The first screencast recording is the most difficult because everything is completely foreign and new. Don't worry too much about what your audience thinks of you. It won't take you long to master the technicalities of recording a stellar screencast. These are the things you're going to need to do.
Be Prepared: If you have an outline of your presentation in front of you, you'll be able to stay on track and not forget to mention anything you wanted to get across. This step is necessary because once you start recording, you don't want to get stuck anywhere or have an uneasy pause. Ideally, you want your screencast to have a flowing, uninterrupted quality so people will stay interested. This doesn't mean that you have to plan each second of the presentation precisely, only that you have a good idea of what you want to say and display so that you can present it as clearly as possible. While creating a video presentations isn't the same as doing a live event, the guidelines to follow are similar for both.
Make sure you do a run-through of the entire screencast while you're not recording so that you're really ready and prepared when you are. This dry run will help you work out the kinks so it will be smooth sailing when the recorder is running. It's always a good idea to do a walk-through before the action begins. It only takes one walkthrough in general to get the program off on the right foot for success. Doing this will help you come across to your audience as more professional also. Don't go overboard on professional; keep it a little laidback too. The bottom line is that a rehearsal makes for a much better performance.
Close Non-Essential Programs: Make sure that you don't have any unnecessary programs running in the background while you are recording your video. Programs such as IM, email, Facebook and other apps that give off alerts should all be shut down. It will speed up the processing time of the programs you need, thus making the recording go more smoothly. Having some application pop up a notification window in the middle of your screencast will definitely not impress your audience and will be completely unprofessional. So make sure to eliminate all these potential distractions before you start recording, and that includes getting all your emails sorted. This will allow you to concentrate on what's important, namely the content of your recording.
If you're ready to find new and better ways to reach out to your audience, it's hard to beat screencasts for the value they represent. But it's important that you don't get too caught up in the quest for perfection that you forget to see where the flow of things takes you.
Be Prepared: If you have an outline of your presentation in front of you, you'll be able to stay on track and not forget to mention anything you wanted to get across. This step is necessary because once you start recording, you don't want to get stuck anywhere or have an uneasy pause. Ideally, you want your screencast to have a flowing, uninterrupted quality so people will stay interested. This doesn't mean that you have to plan each second of the presentation precisely, only that you have a good idea of what you want to say and display so that you can present it as clearly as possible. While creating a video presentations isn't the same as doing a live event, the guidelines to follow are similar for both.
Make sure you do a run-through of the entire screencast while you're not recording so that you're really ready and prepared when you are. This dry run will help you work out the kinks so it will be smooth sailing when the recorder is running. It's always a good idea to do a walk-through before the action begins. It only takes one walkthrough in general to get the program off on the right foot for success. Doing this will help you come across to your audience as more professional also. Don't go overboard on professional; keep it a little laidback too. The bottom line is that a rehearsal makes for a much better performance.
Close Non-Essential Programs: Make sure that you don't have any unnecessary programs running in the background while you are recording your video. Programs such as IM, email, Facebook and other apps that give off alerts should all be shut down. It will speed up the processing time of the programs you need, thus making the recording go more smoothly. Having some application pop up a notification window in the middle of your screencast will definitely not impress your audience and will be completely unprofessional. So make sure to eliminate all these potential distractions before you start recording, and that includes getting all your emails sorted. This will allow you to concentrate on what's important, namely the content of your recording.
If you're ready to find new and better ways to reach out to your audience, it's hard to beat screencasts for the value they represent. But it's important that you don't get too caught up in the quest for perfection that you forget to see where the flow of things takes you.
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