My first podcast script...

Below you will find the script for my first podcast, a set of instructions for an introduction to screencast-o-matic.  It has taken more than just composing a script.  I needed to research various open source video editing programs and it was during that search that I found screencast-o-matic.  I am also collaborating with my group in sharing my script and it may vary slightly in the end from what you see below.  What is great about screencast-o-matic is that I can use it to record tutorials that can be one-click uploaded to youtube! (Creative commons will also be applied once I have received the coding from creativecommons.org.

The script...
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Hello everyone and welcome to my very first podcast!  Today we are going to talk about screencast-o-matic which is a free program you can use to record live what is happening on your computer screen.  We will also briefly discuss editing options, uploading and sharing the videos you make.  So…without further adieu, let’s get started!

The first thing you want to do is open your web browser and go to screencast-o-matic.com.  To get started recording go ahead and click on the blue box on the upper right corner that says “start recording.”  A box may pop up in the middle of your screen requesting access to your computer, go ahead and click the button in that box that says “allow”, as it is the only way to continue.  From there, the program will install itself and will automatically start.  Then, take the black and white checkered box in the middle of your screen, that being your screencast-o-matic recording box and put into it whatever you would like to record.  You can also grab a corner of that checkered box and stretch it out to fit whatever you want to show off on your computer.  So let’s try it! Go ahead, open a blank word processing document and pull the screencast-o-matic box over that blank document.  Click the record button, the red one, on the lower left hand corner of your screencast-o-matic box to begin recording.  Type something, anything on your word processing document.  Click the pause button to stop recording when you have finished typing on your document and finally, click the button that says “done” just off to the right.  From there you will have the ability to publish directly to youtube via your youtube account!  You will need to login to youtube, through screencast-o-matic, in order to upload your video.  Remember, your audio will also be recorded, including your keystrokes of your keyboard. You also have full editing capabilities of your video, but in order to utilize them you will need to upgrade to a screencast-o-matic pro account which costs $15 per year.  The applications for this program include not just showing off what you are doing on your computer, but if you are an educator, you could lead students in instruction with a video recorded from your own computer.  Thanks for joining me and I hope you have enjoyed this brief introduction to screencast-o-matic!

Screencast-O-Matic Tutorial by Travis Patocka is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at screencast-o-matic.com. The ISTE Technology Facilitator Standards and Performance Indicators for this activity include TF-I.A.2, I.B.1/TF-II.A.1, II.B.1, TF-II.C.2, TF-III.B.1, III.C.1.