I have embedded my CamStudio video about Wikispaces. I really don 't have a preference of CamStudio or Camstasia. The only problems that I had was getting them to YouTube. There was a gliche of some kind on my Camstasia that said that it would not work. I finally got a friend to help me figure out that it was something that was not installed properly in the beginning. After that it worked fine.
As Ken said, I did not have the problems with CamStudio that everyone else had. I recorded it as a swf to start out, which was great, but when I submitted it to Blackboard, there were two files that I needed to submit, and I only submitted one of them; and it would not let me resubmit. Then I spent several hours trying to get it uploaded to YouTube. After about eight tries, I figured out that the file formats were not accepted by YouTube. I finally just rerecorded it in CamStudio, but this time as an avi file, which was easy to upload to YouTube.
Again, I have no preference of CamStudio or Camstasia. There are many more features in Camstasia, but I would rather use Jing since it is free.
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Nice job! I like using Wikispaces, but haven't tried it out with my students yet.
ReplyDeleteI like Wikispaces. They are offering free upgrades for educational purposes. I like the use of a word document as you give information. I am glad to see what Camstudio is supposed to do. Maybe it is not so bad. What OS are you running?
ReplyDeleteLucy, I have Windows XP on the computer that I used. I have Windows 7 on my laptop, and it seemed like it would have worked. The problem I had was that it created the swf Flash file and the swf html file. When I submitted it on Blackboard, I only submitted the swf html file, so I don't think that she would have been able to watch it without the other file. There was no way that I could submit it because it had to be cleared (according to the Help Desk) before I could attach BOTH files since I had already submitted. I tried to upload the file to You Tube multiple times, and it wouldn't work. I finally figured out that my problem was that it was a swf (that we were supposed to submit on Blackboard), and You Tube didn't like swf. I tried converting it to several other formats that are accepted by You Tube, but I never could get it to work. Then I got frustrated, so I rerecorded the tutorial, but I recorded it as AVI this time. Then it uploaded to You Tube like it was supposed to. I remember reading your issues, but don't remember what Operating System that you used.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I love Wikispaces and you make it look so easy to use!
ReplyDeleteI used CamStudio on XP and the OS after that... oh what is is... and they work. I think it's the new OS that's make Camstudio all wonky. Glad you didn't have much of a problem with either apps! Great video!!
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