Week 12: Screencasting

I started working on this week's lesson on a computer at my place of employment, the Derby Public Library.  Since I could not download Jing! to the library's computer I thought I would try  Screentoaster.com.  I am no prude but I must say I was a bit taken aback by the very pornographic "suggested videos" that popped up right under the Screentoaster.com demo screen.  Thus I decided to wait until I could bring in my own laptop and download Jing!  Having done so, I successfully downloaded Jing!   I then sat down and wrote out a script for my screencast along with the screen shots cut and pasted into the script.  Once this was done, after a few false starts, I successfully capture my screencast.  Unfortunately, it was sans audio.  I thought my laptop had an internal microphone but apparently not.  Thus, I was unable to capture my captivating commentary which somewhat diluted the experience when I played the screencast back.  Anyway, I now know how to make a screencast and if I can find a microphone somewhere to use with my laptop I will re-record the screencast with audio and post it.