http://www.screencast.com/t/WpAy3YYXl9L

Screencasting is a great tool used to display your computer screen clearly, as opposed to using a camera to take a video of it. You have probably seen a screencasted video on the internet before, especially when looking through tutorials of how to use computer programs or website. My screencasting video gives a little tour around 90.3 the Core’s website. This is the site for my college radio station on the Livingston campus of Rutgers University, and it has articles written by DJs, schedules, links, and a 24 hour livestream of our radio station. As the head of the music department, The Core is something I hold near and dear to my heart.

What I like about the website is that while not very flashy, the website is very user friendly and easy to navigate. All of the subsets of the website, such as contact, schedule, news, etc. are listed at the top of each page. The link to listen live and a note of what and who are playing is also always fixed at the top of each page. This way you always know who and what is currently on air. While the website is wonderful, I do wish it had a little bit more aesthetic appeal. The navigation is easy and great, but it is monotone in color and visual appeal. It looks old simply because it is old. In my opinion, it needs a bit of a redesign or a spicy new paint job. Nonetheless, I love it like it is my own.

Screencasting itself was relatively easy. I used the Jing software, which had simple and quick download and installation. The biggest problem I encountered was with the microphone. Without headphones with a mic, my voice sounded soft and distant. However, with my headphone mic it sounded a bit harsh and fried. Maybe that is just my voice?! I spoke a little softer with the mic a bit farther from my mouth, and it seemed to alleviate most of the problem. Posting the final product was difficult without the screencast.com upload, as I tried google drive beforehand (which did not work very well). I had trouble even finding an outside application to view the video on. Luckily, screencast.com had a direct way to upload through Jing. Overall, it was very easy, and another great skill to have.