Jing Video

At first, I was stumped about what to do my Jing video on. But I scrolled down through the list of assignments for the class to remind me of some of the applications and programs we've put into practice so far. I decided to show a quick example of how to play around and change a picture using Photoshop Express.

I had some early problems including mistakenly pressing the red X at the end of the video capture which cancelled it without saving. (Unfortunately I made this mistake more than once. ) I also had some changes I wanted to make and I had to redo it a few times. Once I had a successful .swf video,

I had to download an Adobe Flash update. I still couldn't find a program on my computer that would play the file, including VLC player which I love.
So I searched on the Internet to find a program that would convert the .swf file to an .avi file which would be more compatible.I found the program Moyea which converted my Jing video with the weird .swf format to a user friendly .avi. Moyea was pretty easy and free. It did play the video and "recapture" it.

I thought the Jing video program would be great for Technology Resource Teachers that we have here in Virginia. It would also be great for anyone who was providing a training or staff development. Teachers of older students could use this to show students how to access and use programs, how and where to save files, and numrous other possibilites. It could also be used to provide information to parents about how to access the school website or use classroom recommended sites or programs. Jing is so easy and so useful. I believe it will be a normal part of my computing from now on. At least until another cool program takes it to the next level. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Feel free to check out my little PhotoShop Express example below.