Addendum: Maybe a Windoze screencasting is a possibility after all. After looking at Comparison of screencasting software <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software>, I suggest we take a look at Freeseer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeseer>. It generates Ogg <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg>, is published by FOSSLC, has a GPL v3 license, & works on Linux, OS X, & Windows. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg>
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Raymond Leonard < [email protected]> wrote: > Pine, > > I would like to help. I think that quiddity's suggestions are good. > Perhaps we should tackle individual segments of how to edit with VE rather > than the whole kit & caboodle. More of a just-in-time approach to VE help. > > That said, I have no real experience with VE as I tend to work directly > with Wiki markup. Bringing a beginner's mind to VE might be a good thing. > > I also do not have either a Chromebook or Linux systems that the tools > suggested at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/2015-March/001273.html > use. Perhaps someone in the Seattle area who has a Linux PC can assist us. > > Except for Saturday morning, I am available this coming weekend (although > on-call) to start. > > Yours, > Peaceray > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 6:39 PM, quiddity <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Just an idea, for the part on how to edit with VisualEditor, make >>> several short videos with distinct themes instead of one long video >>> covering it all. Not only will it be easier to record and edit, it will be >>> easier to reuse if you a question like question "How do I add a source with >>> VE?" and you can just point them to that video rather than handing them a >>> 30 minute video and trying to remember at what time that part starts. >>> >>> >> >> Strong +1. The shorter a video is, the more people will watch/listen to >> it. >> I'd recommend 30-90 seconds as the ideal target, with ~4 minutes as the >> second ideal target, and ~10 minutes as the maximum. Anything longer than >> that, could be broken up into chunks, and should be, Because: >> A) less "time-commitment" for viewers (it can kindle the enthusiasm of >> clicking "oh, just one more!", rather than "oh god, another entire >> hour-at-once!"), >> B) it allows multiple shorter videos to be embedded in a page of text,* >> C) it has much more potential over the years ahead, for us (*all*) to >> update/improve/adapt/fork/subtitle/remix/etc each *segment* of it, in >> every wiki that it is wanted. >> >> The text of the accompanying page could be: >> * A concise version of the video(s), in bulletform list. I.e. "Slide-show >> presentation" style. With just keywords, and the clickable links to >> whatever the video is describing. >> * Or, a match of the video(s) content, for people without video-options >> * Or, a more elaborate/extensive/complete version of the video(s) >> content. E.g. our full Policy/Guideline/MoS/Essay/Help/etc pages themselves! >> >> >> (Re: screencasts, I replied to the earlier thread related to this, but >> didn't CC-all, sorry! See >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/2015-March/001273.html ) >> >> --quiddity >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> >
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