Screencast+Directions


 * How to use Notebook Recorder to make a Screencast.**

You can use the Notebook recorder to record anything on the screen. Add a microphone and you can capture sound at the same time.

What you will need: SMART Recorder Microphone (if you want sound)

Directions
 * 1) Go to start
 * 2) Smart Technologies
 * 3) Smart Notebook
 * 4) Open Recorder
 * 5) It will appear at the top left corner of your screen
 * 6) Now open what you’d like to record. (It can be anything from a power point presentation to a student drawing on the Smartboard to the teacher explaining how to solve a problem)
 * 7) On the Smart recorder next to the red button is a down arrow. This will let you choose how much of the screen you’d like to record.
 * 8) Click the down arrow.
 * 9) There are 3 options
 * 10) Record the desktop which will record everything on the whole screen
 * 11) Record area to select and record part of the screen
 * 12) Record window which will record the opened window you click on
 * 13) The example we will use will be Record area.
 * 14) Down arrow next to the red button and select record area
 * 15) Now draw a box around the area of the screen you would like to record.
 * 16) When you let go it automatically begins to record.
 * 17) Next to the red button is a pause button which will pause the recording. To begin again click the red record button.
 * 18) When complete click the stop button. (the blue one)
 * 19) This will automatically take you to a save window.
 * 20) Select where you would like to save the recording and save it. You may also rename it.
 * 21) It will save as a Windows Media Video File and play in Windows Media Player.
 * 22) To use the video in Notebook you will have to create a link to it. (See the adding a video to notebook directions)