Below you’ll find my proposed chapter outlines for The Screencasting Handbook that’s now in preparation.  If you the topics are interesting to you, visit the site and sign-up to our notifications list – I’ll keep you informed about our progress.

We’ve started to discuss the chapters in the google group, I’ve already had some great feedback from interested readers.

This list will become dated in a month or so, you can always find the current chapter outlines here.

• Introduction
  • Ian – Teacher, Founder, Screencaster and Researcher
  • Why I’m writing this book
• What’s the value of screencasting?
  • Tutorials – learning by seeing
  • Product Tours – seeing your problem solved
• Who else is screencasting?
  • Tutorials
  • Product Tours
  • Technical Support
  • Grant & Proposal Support
  • Recording a Meeting
• Making a Screencast in 30 minutes
• Making a Screencast inside 1 day
• A deeper look at the techniques behind screencasting
  • Research – what problem are you solving?
    • Tours
    • Tutorials
    • Tech Support
  • Planning – how are you going to show your solution?
  • Prototype – making the rough-draft
  • Production – creating the final screencast
    • Recording the video
    • Recording the narration
    • Sequencing it all
    • Adding music
    • Adding a title screen
  • Export – which file formats do you need?
• Embedding
  • CamTasia’s Player
  • JW FLV Player
  • FlowPlayer
• Distribution
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • ShowMeDo
• Common Workflows
  • ShowMeDo – ‘good enough is good enough’ tutorials
  • ProCasts – professional software tours
  • Recording Meetings
• Screencasting software
  • Windows
    • CamTasia
    • BBFlashBack
    • HyperCam
    • CamStudio
    • Captivate
    • Screencam
  • Mac
    • ScreenFlow
    • iShowU
    • SnapzPro
  • Linux
    • RecordMyDesktop
    • xVidCap
  • Web-apps
    • Jing
    • ScreenToaster
    • ScreenCastle
• Microphones and hardware
  • Microphones
  • Mouse vs Trackball?
  • Webcam
  • Copy-holder
• How Screencasting Works
  • A History of Screencasting and Screencams
  • Screencast Technology
• Other resources
  • ShowMeDo.com
  • Lynda.com
  • Peepcode.com
  • Scrast.net
  • ScreenCastsOnline
  • Books
• Getting More Help
  • The Screencasting Handbook’s Google Group
• Tell others about The Screencasting Handbook
  • Spreading the word
  • Fair use and excerpts
• Acknowledgements

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