Q's Make up

For my make up assignment, I chose to run a brief tutorial on Jing.

What is Jing?
Jing is a downloadable program in which you can record your activities on the computer. The captured videos or images can be saved on the Jing server. People will be able to view it if you give them the link.

Benefits of Jing
Jing's primary benefit is that it serves as an excellent tutorial on how to do things on the computer, particularly on how to use certain programs. The videos will show exactly what your mouse is doing and what exactly you type in. In addition, you can record sounds from either the microphone or your own computer.

Tutorial
Go to the Jing website and download the program.
When the installer program is downloaded, just double-click it and follow the steps to continue.
It may possibly ask you to download Microsoft.Net3 in which case you may come across a problem. To overcome this, use the direct website to manually install it (download the file and run the file after it's downloaded).

Once it's installed you will see a yellow half-circle appear on the top of your screen. When you run your mouse over it, it will show three options: a PLUS SYMBOL for capturing, a MONITORS SYMBOL for history, and a GEAR SYMBOL for 'more'.

***Note: Here's the biggest joke, you can't do a tutorial on Jing using Jing. So I did a tutorial with pictures instead.

To begin your video, select the PLUS SYMBOL capture option. You will then go into the screen select mode wherein you can choose what parts of your screen you'd like to record (Figure 1). Left click and drag in order to select specific areas that you want.

Figure 1

Once you're done selecting, several options are available (Figure 2). The most important one is the video option. There are also the Image, Redo, and Cancel options but you can go have fun with those afterwards. Select the Video option to begin recording.

Figure 2

Make sure to have the microphone ready. There will be a countdown and then you can record what you're doing on your computer (Figure 3).

Figure 3

When you're done, you can upload it online for others to see. You can also embed it or save it on your computer (Figure 4). If you save it, the file format is .swf (flash video), which means that you'd need a flash player in order to play it (your internet browswer should work). The best option would probably be to upload it on the Jing server by selecting the 'share' option. It will upload it for you and then give you the link.

Figure 4

One final thing I have for you is a tutorial on how to record sound from the computer itself rather than from the microphone. Enjoy.