Showcasing Primary Source Showcasing Primary Source Gems in Your Collection Gems in Your Collection

Jesse SilvaJesse SilvaLibrarian for Federal Documents, Legal Studies, Political Science Librarian for Federal Documents, Legal Studies, Political Science

and Public Policyand Public PolicyUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley

jsilva@library.berkeley.edu jsilva@library.berkeley.edu gtalk: jsilvaucbgtalk: jsilvaucb

Screen Casting—What is It?Screen Casting—What is It?

Capture anything on your computer Capture anything on your computer screen, including options for voice (more screen, including options for voice (more on this below)on this below)

Options to edit capture to add text boxes, Options to edit capture to add text boxes, manipulate the images, etcmanipulate the images, etc

Let Your Voice Be Heard: Pro and ConLet Your Voice Be Heard: Pro and Con

508 Compliance Issues508 Compliance Issues

What Software Do I Need?What Software Do I Need?

Camtasia or CaptivateCamtasia or Captivate Robust SoftwareRobust Software Price & Time InvestmentPrice & Time Investment

User needs free “Flash Player” pluginUser needs free “Flash Player” plugin Digital Camera (optional)Digital Camera (optional) Jing or CamStudio (more on Jing later)Jing or CamStudio (more on Jing later)

Screen-Casts in Practice: Screen-Casts in Practice: UCB’s Congressional Research TutorialsUCB’s Congressional Research Tutorials

Screen-Casts in Practice: Screen-Casts in Practice: UCB’s Congressional Research TutorialsUCB’s Congressional Research Tutorials

Brief HistoryBrief History

More than just a tutorial siteMore than just a tutorial site

Example Tutorial: Finding Congressional Debates Example Tutorial: Finding Congressional Debates and Speeches from 1873-Presentand Speeches from 1873-Present

Impact of the tutorials on student researchImpact of the tutorials on student research

Get Started Right Away: JINGGet Started Right Away: JING

Free—just download and installFree—just download and install

Always changingAlways changing

Test-drive screen-castingTest-drive screen-casting ““Is it right for me?”Is it right for me?”

Great for on-the-fly screen casting Great for on-the-fly screen casting

ResourcesResources Captivate: Captivate: http://http://www.adobe.comwww.adobe.com/products/captivate//products/captivate/

Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.aspCamtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

CamStudio: http://camstudio.org/CamStudio: http://camstudio.org/

Jing: http://jingproject.com/Jing: http://jingproject.com/

UCB's Congressional Research Tutorials: UCB's Congressional Research Tutorials: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/congresearch/http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/congresearch/

My email: jsilva@library.berkeley.edu or My email: jsilva@library.berkeley.edu or chat with me via gtalk: jsilvaucbchat with me via gtalk: jsilvaucb