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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Bergmann on January 21, 2011 at 11:58am

Troy:  We just got our SMART boards in two weeks ago and are not making our videos via the SMARTboard.  We like this interface better than sitting at a desk.  Still working on getting the webcam feature really get our faces....

 

We are going to make another one tonight and see how it goes.  

 

We are still learning.

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Overmyer on January 21, 2011 at 2:16pm

Troy,

 

I recently switched to making my vodcasts with a Smartboard. I though I would need a wireless mic, but I found that just hanging a Logitech USB mic taped on top of the board works just fine. 

 

I also recently made is so that my computer thinks it has 2 monitors. That way I can keep all the stuff I do not want to appear on the recording on the computer screen, and only the recordable part on the Smartboard.

 

JErry

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Permalink Reply by Chad Leckie on January 31, 2011 at 11:51am

I've recorded almost all my AP Calculus lectures using a SmartBoard ... Between  Camtasia and SmartNotebook ... make sure you have as much RAM as possible and the biggest processor you can afford ...

 

I am now using a Dell Laptop with an I5 processor and 3GB of RAM and it is finally working seemlessly!

 

I have an external webcam set up ... see my page for pics ... and a XBox 360 Guitar Hero Microphone hanging from the ceiling.  It all works pretty well.

 

The downside is I have to go to school to do everything, but I just didn't have the skills to draw graphs without "seeing" exactly where I was putting my pen.

I still use Camtasia to do all the editing and recording because the Smart Software doesn't allow you to edit.

 

 

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