screencasting

Recording your monitor

Screencasting is recording video of computer screen activity, typically with narration.

Software tutorials, product demonstrations, and how-to guides commonly use this format: The instructor's screencasting walked us through every menu option.

A screencast is a video produced this way.

The person creating one is screencasting or making a screencast.

software

OBS

Open-source streaming application

compression · resolution · overlay · annotation · export · trim · edit · render · watermark · hotkey

teaching

tutorial

Instructional step-by-step guide

lesson · walkthrough · explainer · onboarding · skill-building · step-by-step · courseware · edtech · self-paced · asynchronous

streaming

livestream

Real-time internet broadcast

viewers · chat · audience · channel · subscriber · latency · buffering · bitrate · simulcast · go-live

production

narration

Verbal account delivery

post-production · transitions · intro · outro · thumbnail · script · teleprompter · B-roll · pan · highlight

sharing

collaboration

Joint intellectual work

  • remoteDistant or controller
  • ZoomVideo call platform
  • DiscordGaming communication platform

mirroring · AirPlay · Chromecast · HDMI · wireless · co-hosting · embed · accessibility

Opposites
content source

screencastingvideography

Art of recording footage

cinematography · location shooting

communication directionality

screencastingvideo call

Real-time visual telecommunication

video conferencing · FaceTime · web conferencing

media consumption vs. creation

screencastingvideo watching

Observing recorded footage

Family

screen, cast, screens, screened, screening, screenings, casts, caster, casters

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