I watched a webinar on creating online courses today. One of the tools used for the online course was EZvid, a free recorder for Windows computers. I downloaded the app and it appears very easy to use. EZvid is supposed to optimize the video for YouTube. The button to upload into YouTube is on the main window. To learn more, watch the video below.
Showing posts with label Windows OS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows OS. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Taking Screenshots
Screenshots are great ways to create tutorials and provide a picture with an explanation. There are several ways to create them.
Download Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html ), a free app
With Windows operating system (OS)
Download Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html ), a free app
With Windows operating system (OS)
- The Snipping Tool is an app with some of the Window OSs.
- In Microsoft Word 2010, click the Insert menu > Screenshot from the Illustrations section
- If you have OneNote, you can click the Windows + S key
On the Mac
- Click Cmd + Shift + 4 keys
- Click Cmd + Shift + 3 keys (full screen)
- Click Cmd + Shift + 4 + space bar (open window)
- Go the Dock > Utilities > Grab
On the iPad or iPhone
- Click the on/off and Home button (takes full screen)
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Customizing the Mac Computer Dock
Yesterday, over half of the readers for this blog are Mac users - amazing. That make some sense because many of my more recent blogs relate to Apple products. A couple of days ago, Chris Breen posted a new How-To blog on customizing the dock, where selected apps appear on Mac computers at http://www.macworld.com/article/2018708/mac-101-dealing-with-the-dock.html?page=2 .
The secret, once again, is in the System Preferences. Many of us were originally Microsoft PC users. When we migrated to Apple products, we tried to do everything like using Microsoft Windows. Now that I use Windows and Apple operating systems almost equally, I find myself trying to work on a Windows PC like I do on the Mac, for example, mouse scrolling and finger gesturing.
Because Apple products are designed differently, the Mac experience can be initially frustrating. That is a good reason to explore Chris Breen's How-To postings. Next week he will focus on System Preferences (analogous to the Control Panel in the Windows OS). That should be a great How-To!
The secret, once again, is in the System Preferences. Many of us were originally Microsoft PC users. When we migrated to Apple products, we tried to do everything like using Microsoft Windows. Now that I use Windows and Apple operating systems almost equally, I find myself trying to work on a Windows PC like I do on the Mac, for example, mouse scrolling and finger gesturing.
Because Apple products are designed differently, the Mac experience can be initially frustrating. That is a good reason to explore Chris Breen's How-To postings. Next week he will focus on System Preferences (analogous to the Control Panel in the Windows OS). That should be a great How-To!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Switching from Windows to a Mac
I have a couple of colleagues who will be switching from working on Windows to Macs. Have done some homework to make their transition a little easier.
First, go to Apple Support Switch 101 at http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
Go to "On Windows, I used to" for a easy to understand table showing how to perform different functions on the Mac as compared with Windows.
If pertinent, learn to use the multi-touch trackpad, Using the Multi-Touch trackpad in Mac OS X v1o.5, 10.5 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2514
It shows how you can modify the trackpad using Preferences (equivalent to the Windows Control Panel). In Preferences when you scroll over a function, there is a video display demonstrating the action and results. The 2-finger touch (same as right-click) has be enabled. Tapping the Control key and clicking also simulates the right-click for additional menu options.
An easy work around as you are getting comfortable with the Mac is to connect a two button external mouse.
If you need to use Windows applications that are not available for the Mac and have enough hard drive space on the Mac, consider partitioning the hard drive, so that you have the option to boot to a Windows operating system.
First, go to Apple Support Switch 101 at http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
Go to "On Windows, I used to" for a easy to understand table showing how to perform different functions on the Mac as compared with Windows.
If pertinent, learn to use the multi-touch trackpad, Using the Multi-Touch trackpad in Mac OS X v1o.5, 10.5 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2514
It shows how you can modify the trackpad using Preferences (equivalent to the Windows Control Panel). In Preferences when you scroll over a function, there is a video display demonstrating the action and results. The 2-finger touch (same as right-click) has be enabled. Tapping the Control key and clicking also simulates the right-click for additional menu options.
An easy work around as you are getting comfortable with the Mac is to connect a two button external mouse.
If you need to use Windows applications that are not available for the Mac and have enough hard drive space on the Mac, consider partitioning the hard drive, so that you have the option to boot to a Windows operating system.
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