Internet Librarian: Tuesday: Screencasting & Elearning on a Dime

Internet Librarian: Tuesday: Screencasting & Elearning on a Dime
Karen Coombs & Michelle Boule


Drupal Chat
Single party client, must have an account, and sometimes is blocked
ADM, Trillian, Pigeon (3rd Party Clients)
Meebo à Web-based, multi-client chats

Group Clients:
Campfire
Meebo Rooms

Often embeddable in websites!

BLOGS:
Blogger
Free, API is open & integrates with other Google products, buy your domain through Google for about $10!
WordPress
Open Source, very flexible – uses Akismet (spam software), allows imports from other blog systems, posts to the future, and auto-saves.
Moveable Type
Widgets, email notification, varying levels of pricing.

Screencapture
Camtasia
Video, powerpoints, screencaps, fairly complex to learn & use, can export to flash among others
Captivate
Preferred to Camtasia for simplicity of use, but will not do true video, will export to flash
CamStudio
The free option, open source, very simple, exports to AVI or Flash

For macs: iShowYou

Once you’ve created it store it at Blip.tv

WebCasting
Expensive for the most part
OPAL: Online Programming for all libraries; Tom Peters uses a lot, Only works in IE.

DimDim – Currently in Beta, PC Only

Zoho Meeting – Works on everything; currently free
Vmukti Meeting Place – supports open or private meetings

Podcasting
Audacity – to create audio files, MP3s, adjust levels, and set IDE tags

Store at Our Media (or Blip.TV)
Upload audio or video – create a podcast feed

Feedburner
Add info for itunes – keeps stats of subscribers
ITunes University

PodPress – imbed podcasts in a blog

(Ref Stats – free statistics program??)