Hi Adam,
Just to be clear, its now too late to register for any of the preconference
sessions?
Thanks, Robin.
Robin Taylor
Main Library
University of Edinburgh
From: Code for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Adam
Constabaris
Hi All,
Sorry if this has been discussed before. (I'm new to the list.) But, has
anyone conducted usability studies using screencast software? If so, what
software works well? (Morae is too pricey; I'm thinking along the lines of
Camtasia, Silverback, etc.)
Also, do you have any anecdotal
I¹ve used Silverback Camtasia. Silverback is pretty dead simple and nice
and cheap. Camtasia needs a bit more configuration, but it works just as
well.
The one issue that I did not expect to run into using Silverback is how
many users (students, especially, oddly enough) were unfamiliar with
Hi Mary,
I haven't used it for screen casting usability testing (yet), but I was going
to use Quicktime packaged with OS X. It can be used for screen recording.
Best,
Junior Tidal
Assistant Professor
Web Services and Multimedia Librarian
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
300 Jay
I've used both Camtasia and SnagIt and I like both well enough. SnagIt is
cheap and dead simple for the screen capturing process; not a lot of bells
and whistles but I don't need / want those. I've also used a lot of video
editing tools (since SnagIt doesn't have much itself) and these days mostly
It really depends on what you want to do and how complicated you want to get.
I've used Camtasia, SnagIt, and Adobe Captivate, and they're all good for what
they do, but my personal favorite and go-to program is Captivate. The learning
curve is a little higher, but it's very powerful. It
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Hello All,
A colleague and I were recently asked to help create a tool library for
makerspaces for a local state library consortia. The idea being they would
lend out kits such as Arduino's with breadboards to libraries that are
thinking of setting up some kind of makerspace but unsure where to
Hi everyone
Thanks for raising this question and for the interesting responses. Any
good sources for doing the same with e-books? Not merely mass-market
e-books (some can be found via addall and the like, see also this thread
for more hints
A great idea! Some other hardware to consider:
Raspberry Pi alternative:
Beagle Bone Black
Further Arduino support:
Gemma (smaller version of FLORA)
Various breakout boards (GPS, GSM, LCD, etc.)
Sensors
Servos
For helping teach/interest younger folks:
Snap Circuits
littleBits
For larger
This is something I was reminded of today at my local show and tell and I
thought we had everything we'd need..: Don't forget the peripherals:
Spare/older display monitors with a DVI port)
USB keyboards, mice
USB hubs
Cables and dongles
Network cables
Power supplies
(these items can
Personally, I would put soldering irons in phase 2, as they really do require
training to use. Without a pretty decent skillset, you can burn through a lot
of led strips, etc.
My lab consists of a Sparkfun kit hot-glued to the top of a parts box. This
arrangement has been very helpful for my
In St. Louis, to my knowledge we do not have a makerspace as part of a
library. We do however have a hackerspace called Arch Reactor and a new
TechShop is coming soon, which I guess is maybe something similar but
diffferent?
Could any of you help clarify the terms for me and maybe explain what
Steve Krug recommends GoToMeeting in his book (Rocket Surgery Made Easy).
They've got a 30 day free trial so we're going to try it out next week on some
of our colleagues to see if it's worth the price. Basically what we want is the
ability to capture the screen and sound and to play this live
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