PLEASE NOTE: If you should come across URL's that no longer link to specific pages - 
Try using the WAYBACK Machine at http://www.archive.org
Copy and Paste the URL Exactly as it was when the link did work 
into the search utility - and if page was archived
click on the last updated version of the content available.
(URL misspellings, etc. will not locate "correct" pages!)

Sites and Resources:

• Using Power Point to Create Presentations
• Creating Effective Presentations
• Tips and Hints
• Presentation Software
• Software for Creating Quizzes & More
• Video Capture Software
• Screen Capture Software
• Back to: Teaching Information Literacy Links
• Back to: Online Teaching Resources
• Go to : Listing of FREE Online Tutorials (Including Power Point)

FREE Downloads 

FREE!!
Screen Book Maker
Excerpt quoted from website
How to make your own powerful computer training tutorials like the ones on in the Screenbook Library:
Enter a name and category for your tutorial. 
Type in the text. 
One mouse click: Add screenshots 
One mouse click: Create table of contents and full text search 
One mouse click: Print 
Two mouse clicks: Send to web 
Two mouse clicks: Make an HTML Help file. 
Ready to get started? Download Screenbook Maker version 1.0 (free)

Screenbook Maker is free software that allows you to create, publish and print your own Screenbooks - and much more.
www.screenbooks.net/e/sbm/index.htm

Related - find information on Photobook Maker - make your own online photo albums, animated slideshows, and more.
Visit: www.screenbooks.net/e/pbm/index.htm

Power Point Viewer
Excerpt quoted from website:
PowerPoint Viewer 97 for PowerPoint 97, 2000, and 2002 Users 
This download is for users who don't have Microsoft PowerPoint®;
it allows them to view PowerPoint 95, 97, 2000, and 2002 presentations. 
office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/ppView97.aspx 
The PowerPoint Viewer 97 allows people who use 
PowerPoint to share their presentations with people 
who do not have PowerPoint installed on their
computers. When you post presentations on the 
Internet, you can include the PowerPoint Viewer to 
expand your online audience to people who might not 
have PowerPoint, or to those with different versions.
You can use this viewer to view files created in both
PowerPoint for Windows® and PowerPoint for the Macintosh. 
office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/ppView97.aspx 

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about PowerPoint
www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/

Power Point - Creating Classroom Presentations
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech013.shtml

Power Point tutorial
http://web.uvic.ca/comped/online/powerp/ppfac.html

Creating Multimedia Presentations and
Course Web Sites with PowerPoint 97
http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed98/rvonholzen.html

From "Road Tools" : Laptop Powerpoint Presentations - tips
www.roadtools.com/tips.html

PowerPointers.com

A Bit Better - Power Point - FAQs
www.bitbetter.com/powerfaq.htm

Another resource  - power point tutorials for presentations/PDF files
http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/vigallon/pdc/cpindex.htm

Free Power Point Backgrounds:

• free-ppt.com/
• http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
• www.ebibleteacher.com/imagehtml/backgrnd4.html
• www.datasync.com/~teachers/powerpoint.html
• www.itoeyeonline.co.uk/powerpoint/
• www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,5531,00.asp
• www.backgroundstemplates.com/freetemplates.html
• www.sharewarejunction.com/info.asp?ProductID=4465

Visit the home of the "Screen Beans"
www.bitbetter.com
And view/read their PowerPoint tips
www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm
and links - www.bitbetter.com/powerlinks.htm

Find the Perfect Graphic Elements - Includes Power Point templates
www.presentplus.com/resource/graphiclinks.html

More - PowerPoint Tips
www.computertips.com/Microsoftoffice/MsPowerPoint/aheader.htm

PowerPoint 2000 Basics Tutorial
www.iupui.edu/~webtrain/tutorials/powerpoint2000_basics.html

More Power Point Links
www.inzones.com/presentation/links.html

Advanced PowerPoint - tutorial/tips
courses.washington.edu/hs590a/modules/13/advanced/adv-ppt13a.html

Microsoft Producer
Designed for business users and enterprise media professionals, 
Microsoft Producer is a free add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.
It helps you capture, synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides, 
and images, resulting in engaging rich-media presentations viewable
on demand in a Web browser. 
Note: You must have a registered copy of Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 
before attempting to install this add-on.
 
