I think this program has wonderful possibilities in the classroom or computer lab. Jing can allow teachers to create tutorials of computer programs for students. Showing students through a tutorial how to create a PowerPoint is much more beneficial then describing it or moving from computer to computer to help them. This tool can also be helpful when introducing a new computer program to the staff. A “How to” folder can be put on the common drive with files showing how to use various programs (e.g. ICAN or ePike).
Jing is an easy program to use. After downloading it to my computer I took some time to explore it. I was able to teach myself how to use it in about half an hour and I don’t consider myself a computer wiz. Start by downloading Jing to your computer. Once the program is downloaded half a yellow sun will appear on an edge of the screen. The sun can be moved with a simple click and drag, but will only be moved to an edge of the screen. Move your curser over the sun when you are ready to capture an image or video and the sun will branch out showing three options. The three options are:
Capture – Allows you to capture the screen and save it as an image or video
History – Allows you to view your Jing history
More – provides additional options when using Jing (e.g. capture video using .SWP or MPEG)
Select the top option that looks like a plus sign to capture. Click and hold the mouse button to select the area you want and release the button when finished. This process if very similar to cropping a picture. Once finished a menu will pop-up at the bottom of the selected area offering to capture image, capture video, redo, or cancel.
Capture Image:
Select “Capture Image” after selecting an area to capture and a new window will open showing your selected image. The new window will offer options to add arrows, add text, frame, and highlight pieces of the image.
Add arrows - Allows you to put arrows on captured image
Add text - Creates a text box on the capture for your comments
Frame - Creates a colored frame
Highlight - Creates a highlighted box on the image
Don’t forget to name the file. A menu bar is located at the bottom of the capture when you are finished. I found most of the buttons in the bottom menu bar to be helpful depending on their purpose. Here they are:
Screencast.com - uploads the capture to screencast.com giving you a web address for your capture.
Save - saves the image to your computer
Copy - creates a copy of the capture in the Jing history
Edit in Snagit - Snagit is a powerful image editing, scrolling capture, cursor capture, tagging, searching program. This is an additional program with a 30 day trial.
Cancel - cancels your image selection.
Here is an example of a captured image and using some of the Jing tools:
http://www.screencast.com/users/erelmore/folders/Jing/media/44129bfd-9649-41a1-86ea-02d995d48217
Capture Video:
Select “Capture Video” after selecting an area to capture. A three second countdown will begin before Jing starts recording. Once the recording begins everything in the video capture window will be captured. Use your computer like you normally would while recording the video. A menu will be in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Hit the stop button when you are finished and a new window with the recording will appear. Again, you will have these four buttons to help you:
Screencast.com - uploads the capture to screencast.com giving you a web address for your capture.
Save - saves the image to your computer
Edit in Snagit - Snagit is a powerful image editing, scrolling capture, cursor capture, tagging, searching program. This is an additional program with a 30 day trial.
Cancel - cancels your image selection.
Here is a sample video I made showing how to add a slideshow from Photobucket to Blogger: http://www.screencast.com/users/erelmore/folders/Jing/media/b9c087a7-f4d9-40f7-914a-3b1ce7c03ff4
Jing is helpful program that can be a powerful tool in the classroom or can help solve everyday problems.
Capture Video:
Select “Capture Video” after selecting an area to capture. A three second countdown will begin before Jing starts recording. Once the recording begins everything in the video capture window will be captured. Use your computer like you normally would while recording the video. A menu will be in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Hit the stop button when you are finished and a new window with the recording will appear. Again, you will have these four buttons to help you:
Screencast.com - uploads the capture to screencast.com giving you a web address for your capture.
Save - saves the image to your computer
Edit in Snagit - Snagit is a powerful image editing, scrolling capture, cursor capture, tagging, searching program. This is an additional program with a 30 day trial.
Cancel - cancels your image selection.
Here is a sample video I made showing how to add a slideshow from Photobucket to Blogger: http://www.screencast.com/users/erelmore/folders/Jing/media/b9c087a7-f4d9-40f7-914a-3b1ce7c03ff4
Jing is helpful program that can be a powerful tool in the classroom or can help solve everyday problems.
This is very interesting - I never understood how people recorded or took pictures of their computer screen, but now I know! It also seems relatively easy to use, good job explaining it!
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