getting started with jing

GETTING STARTED WITH JING

PROF. DR. MOHAMED AMIN EMBICENTRE FOR ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT

STEP 1

Go to: http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

Downloading Installing Jing

STEP 2

Scroll down and Click ‘Download Free Version’

of Jing.

Next, click ‘Download for Windows’ if you are

using Windows program.

Jing_setup.exe will appear. Click ‘Save File’ to save the setup file in your computer.

After you have completed save it, run the setup and start

installing.

At the end of the installing process, you need to sign

up online.

Finding & Launching Jing

STEP 3

After the installation and sign up is

completed, the Jing sun will appear at on your desktop screen.

When you move the cursor over the “sun”, three options will

emerge. The most useful one is ‘Capture’.

Taking a Capture

STEP 4

Click ‘Capture’.

You will see that your screen go darker as you

move the cross hairs around the

screen.

Click and drag to select a portion of your screen.

The highlighted bright area is the part that will be captured. Let go when you’ve got

the area you want selected.

Capturing Images

STEP 5

Click the image button.

You can use the image

tools to annotate your

capture.

The Date/Time stamp is the

default filename. Change it if

desired.

If you click the ‘share via Screencast.com’ button, your image or video will be uploaded

to your Jing folder on Screencast.com. You can paste the link into your email, document or

online conversation.

Click ‘save’ button to save it manually.

The image will look like this.

An example of an annotation using the image tools.

Recording Videos

STEP 6

Click the video button.

Click ‘capture’ and highlight the area you

want to record as a video.

Make sure your microphone is connected and that it is not

muted.

There is a five minutes time

limit.Click stop when you

are done.

A 3 second countdown will appear, and your

screen will be recorded. You can perform any

actions you would like to show while narrating

along.

Click here to play.

Your capture will show up in preview window. Preview it,

then share it.

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