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Mathcasts - Tools

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All in one tools (Recording + hosting):

1. Ed.VoiceThread - www.Ed.VoiceThread.com is free or inexpensive ($10 and up) for educators.

VoiceThread is a web-browser based tool. It works on IE or Firefox and on PCs or Macs.

Overview Pricing

2. Jing or JingPro - www.JingProject.com from TechSmith.

Works on PCs or Macs. Free (Jing) or $14.95 per year (JingPro).

You can record up to 5 minute mathcasts with Jing or JingPro and then easily share them through a

free 2 GB Screencast.com (also from TechSmith) account or in many other ways (embedded in

InterWrite Workspace notebooks, SMART Notebooks, etc).

Jing (free) will produce only to .swf (Flash) output format. Camtasia Studio can now import these as well

as .mp4 files created by JingPro.

Jing or JingPro allow you choose whether to copy a link to your screencast or the embed code to the

clipboard. The latter makes it incredibly easy to create a mathcast or screencast and embed it in your blog,

wiki, etc.

You can embed VoiceThreads, Jing videos, Camtasia recorded videos, YouTube, and TeacherTube videos

in blogs, wikis, FaceBook, etc pages. To embed mathcasts in PBWiki use the HTML/JavaScript Plugin and paste

embed code in the box, click Preview, and then OK. If this doesn't work then type xxx where you want to insert

the embed code, click on the Source button, and replace

Annotation Software

Although it is possible to create mathcasts with software like Microsoft Word, specialized math software, or other tools that generate text or images most of us have found annotation software like InterWrite Workspace, Smart Notebook software, Blade NotateIt, or Microsoft OneNote to be extremely helpful.

ExamView Question Banks

Question banks with dynamic questions are a great resource for mathcasts.

Graphics Input Devices

Although you can create mathcasts with only a mouse & keyboard for input there are several types of graphics input devices like graphics tablets, Tablet PCs, and electronic whiteboards which will help you create mathcasts much more easily than with a mouse alone.

Screen Recording and Production Software

Screen recording and production software is required for capturing writing, typing of text, or animations and producing them in a format for the web, CDs, or portable devices like the video iPod, Pocket PC, Palm, or Sony PSP.

Sound Recording- Headsets & microphones

Sharing and Distributing Mathcasts

Share them on the web, on mobile media devices, or on CDs, DVDs, or USB memory devices.

Other Software