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A brief guide to screencast-o-matic – a free screencasting tool
Another free screencast tool. Like its counterparts of ScreenR and Jing there are premium versions also available at a specific price, providing additional functionality.
Good points
- Its free
- it allows 15 minutes video as opposed to the 5 minutes on offer through Jing and ScreenR
Bad points
- It is not as intuitive to use at first but once you get used to it, you will have no problems
- There is a watermark in your video with the free account
There are a series of tutorials on the use of screen-o-matic on their YouTube channel
Related articles
- What is screencasting (enhancingteaching.com)
- 8 Free Screencasting Tools For Making Video Tutorials (smashingapps.com)
- Gregory Hill on storytelling, giving student feedback and improving writing with Jing (joedale.typepad.com)
- A brief guide to Jing – the free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to ScreenR.com – the web based screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)