I have used two screencasting platforms this term. One, I had used before and liked, and one was new to me. Ezvid is a freeware video maker/editor and screen recorder. It has tons of features and the more you work with it, the more interesting things you can do. I like the program a lot, but every time I use it, I feel like I have to go watch a tutorial to remember how to do this thing or that one. Because of all of its features, it can have a fairly steep learning curve. Another drawback is that you do have to download it. Because my district does not give teachers admin rights, we can't install anything on our computers, so I can't use it at work, only at home. However, it has an extensive online support community with a video wiki and lots of informative videos. It is my go-to for screencasting. See below for videos and my take on Screencast-o-matic.
Screencast-o-matic also requires that you download a launcher (which I found confusing), but once I figured it out, it was very simple and easy to use. It's a very basic and plain screencasting tool, but it did what I needed it to and that's all I need. This tool would be much better for use by my students and because it can be used onsite, that is a significant draw for me.
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