| Rating |  5.00 / 5 |
|---|---|
| Price | Free |
| iTunes Link | Screencast-O-Matic |
Screencast-O-Matic
Description
Screencast-O-Matic, the original desktop screen recorder and video editor, now travels with you. Our free mobile app allows you to quickly capture your screen and create high-quality videos.
Record app demos, tutorials, video feedback, training and more. After recording, add a Facecam, crop, trim, or adjust the speed of your video.
Easily share, or connect with our intuitive desktop video editor to enhance your videos. Creating and sharing videos has never been easier.
RECORD:
• No recording time limit.
• Record as many videos as you want!
• Record audio narration.
ADD FACECAM REACTIONS:
• Add Facecam to your videos!
• Select sections of your video to add Facecam.
• Drag to reposition Facecam.
ENHANCE VIDEOS:
• Trim videos.
• Crop videos with presets for social video sharing.
• Adjust the playback speed.
• Rotate videos.
MANAGE & SHARE
• Import videos from your camera roll.
• Keep and manage your recordings in your Screencast-O-Matic album.
• Share on Screencast-O-Matic’s website or other popular sites.
• Share with the apps you are already using!
AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE DESKTOP VIDEO EDITOR
• Connect with the desktop video editor to enhance and personalize videos.
• Import camera roll videos to your Screencast-O-Matic album to automatically transfer to the desktop video editor.
• Desktop video editor is available on Mac & Windows. (Use one subscription for all devices).
I’ve been using Screencast-O-Matic for about three years now to help teach Computer Science at the community college level. My students love it. I find a small Java program and put it up on my laptop’s screen and then carefully talk through it with the camera rolling. The cursor is highlighted with a yellow halo so that the students know exactly which feature of the Java code I’m talking about. The result is an .mp4 video which the students can play as many times as they like until they understand the code I’m trying to teach. This is very helpful to the slower students because I can’t repeat myself enough to satisfy them in the classroom without “turning off” the faster students. Also, Screencast-O-Matic is invaluable for on-line classes.
Screencast-O-Matic should be renamed Screencast-O-Magic! An easy tool to use to create screencapture videos and tutorials. A basic editor makes it simple to remove the sound of your cat meowing in the background or a plane going over head. : ) It also has captioning feature – a must for accessibility. Often this tool is used for instruction but it is a great tool for students to use as well. They can make their own presentations (voice over slideshows or anything on their screen) of course but there are some really interesting ways to use this tool to support peer review. research projects, and much, much more. Students like using video as it is a much more native way for them to learn and share information.
Example Peer Review: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqQY0Kt8s2
Video – Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education: https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education?language=en