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| Quicktime tutorials? | | | | tools mirror the actions which have taken on |
| | | | screen, and add visual aids and interactive |
| I want to make a little video demonstration | | | | actions to the demo, no programming knowledge |
| to my students how to do things in MS Office. | | | | or multimedia skills required. Only a few |
| For example, I would record myself Opening | | | | minutes you turn what you see to what you |
| Excel, then entering data, and saving the | | | | want. |
| file. The students will see all of the | | | | |
| movements that I make with the computer and | | | | 2.Edit |
| they would hear my voice explaining the | | | | |
| steps. How do people do that? What kind of | | | | Add some callouts and balloons to make the |
| software do I need? What kind of equipment do | | | | instructions clear, and also add the |
| I need? Thanks!" | | | | narration by recording the sound from the |
| | | | microphone, no need other special devices or |
| I have seen this post in the Yahoo! Answer, a | | | | skills. Always these kinds of demo creator |
| teacher submit this post, she need some help | | | | tools support various kinds of interactive |
| to make a demo for her students, as a | | | | elements. |
| computer student, I want to introduce the | | | | |
| teachers a kind of demo creator tool to make | | | | The following is a sample of Microsoft Office |
| the flash software tutorial easily. | | | | Word guideline. (How to color the selected |
| | | | words by Microsoft Word) to color selected |
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| know, a flash visual tutorial with all of the | | | | |
| operation steps will be easier to guide the | | | | 3.Publish |
| students to learn the new software. These | | | | |
| kinds of Demo Creator tools will record the | | | | Publish the software tutorial as flash or |
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| instructions and tips to the tutorial will | | | | enrich the content. Most of these kinds of |
| make the operations clearer. | | | | demo creator tools support LMS (AICC/SCORM) |
| | | | compatible courses. |
| There are only three steps to make software | | | | |
| tutorial by these kinds of demo creator | | | | These kinds of Demo Creator Tools are useful |
| tools: | | | | for teachers to do their own demonstration |
| | | | and tutorial by themselves, no need any other |
| 1.Record | | | | programming or media skills. Most of these |
| | | | kinds of Demo Creator tools' menu are |
| Record the screen activities when you are | | | | friendly and easy to use. |