[Baynet] Infopeople's new workshop on Screencasts

Thu Feb 14 11:37:58 PST 2008

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

Title:  Tutorials 2.0: Teaching the Public and Training Staff with Online
Screencasts

Dates and locations:

Wednesday, March 19, California State Library

Friday, March 21, Buena Park Library District

Tuesday, May 13, Alameda County Library

Thursday, May 15, San Diego County Library Headquarters

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/359 

Fee: There is a $75 fee for this workshop.

.         Do you find yourself repeating the same steps over and over again
with your users (placing holds, renewing items, checking records)? 

.         Do you need to teach your staff a new skill (ILS/ALS change, new
policy, Office '07)? 

.         How many times have you explained in person or on the phone how to
search your catalog and online databases? 

While explaining/showing people personally is important you can also create
an instructional screencast that they can access any time that they're on a
computer (especially at their point of need)! 

Screencasting software allows you to record your on-screen actions with an
audio recording of your voice explaining what to do - just post/link the
recording to the web, and your customers/staff can learn a process,
procedure, policy ... anytime, anywhere!

Workshop Description: This full-day workshop will provide you with an
opportunity to create simple online screencasts. Working with the instructor
you will record, produce, and publish practical screencasts and take away
the knowledge to do many more on your own. The instructor will provide a
straightforward "How To" manual that will include step-by-step procedures,
methods to get the most from your screencasts, and a list of resources for
further learning about the procedural aspects of screencasting and the
pedagogical benefits of screencasts. 

(Optional) Pre-workshop assignment: Interested in seeing some examples of
what you'll be able to do? Just check out:
http://www.stevegarwood.com/infopeople 

Preliminary Course Outline

*	Introductions & What is Screencasting 

*	Introductions 
*	Library applications of screencasting 
*	What you need to get started 

*	The Basics of Screencast Recording 

*	Camtasia software tour 
*	Set up before you record 
*	Create your first recording (w/me and solo) 

*	Producing your recording 

*	File types and production settings overview 
*	Production of recording in various file formats 

*	Publishing Your Screencast To The World/Wrap Up 

*	How to make screencasts available via the WWW 
*	Using an online hosting service for screencasts 
*	Summary/Questions 
*	Wrap up "Quiz" for fabulous prizes 

Instructor:  Steve Garwood.  Steve Garwood comes to us today from the School
of Communication, Information, and Library Studies (SCILS) at Rutgers
University where he is an Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the Graduate
Library and Information Science program and the Undergraduate Information
Technology and Informatics program. Steve teaches Research and Reference
Skills, basic Information Technology, and Web and Multimedia Design to both
on-campus and online students.  Steve began screencasting in late 2005 as a
way of bringing computer based instruction and tutorials to students in his
online and on-campus classes. Since then he has created hundreds of
screencasts for his classes/students, and is currently working with
libraries and library groups to foster appreciation and use of screencasts
to handle topics ranging from bibliographic instruction to virtual tours and
beyond.

Who Should Attend: 

Although this class looks fairly technical it really isn't. If you meet the
prerequisites below I'm sure you'll be fine. 

Who should attend? Well, anyone from the California library community who
would like to be able to help their users with common online library tasks
no matter what the hour of the day or day of the week. 

This class will be of special interest to webmasters, bibliographic
instruction and computer training staff, and those working in distance
education and/or outreach to the school/home school community.

Prerequisites: To be successful in this course, you should be comfortable
with basic computer skills, including using a mouse, navigating the web, and
basic keyboarding. You should also be able to manage multiple windows,
resize and move windows on the computer's desktop, and upload a file (if
you've sent an attachment, you've upload a file) 

Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30
PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions.  Infopeople does not validate
or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch.  Since some training
locations do not have in-house or convenient food service,Infopeople
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. 

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