 

Articles/Tutorials/Ideas  to read:

Learn How to's ~ "Presentation" Skills from this site
Big Dog's ~ Leadership Presentation Skills

Creating Web Presentations

Creating Effective Presentations

Presenters University
www.presentersuniversity.com

Presentation Center

Delivering Presentations

Presenting Solutions

Presentations.com
http://www.presentations.com/ 

Canned Presentations
For Better Presentations
Avoid Pitfalls of Power Point

Cool Power Point Templates to download

Crank Up Your Online Presentations
From Learning Circuits.org

Save a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation as a Web Page
office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/ppwebsav.aspx

Creating a Template in Office 2000
office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/createmp.aspx

From a Business Resource:
Excerpt quoted from website:
PowerPoint
Find in this category, PowerPoint tutorials, backgrounds, presentation tips and more.
You'll find links pertaining to both Microsoft PowerPoint 97, 2000 and 2002.
Help and information from getting started to advanced utilization of PowerPoint.
www.abusinessresource.com/Business_Resources/Software_Help/Microsoft/PowerPoint

Join for free - Template Central
Free newsletter, tips, etc.
www.templatecentral.com/newsletters/newsletter.asp?type=Fonts

Patrick Crispin's FREE To Download!! "Power Point Presentations"
www.netsquirrel.com/classroom/

• Designing Online Communities, On a Shoestring Budget
• Stop Searching & Start Finding
  Crispen's guide to finding & evaluating resources
• Web Page Design, Part One
  People actually get paid to do this?
• Web Page Design, Part Two
  Internet Graphics for the Artisically Challenged!
• The Completely Unrehearsed, Totally Unorganized
  Frequently Asked Questions Session.

***Note: Visit Patrick Crispin's, Gano Butcher, Danny Espinal, & Clarence Griffen's
Research and Site on "Knowledge Management" ***
Online Resourses and Articles
 

Visit Presenters University - some FREE online resources
www.presentersuniversity.com/

On Lycos - Free tutorial "Creating Presentations" using Star Office
howto.lycos.com/lycos/step/1,,10+57+92+23055+10846,00.html
**Note: Star Office is a Free application (for educational use) and an inexpensve alternative to
Microsoft Office suites / [see also Open Office another alternative - Free]
Related: Find other free software options on the freetools page

LLRX.com March 2001 article
Training Presentations: Turning Negatives into Positives
By Cindy Curling
Cindy Curling is the Electronic Resources Librarian
for Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 
in Washington, D.C.
(**Please note - You may need to search archives
if accessing this "feature" article long after Mar. 2001**) 

From the Workingfaster.com
Archives of Cyberpulse
Read the article:
Avoiding Presentation & Training Disasters

Glitches will happen!!
The Fine Art of Glitch Management

Tools for Web-based Presentations
webtools.cityu.edu.hk/news/newslett/presentation.htm

Edward R. Tufte’s Presentation Tips
(Provided at his seminar and paraphrased by Phillip Kerman)
home.teleport.com/~phillip/tufte.html

The Art of Communicating Effectively 
by Art Feierman, CEO Presenting Solutions
Tips about all aspects of pulling off a successful presentation!
www.presentingsolutions.com/effectivepresentations.asp

Now That We Have Your Complete Attention ...
Here's Fast Company's eight-point program for presentations
guaranteed to keep your listeners on the edge of their seats.
www.fastcompany.com/online/07/124present.html

Visit : PresentersOnline.com
"A website devoted to comprehensive "presentation" knowledge"

The Virtual Chase - Internet Trainers' Stop & Swap

Evaluating the quality of Information on the Web
Interactive Tutorial, Guidelines, Webliography
and Links to other checklists

Teaching Web-Based Research Skills

Create Webpages for Presentations - Using Netscapes "Composer" a free tool
that is part of the Netscape browser
Building Web Pages with Composer
Excerpt quoted from website:
Many of the pages you see when you browse the web were made by ordinary people like you.
You don't have to be a computer whiz - you can use Netscape Composer,
part of Netscape Communicator, to create, edit, and publish your own web pages.
wp.netscape.com/browsers/using/newusers/composer/index.html

Working Faster.com "Education for Serious Web Users"
Information for Internet Trainers
Training for Internet Trainers
Free Tools!
Sign up for the NewsLetters
CyberPulse and Sitelines.

Oh NO! I can't get on the web
Offline strategies for Internet Content Presentations
Searcher V. 8 (3) 2000

Presenting the Internet
Legal Internet column from Law Office Computing

Using a Web Browser as Presentation Software
Online - July 1995
http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/OL1995/JulOL95/valauskas.html
**Note - copy and paste the above URL into the WayBack Machine
at http://www.archive.org - and click on the last page of this content
available on the Wayback server.

