[FM Discuss] screencasts....

[Matthew Biederman]

personally I havn't ever used a screencast. It's likely that this is  
merely a position based on my age (yikes) as I have grown up learning  
tech from books/text and pictures.  The times I have looked at a  
screencast, I've always wanted to skip to the procedure and end up  
missing it, or having to rewind and become frustrated, and then again  
I've never been good with people reading to me as a way to learn.   
Maybe if the casts were broken into really small parts - as you  
mention below, it might be more useful.

that said, this represents only my view and personal experience - I'd  
be curious to hear if others use screencasts. If we decide to move  
ahead I'm be happy to make them...

hope the translation is going well, adam.  it sounds like a fab event.

-m
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On Nov 30, 2007, at 5:00 AM, adam hyde wrote:

> ola,
>
> After some discussion with the wonderful Marcel Mars from MAMA, I was
> given some cause to re-think the use of screencasts in FM  
> documentation.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on screencasts? In  
> particular
> the use of ogg theora screencasts for showing basic procedures.
>
> For example, if you could imagine a screencast of a chapter like this:
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/Audacity/AddTrack
>
> perhaps, linked at the top of the chapter saying 'show me' and then a
> pop-up window would playback the ogg screencast....
>
> i have been rethinking of this because it does seem that many people
> enjoy learning basic procedures through video, and we have the tech
> available so...any thoughts?
>
> adam
>
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