Windows

View screencasts showing methods:  (NEW!)

1. From Start to Finish (SMART Notebook version) - 1
   Shows the use of SMART Notebook (SN), TechSmith Camtasia Studio (SN), TechSmith Screencast.com (SC), and a graphics tablet to create a set of mathcasts
2. Mathcasting Methods (3 of them) NEW! 
   Shows 3 methods (Live, Library-Infinite Cloning, Undo-Redo) for creating mathcasts. Tools: CS, SN, GT (for Live and Undo-Redo). Includes SMART Notebook(s) for you to use.
   
3. Mathcasting Methods: Live Method
   Shows how to quickly create a mathcast in real time. Tools: CS, SN, GT
4. Mathcasting Methods: Library - Infinite Cloning Method
   Shows a mathcasting method which does not require a graphics tablet. Tools: CS, SN.  Includes SMART Notebook(s) for you to use.
5. Mathcasting Method: Undo Redo Method
   Shows how to create a mathcast by recording while "replaying" it using the undo and redo buttons. Tools: CS, SN, GT

Then

1. Download & install TechSmith Camtasia Studio
   (30 day free trial - See Screen recording & production software)
2. Download & install SMART Notebook software
   (free download - See Tools - Annotation Software).
3. Start SMART Notebook software and use your keyboard and mouse (or graphics tablet if you have one) to write a math problem.  Or use the SMART capture tool to capture an image of a problem to solve.
   
4. Plug in a headset or microphone
   (see Tools - Recording Sound)

5. Start Camtasia Recorder. Use the wizard and choose part of the screen to record with voice.
6. Start recording.
7. Type or write your solution with a keyboard, mouse and/or graphics tablet).
         No graphics tablet? - see this mathcast and the how2mathcast.
8. Stop recording at the end of your writing.
9. Save your mathcast with a meaningful name.
10. Students: Upload your movie (avi) to a free YouTube.com account and share it.
    
11. Teachers: Produce your mathcasts using Camtasia Studio and the Screencast to Web preset.  Then upload your movie to Screencast.com and/or YouTube.com and share it.  Google Video is ok but screencasts don't look nearly as clear on it as Screencast.com or YouTube.com. 
12. Link to your Screencast.com or YouTube mathcasts or embed YouTube mathcasts in a blog, wiki, etc.

1. Use SnapZ Pro by Ambrosia Software to create QuickTime (.mov) movies & share these using YouTube or Google Video.
2. Use Mac in PC mode and use tools as in Windows section above.
3. Use Mac version of SMART Notebook software (9.5 or above) along with the SMART Recorder to create QuickTime (.mov) movies & share these using YouTube or Google Video.
4. Ask TechSmith to create a Mac version of Camtasia Studio!  You'll be glad you did.