Using Presentation Graphics to introduce Online Sources
Charlotte E. Ford, Geri Worley : http://panther.bsc.edu/~gworley/cul.htm 

Alta Vista Search - How to Get the Most out of it
A tutorial

Authoring Knowledge Based Tutors
Tools for Content, Instructional Strategy, Student Model, & Interface Design
(A Draft)

Web Based Training Information Center
Where you will find a Web-based training primer
Surveys about WBT and WBPSS
Links to WBT Resources
View the presentation "Going Online for Training"

Read the Oct. 2000 Article
From Computer User
Online Learning 101
and Teachers, Teach Thyselves
Also : Online Learning Goes the Distance

How to Rapidly Write Your Compelling Seminar
By Mark S. A. Smith, The Guerrilla Group Inc.

More from 3M's Meeting Network:

Design and production stages for web presentations

Secrets from the Pros
top presenters share their best techniques 

When Presenting - 6 room setup tips

How to deliver Masterful Presentations on a Miserly Budget

Tips for designing effective presentation visuals

Handouts that won't get trashed

Book to consider for purchase
Web-Based Instruction: A Guide for Libraries
Susan Sharpless Smith
ISBN: 0838908055
Publisher: American Library Association
Pub. Date: June  2001
 

Presentations.com Web presentations software

In and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft Publisher 2000

Teaching & Learning with Presentation Software
Curriculum Technology Quarterly v. 9 Fall 1999

Mounting Presentations on the Web
Presentation Software, HTML or Both
Online, Sept 1998 
Copy & Paste this URL into Wayback Machine search window to access content:
http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/OL1998/bell9.html

Enhancing your Lecture with Presentation Software

Hidden Uses of Presentation Software
The Ideal Tool for Making Customized Materials for Special Needs Students and Clients

Presentation Software : The Communication Dynamics
Guide on the Side, 1999

Presentation Software - Tips & Caveats
Guide on the Side, July 1999

Presentation Software Product examples:

Info quoted from site
http://www.impactengine.com/index.asp
Impact Engine revolutionizes your e-marketing by allowing you to create multimedia presentations, attention grabbing email campaigns, and detailed response reporting - all in one easy to use application. 

Info quoted from site:
www.ehelp.com/products/robodemo/
RoboDemo 3.0 makes building size efficient interactive tutorials and demos a simple task, whether you need to demonstrate your software product, train employees, provide user support...and more!

Office Products Guide - Presentation Software

Projector Central - Listing of Presentation Software Applications

You may also be considering putting your presentation on a CD - using a CD writer program
and making tutorials, or  presentations available to end users as stand alone  productions,
or to give out to other libraries, hand out at  conferences etc. 
Read this online article and,
Learn how to:
Burn Your Projects to CD-ROM the Right Way! 
By: Ian Lauder
and also read,
Promoting Your Business on CD - (Part 1)" 
By: Kenny Love
**Imagine creating a Virtual Library visit presentation  on a Cd..a complete website, or some other sort of resource
with all clickable links to information or a library instruction tutorial, etc. on a distributable cd. ** You can put video, music, or almost anything on a CD and really create a dynamic marketing tool for the Library.
Note: see related - Marketing the Library resources using the internet.

Above - Articles are found  on http://www.templatekit.com
You can download from the site, free templates,  for webpages, power point templates, and more.
You can purchase from this site a CD for $87
A Template kit
Excerpt from site:
Become a Power Point Master! 
(or at least look like one!) 
Template Kit for PowerPoint & MultiMedia Design puts a complete library of backgrounds, 
textures, and corporate imagery at your command. All designed with Presentation Software in mind!
Template Kit includes...
A Master Template & Tutorial Samples for PowerPoint which you can use to create your presentations. 
and
A series of Animated Clips you can use to enhance your presentations.
 
