Co-presented with Tamar Kreke (Greene County Public Library) at Ohio Library Council Convention & Expo 2011 in Toledo.

1. Did You
Say
FREE ?
Zero-Cost Tools
For Creating
Engaging Content
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Ohio Library Council
Convention & Expo
October 2011
Photo by bill_canada via Flickr

2. What we'll be talking about...
● Introduction
● Screencasting
● Video and Image Editing
● Virtual Learning Environments
● E-Book Creation
● Podcasting
● Questions and Discussion
Presenters
Tamar Kreke
Greene County Public Library
Don Boozer
KnowItNow24x7 (Cleveland PL)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billcanada/516299623/

3. Screencasting
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Kinetophonebis1.jpg

4. Free Screencasting Software:
● Techsmith:
○ Jing
(http://www.techsmith.com/jing/)
○ Screencast.com
(http://screencast.com/)
● Screencast-o-matic
(http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/)
● Camstudio
(http://camstudio.org/)

5. Jing

6. Screencast.com

7. Screencast-o-matic

8. Camstudio

9. Video
Editing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/3527157206/

10. Free Video Editing Software
Windows Live iMovie
Movie Maker

13. Free Video Creation Web Sites
Sketchcast.com
Flixtime.com
Animoto.com
OneTrueMedia.com
Prezi.com
ScreenR.com
Masher.com
Stupeflix.com
Slidesix.com
Camstudio.org
Xtranormal.com (limited use for free)

14. Image Editing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2553739798/

15. Free Image Editing Software/Sites
Microsoft Paint
Pixlr.com
GIMP

19. Virtual Learning
Environments
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3915529903/

20. Types of Virtual Learning Environments
● Course Management Systems (ex: Moodle)
● Multi-user Virtual Worlds (ex: Second Life)
● Web Conferencing aka Webinars (ex: AnyMeeting, Yugma,
Mikogo, Vyew, iVisit)

21. Course Management Systems: Moodle

22. Sample Moodle Course

23. Virtual Worlds: Second Life

24. Bonus:
Sloodle=
Second Life (SL) + Moodle

25. Webinars: AnyMeeting

26. E-books
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/5748745311/

27. Free E-Book Creation Software
Calibre Sigil
calibre-ebook.com code.google.com/p/sigil/

30. Podcasting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smu_cul_digitalcollections/5277224759/

31. Free Podcasting Solutions
Audioboo
audioboo.fm
PodBean.com
audacity.sourceforge.net
(for in-house recording)

35. Sounds and Music for Podcasts
(Advanced Stuff)
● Freesound.org
● Mutopiaproject.org
● Soundsnap.com
● ACIDPlanet Free Downloads
○ www.acidplanet.com/downloads/8packs/
● Sound FX
○ flashkit.com/soundfx/
● Royalty-Free Music
○ incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

36. Questions?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/3526345203/

37. Thank you!
Presentation slides are available at
www.slideshare.net/donboozer
Contact Information:
Tamar Kreke
TKreke@gcpl.lib.oh.us
Don Boozer
dboozer@cpl.org