How to make a screencast using screenr (for Motivation and Emotion students)

1. How to make a
multimedia
recording and
publish it online
(For Motivation & Emotion students)
James Neill
Centre for Applied Psychology
University of Canberra
2016

2. Here's how ...
You've probably
watched 1000s of
online multimedia
presentations –
but have you ever
created one?

3. e.g.,
Narrated slides
Edited video
Animation
The rest of these steps are for
Narrated slides using Screencastify
(a free Google Chrome extension)
Step 1.
Choose a recording and
publishing method

4. e.g.,
Slides
Images
Text
Script
Props
Microphone
Step 2.
Prepare the material

5. Practice several times –
initially without recording and
then with recording
Step 3.
Practice

6. e.g., plug in a microphone and
click on the Screencastify icon
to record.
Tip: A plugged in microphone will
record higher quality audio than
built-in device microphones.
Step 4.
Record

7. Add this template to the
Wikiversity chapter page :
{{MECR3|1=Video URL}}
e.g.,
{{MECR3|1=http://screenr.com/Uac}}
Step 5.
Add the Multimedia URL to
Wikiversity Book Chapter

8. Submit the URL of the
recording via Moodle.
Step 6.
Submit Multimedia Recording

9. 1. Using Google Chrome, go to
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn
Recording: Step 1

10. 2. Click on Add to Chrome to install the browser
extension
Recording: Step 2

11. 3. Click on the Screencastify icon to launch
and select recording options
Recording: Step 3

12. 4. Click the orange record button.
Recording: Step 4

13. 5. Select Your Entire Screen, then click Share and
Pause the countdown.
Recording: Step 5

14. 6. Put the slides into full screen mode, then
Resume the recording, Pause along the way (as
needed), and click Stop to finish.
Recording: Step 6

15. 7. Preview, then publish or delete. To publish:
● Add a title
● Share
Recording: Step 7

16. 8. Edit the info and settings for the published
presentation.
Recording: Step 8

17. 9. Add this template to the Wikiversity chapter
page: {{MECR3|1=Video URL}}
e.g.,
{{MECR3|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=OJNEcozkpFM}}
Recording: Step 9

18. Optional:
How to embed a Screencastify recording
on Wikiversity
1. Download the video from screencastify or
youtube as an .mp4
2. Convert the video to .ogg format (e.g.,
http://video.online-convert.com/convert-to-ogg)
3. Upload the .ogg version to Wikimedia
Commons
4. Embed the .ogg version on a Wikiversity page
– [[File:Filename.ogg]]