 
 
 
 

Web Based Course Development Tools

Software Websites

WebCt
http://www.webct.com/
WebCT is a tool that facilitates
the creation of sophisticated
World Wide Web-based educational environments 

Convene
http://www.convene.com/
E-Learning Solutions 

COSE
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/
COSE 2.05 VLE now available FREE

Cambridge Software Publishing and Staffordshire University have
agreed to release COSE 2 as a FREE binary download, with a later
version of COSE 2 to be made available under an Open Source Licence.
COSE (Creation of Online Study Environments) is a system which 
facilitates active and collaborative learning for a wide variety of learners
(traditional, distributed and distance), with a particular focus on
approaches such a problem-based learning and cognitive apprenticeship.
COSE 2 builds on the successes of COSE, developed in part with funding
from the United Kingdom JISC, with a redesigned user interface, 
improved performance and improvements to the accessibility and interoperability 
of the software. The most significant improvement of all, of course, is in the
price. As a FREE binary download from http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/
COSE 2 is now available to FE & HE establishments and government and 
commercial organisations worldwide.

All you need to do is complete a simple online registration to gain 
access to the download of the complete COSE 2 (v2.05) virtual learning 
environment.
By taking out the optional support contract, you get telephone and 
email technical support plus direct access to the COSE development team at
Staffordshire University.

Cambridge Software Publishing and Staffordshire University are fully
committed to sustaining and supporting the user-community of COSE 2 and 
are working closely together to produce a variety of support, training and
development services to enable everyone to obtain the maximum benefit 
from the VLE software. Further details will be available in the autumn 2002.

Version 2.1 of COSE, to be available as a FREE binary in late summer 
2002, will see further improvements in accessibility and conformance with
interoperability standards. Once the COSE development team has 
completed modifying the COSE code for open sourcing, a later version of COSE 2 
will be available as a FREE full source and binary download.
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/
 

Designers Edge
http://www.allencomm.com/products/authoring_design/
Instructional Design Tool for Trainers 
example of a Designers Edge - designed presentation : Dem Bones

eSocrates
http://www.esocrates.com/
We give you personalized comprehensive
e-Learning support
to build online learning
communities around your classes.

Intra-Learn
http://www.intralearn.com/
fully integrated e-learning platforms 

Lotus - Learning Space 4.0
http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/learnspace
Web-based e-learning solution.
Whether you want to train one group
or your entire enterprise, 
LearningSpace 4.0 is the answer.
It's a complete learning management
and delivery system
that lets you seamlessly integrate
your course content. 

SERF
http://serfsoft.com/
Serf provides an environment for delivering courses
anywhere in the world, using the World Wide Web
as a distance education medium.
Serf makes it possible to create and deliver courses
in a self-paced multimedia learning environment
that enables students to navigate a syllabus,
access instructional resources,
communicate, and submit assignments
over the Web in unique and powerful ways 

WebMentor
http://home.avilar.com/
WebMentor® is a training environment with the most
complete feature set available for developing,
administering, and delivering web-based
training over the Internet,
intranets, and extranets.
Each course can be customized
for a diverse student population using
attributes embedded in the course material.
WebMentor eliminates the need for
multiple course versions
for different levels of student expertise. 

This site is designed to help
educators evaluate and
select online delivery software
http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline/ 

Article:
Options for Courses on the Web and
in Microsoft Public Folders
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/nbs/internet_course/web_course_options/ 

Purchase this Book and CD Web-Based Training Cookbook 
http://www.brandonhall.com/webtraincook.html 

Article:
Web as Effective Tool for Adult Learners
http://www.tcm.com/trdev/mcintyre.htm 

WebBased Learning Resources
http://www.outreach.utk.edu/weblearning/ 

Online Course Template from TeleEducation
teleeducation.nb.ca/content/eastwest/template/
Features of the Template
· customizable interface 
· JavaScript enabled windows
· complete set of course pages
· ability to link to preferred resources
· ability to link to instructor's e-mail

WebCourse Development Tools
Lists  Software Applications
http://www.utexas.edu/

Effective Instructional Design An Online Course Template

"Making the Virtual Classroom A Reality" - Online course template

RedVector - Author & Develop Online Courses

Observations on WebBased Course Development and Delivery http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/IT/research/nethowto/IJET97/IJET.html 

Faculty Course Development tools/resources 
http://libraryweb.umd.umich.edu/lib/faculty/webdev.html 

How to Develop an Online Course
http://stylusinc.com/online_course/tutorial/process.htm

Interesting links on online learning and online course development
http://stylusinc.com/online_course/links.htm

Portal/Vortal Tutorial 
How to build your own Online Portal /Vortal
http://stylusinc.com/portal/tutorial.htm

With links for those with an interest in building an Online Community
http://stylusinc.com/portal/tutorial.htm
 

