Screencasting

Screencasting refers to video tutorials, often short and focused on software, intended to supplement documentation with a more visual experience. Screencasts are usually focused on a single task or concept and last 2-5 minutes.

The following content is in the screencasting category:

New video recordings of Raleigh API documentation workshop now available | Apr 21, 2019

Podcast download stats kind of mind-blowing | Dec 9, 2014

Slides and recording for "Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video" at Info Dev World | Oct 23, 2014

Imperfect content and the difficulty of writing video scripts | Nov 4, 2013

Appearing on The Forge Show from TechSmith Today at 2pm EST | Oct 13, 2011

Familiarity Affects Preferences for Text or Video | Aug 8, 2011

Building on Past Successes for Future Directions | Jul 13, 2011

The Perfect Voice -- Professional or Authentic? | Dec 7, 2010

The Importance of Visual Communication, or How to Build a Dirt Sifter | Sep 6, 2010

e-Learning Event Coming Up This Friday (Utah location) | Jun 17, 2010

Why Tech Comm Professors Don't Teach Video | Apr 27, 2010

Podcast: Ten Voiceover Techniques (PodcampSLC) | Apr 11, 2010

My STC Summit Proceedings paper on voiceover techniques (Voiceover) | Apr 7, 2010

Feasibility, Believability, and Fixability: Three Reasons Not to Use a Professional Voiceover Actor | Apr 2, 2010

Breathing correctly (Voiceover) | Mar 26, 2010

Recording with the right microphone (Voiceover techniques) | Mar 25, 2010

Adding inflection (Voiceover) | Mar 23, 2010

Fixing Fumbled Sentences | Mar 17, 2010

Avoiding phlegm in your throat with voiceovers (Voiceover) | Mar 12, 2010

Smiling while you narrate (Voiceover) | Mar 11, 2010

Avoiding plosives and breathing noises (Voiceover) | Mar 10, 2010

Avoiding a sense of rambling (Voiceover) | Mar 9, 2010

Sounding natural (Voiceover) | Mar 8, 2010

Finding an acoustic environment (Voiceover) | Mar 4, 2010

The Turnaround Screencast | Jan 19, 2010

How to Embed Video on a Web Page | Jan 16, 2010

Trying to Find a Theater Stage/Voice for an Impossible Situation | Jan 14, 2010

Notes on My Latest Screencasts | Jan 12, 2010

PowerPoint from Screencasting Webinar | Dec 17, 2009

Adding the Human Element in Screencasts | Dec 8, 2009

What's the Best Microphone for Screencasting? | Dec 2, 2009

My Upcoming STC Webinar on Screencasting | Nov 30, 2009

What I'm Presenting on at the Dallas Summit | Nov 20, 2009

Combining Cinema with Screencasting | Nov 16, 2009

Why Is It Important for Video Tutorials to Be User-Led? | Nov 13, 2009

STC's Online Certificate Courses | Aug 29, 2009

A Few Software Tips to Make Technical Writing Easier | Aug 18, 2009

Are You Irrelevant? Engaging, Provocative Video | Jul 30, 2009

STC's wiki is also scheduled for demolition :: TechCommDood | Jul 12, 2009

Two New Tools I'm Learning | Jul 7, 2009

How Google Does Help | Jun 27, 2009

Technically Speaking » The STC Crisis: the take of a “young” writer | Jun 24, 2009

4J's Group - THE CONTENT POOL: It's STC not STW | Jun 22, 2009

Lifelines to the STC | Jun 20, 2009

Palimpsest: Whither STC? | Jun 19, 2009

How Video Can Turn Your Career Around | Apr 2, 2009

Examples of Perfect Screencasts | Mar 10, 2009

"Like My Own Personal Brand of Heroin" | Mar 10, 2009

HD Screencast Example | Mar 8, 2009

The Importance of Validation (video) | Mar 7, 2009

STC Speaker's Registry | Find experts fast | Mar 2, 2009

"You know what .chms need? More bling-bling. More flash..." | Feb 14, 2009

Embedding HD Quality Screencasts in Your Blog | Feb 9, 2009

Documentation Review Techniques (videocast) | Feb 5, 2009

A Five-Click Solution to Publishing and Uploading Screen Videos to SharePoint | Jan 31, 2009

WordPress TV Launches -- The Appeal of Video Continues to Expand | Jan 18, 2009

Screencasting -- Workflow and Presentation, by Collin Turner (Podcast) | Jan 17, 2009

WordPress 2.7 Released - XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes || Joseph Scott | Dec 12, 2008

The Problem with Speaking Conversationally in Video Tutorials | Nov 27, 2008

User Assistance: Will Write for Metamucil | Nov 19, 2008

Finding a Conversational Voice in Video Tutorials | Nov 14, 2008

Details About the STC Summit Recording -- Interview with Lloyd Tucker | Nov 13, 2008

Guest Post: Real Writers in Virtual Worlds | Oct 30, 2008

Two-Minute Video to Convince Others of the Value of Technical Documentation | Oct 29, 2008

Thinking About an STC Proposal to Submit | Sep 17, 2008

Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation, Interview with Todd O'Neill | May 31, 2008

Uncooperative Subjects: A Comparison of Two Failed Interviews and How to Turn Them Around | Mar 14, 2008

Welcoming Camtasia Studio as a New Blog Sponsor | Feb 18, 2008

Notes from My First WordPress Meetup | Feb 4, 2008

Writing for the Web — Ian Koss, Founder of Ink19.com | Oct 9, 2006