assistance and she had several great suggestions:
1. Try Camtasia and see if you have better luck with that program.
2. Post your question/problem in our class discussion room. I think I read another classmate's post who used Captivate. Maybe someone could be of help.
3. Try an online program like Jing.
I'm going to try solution #1 and I'll let you know how it goes!
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By the time I read this you were already on to #3!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to include the link I sent to you for the post I just submitted to the state library youth blog. (I actually wrote it some time ago for their newsletter, but I think they've discontinued it--probably a budget thing. Anyway, it is now part 1 of 3 of a post on video.
http://flyp.library.florida.gov/node/361
Part of dealing with technology--a large part--is working around it!! It brings out the best creative problem solving we have!