SOFTWARE
You may also find quite a bit of "FREE" software and 
Tutorials to Download from the net

Here is an example of two helpful products
Hot Potatoes & WebHound

Hot Potatoes 
Half-Baked Software 
Hot Potatoes is an excellent way
to quickly create interactive
teaching exercises 
for the Internet, a standalone machine,
a network, or a CD-ROM. 
A copy of Netscape Navigator or 
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.+ is needed to view the files. 
Hot Potatoes comes with good documentation and tutorials, 
and the easy-to-use, fill-in-the-blanks interface means 
you don't need to know any HTML or JavaScript 
coding to create your exercises. 
If you're comfortable with the coding, 
however, you're free to edit the source files to 
create or adjust the templates. 
You can make multiple-choice, fill-in-the-gap, 
short-answer, jumbled-sentence,
and even crossword-type quizzes. 
The quizzes can include graphics or HTML links. 
The test-takers are given immediate feedback
on the correctness 
of an answer and can even be
given hints and clues. 
HOT POTATOES 
is a suite of five programs for creating
interactive educational exercises 
for the World Wide Web. 
These are the programs included, 
along with the types of exercise they create: 

JBC: multiple-choice or true-false quizzes 
JQuiz: text-entry or short-answer quizzes 
JCloze: gap-fill exercises 
JCross: crosswords 
JMix: jumbled-sentence exercises 
Format: .zip (2.19 MB) 
At a tremendous price (free), 
Hot Potatoes is a terrific program
for those who want to add educational materials 
or fun quizzes to their Web pages.
System Requirements 
Windows 95, 98, or NT 
Purchase Information
Free 
I downloaded this software from the following web site - 
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
There are also tutorials to download as well for the software 
Here is a site that tells you all about installing Hot Potatoes
http://callisto.si.usherb.ca/~eslcafe/hot-potatoes/install/

Create QUIZZES and More - Share Your Created Website
Sign up for FREE at QUIA.Com
Check out an example of an
online QUIA created Exam

FREE  script for Online Quiz
http://stylusinc.com/india/quiz_script.htm

Create Quiz

Free ASP Poll Script: StylePoll V 1.0 
http://www.stylusinc.com/website/free_scripts/ASP/stylepoll.htm

Free Survey Script
http://bignosebird.com/carchive/survey.shtml

Best FREE Web tools to install on site
http://www.stylusinc.com/portal/best_web_scripts.htm

**Note** See these sites for help with installing scripts

Another FREE Application for
Creating Multiple Choice Questions Online is available at:
Interactive Test.Com

Also consider downloading 
Web Hound
"So you've already been "surfing" the web? Have you "wiped out" yet? 
With the exponential growth and popularity of the Internet, the glut of sites, 
and their transient nature, it might seem impossible to locate specific information 
when you want it. Or worse, it may be frustrating enough to scare you away. 
Have no fear, the Webhound is here to show you how to use 
different types of web search tools. 
You will be able to identify key elements of a topic search, 
decide the most appropriate approach, and then... do it! " 
http://www.wcsu.k12.vt.us/download.htm#tut1
 
 

FREE!! (or $29.95 - if you want a Site License)
EasyOffice 2001 (Office Suite) with PDF Filter
 Add on this Word- and Excel-compatible office suite with many enhancements. 
EasyOffice Freeware is an office suite that is compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel. 
Features include EasyWord, for your word processing needs; EasySpreadsheet, 
for creating basic and advanced spreadsheets; EasyPresentation, which
includes animation art; EasyBookkeeper, an accounting system that can 
produce classical income statements, balance sheets, aged receivables, 
and expense reports; Easy Contact Manager, with hot lists, mass e-mails, and form letters;
EasySpeaker, an English-speaking voice module that can read your documents 
and e-mails to you; EasyZip, a full zip program that zips and unzips in
Easy or Advanced mode; and EasyHelper, which includes extensive online tutorials and help.
Version 2.98 included a paper-tape calculator, insertion of hyperlinks,
the recording and insertion of sound bites, voice read-backs of text, and more.
Download for FREE

Find out about Easy Presentation
Easy Web Page Creator is a tool that allows you to create 
simple, great-looking web sites, quickly and easily.
If you know how to use EasyPresentation, then you will find
using Easy Web Page Creator just as easy.
*System Requirements:  Pentium or equivalent, Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4(SP3+)/2000, 32MB RAM. 

For EasyVoice5 and EasyVoice Pro voice recognition, a fast CPU
(500MHz ok, but 800MHz+ much better) and ample
RAM (64MB ok, but 128 or 256MB much better), as well as Windows98 or higher,  is recommended.

**EasyOffice will run on most versions of Microsoft® Windows, 
but requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5 (or later) with Active Desktop. 

You may also find these Sites helpful if you are adding/using CGI "scripts" to your site
CGI and Perl Script Installation Tutorial
http://stylusinc.com/cgi_installation/chapter1.htm
CGI Script Installation
http://stylusinc.com/cgi_installation/help.htm

**My husband surprised me with a Re-Writable CD unit
for my home computer..these units have really
come down in price..
Your library should consider purchasing such a drive..
Use ZDNets Computer Shopper to Compare Features & Prices
It is an excellent way..to write your own CD-Rom tutorials.*** 
  For more "Teaching" software downloads
Check ZD Nets Software Library

Excerpts quoted from websites
ScreenCams: Screen Recorders for Windows
Windows software for recording screen activity and mouse movement to create movies and interactive demos. Screencams are useful for creating training materials, software tutorials, presentations, and product demonstrations. Many of these screen recorders can also record audio from your computer speakers or a microphone, and some even include editing capabilities for enhancing your screen movies.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screenrecorders/

From Techsmith.com - the makers of SnagIt and Dubit 
Camtasia 
Quoted From their site: 
Creating high fidelity videos has never been so easy... 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a moving picture 
is invaluable for explaining the complicated content on today’s computers. 
Camtasia captures the action and sound from any part of the Windows desktop 
and saves it to a standard AVI movie file or streaming video. 
Share your Camtasia screen recordings on a Web site, 
distribute them via e-mail, an Intranet or CD. 

The Camtasia suite of tools makes it easy to record, 
edit and publish high fidelity, compressed 
videos for computer based training, 
technical support solutions, product demonstrations, 
sales presentations and more. 

Camtasia is perfect for: 

Training, Education and Distance Learning -- 
Capture, share and manage knowledge. Make and share how-to videos. 
Help Desk, Online Help, Help Systems -- Handle error recording and reporting. 
Desktop Monitoring -- Monitor desktop activities, process control and live content. 
Video and Voice Annotation -- Annotate documents with < 
voice and video for applications like CAD designs, 
medical images and web sites. 
Documentation -- Preserve and archive desktop activities. 
Conferencing -- Record, share and archive conference content. 
CAD and Simulation -- Record and share animation, CAD designs, and annotation. 

Camtasia Recorder 
Capture cursor movements, menu selections, pop-up windows, 
layered windows, typing and everything else you see on your screen. 
Use ScreenDraw to draw on your desktop while you record a movie -- 
just like television sportscasters! Use Camtasia’s powerful ScreenPad 
annotation feature to add callouts, logos and graphics as you record your movie. 
Apply real-time effects like cursor and object highlighting, 
graphic and image annotations, watermarks, time stamps, 
captioning and audible mouse clicks. 
Move in for a closer look with Zoom. 
Pan the capture frame across the screen to show more detail 
http://www.techsmith.com/products/camtasia/camtasia.asp 

Note from Bibliographic Instruction Listserv BI-L Nov. 2001 (Posted with permission)
Susan Goodwin <SGoodwin@lib-gw.tamu.edu>

Colleagues, we are calling upon you for some valuable feedback! We'd like
to invite you to take a look at a project called "Let It V", produced by a
team of librarians at Texas A&M University Libraries.

Let It V (Learning E-Resources Through Instructional Technology Videos) is
designed to teach the use of electronic resources through streaming videos.
We used a software tool called Camtasia to produce our videos. This
technology not only allowed us to capture the motion on the screen, but it
also allowed us to record our verbal instructions. In effect, we have
emulated live "how to" sessions that are delivered as streaming video to
the desktop via the Libraries' website. In this pilot project, we chose to
create videos for the Wilson databases. 

To start watching now...click here: http://lib-testing.tamu.edu/letitv.

Please let us know what you think! You can send comments to us via
letitv@lib-gw.tamu.edu.

Creators:
Daniel Xiao (Educational Media Librarian, Sterling C. Evans Library)
Barb Pietraszewski (Business Librarian, West Campus Library)
Susie Goodwin (Instructional Services Librarian, Evans Library)

________________________
Susan Goodwin
Instructional Services Coordinator
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A&M University

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Exceprts quoted from product websites:

Easy Screen Capture Video  | $9.95 | $19.95 | try free trial
http://www.easyscreencapturevideo.com/
Video screen capture software to record screen activity into video  

Easy Screen Capture Video is a professional quality video production studio designed to capture and record screen activity in real time. With this video recording software you can capture the moving action on your computer screen and save it as a video file all in a matter of minutes. Screen capture and video recording provide an excellent training tool
http://www.easyscreencapturevideo.com/

TurboDemo | free trial |single user license $299/$499
http://www.turbodemo.com/eng/index.htm
Advantages

    * Create demos and tutorials in FLASH, JAVA, EXE- Files and AVI.
    * Enhanced compression for the demos and tutorials
    * No programming knowlege necessary
    * Only 100 KB per minute for playback
    * Play demos with just 1 click
See more features
http://www.turbodemo.com/eng/features.htm

Converting Power Point to Video

Creating presentations in Live Motion

Lotus Screen Cam Information: 

ScreenCam. The simplest way to create, manage,
view and share PC movies.
Lotus ScreenCam turns your PC into a VCR that records
every click, scroll and action on your screen.
You can add captions and the sound of your voice. 
Then edit your instant PC movies and share them
over the Internet or by e-mail with customers,
colleagues and employees. 
Viewers can play them back even if they don't
have ScreenCam on their computers.
Use up to twenty movie segments to
demonstrate new products, 
explain complex financials, 
troubleshoot software problems,
train new employees, share applications expertise,
create custom tutorials and more.
Lotus ScreenCam for Windows 95
proves once and for all that simple is better. 
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Take a Look at the FREE Version of this Software:
From Qarbon
ViewletBuilder lets you create
Animated Online Demos of how Software Works.
Version 2.5's greater flexibility, smoother implementation,
French, German and Spanish language adaptations and 
Linux/Solaris editions make it the most effective tool yet,
for marketing and teaching software.

DemoBuilder
DemoBuilder is a tool for creating demos of Windows programs. 

AutoRun Slide Show
AutoRun SlideShow allows you to create self-contained slide show disks, 
ZIP disks, or autorun CDs. 

WebSnap
WebSnap is a shareware program that allows you to include 
video stills in your website using any Windows 95 video capture system.
Image files conform to the standard JPEG format, 
allowing any browser to view these images with no additional 'plug-in' software. 

EBook Wizard
eBook Wizard is FREE software that has an easy step-by-step process 
that will guide you to creating perfect no-sweat eBooks. 

CaptionIt
CaptionIT not only simplifies the Captioning process but will also write the 
HTML you need to embed your final video presentation in a web page 
with no HTML knowledge required. 

Free PDF is a utility which allows you to create
PDFs just by printing to a "Create PDF" printer. 
 
 

Screen Capture Utilities:

SnagIt... captures anything on
the Windows® desktop
quickly and easily.
SnagIt delivers customized screen captures with the press of a hotkey. 
SnagIt is the only screen capture software that captures images, text,
and video from your Windows desktop. 
Effortlessly produce perfect graphics and video 
with this complete capture solution. 
From one-step capture of scrolling web pages
to video capture and text conversion, 
SnagIt does it all.
Shareware or shelfware,
SnagIt is the most powerful 
Windows screen capture tool available.

Already own, or thinking of, owning SnagIt 
(Cost : $39.95 after free trial)
Then Get"DubIt" for FREE!
DubIt is a multimedia tool which lets you easily
add audio to Movie clips and Images.
Unlike video editors and presentation
authoring products, DubIt adds audio
in real-time as you watch
the movie or image.
With DubIt, it is easy to narrate a video clip
and synchronize your voice with the video.
DubIt is the perfect tool
to quickly add voice annotation
and sound effects to a Movie or Image.
DubIt uses a familiar VCR-style "Media Player"
interface that anyone can use.
There is no complicated setup
or long learning curve with DubIt.
Simply open a movie or image
and hit the record button. 

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE
Excerpts quoted from Websites
Screen Capture Utilities for Windows
Windows tools and utilities for making screen shots and capturing portions of the desktop and application windows. Most of these screen capture tools offer extended features beyond the standard print screen key capture built in to Windows and many include image editing and batch processing tools for modifying the screen shots after they have been taken.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturepc/

Check out these options for:
Screen Capture Utilities available for Download
at Tucows
Also see the Utilities HyperSnap DX and HyperCam
available from Hyperionics.com
 

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