Screencasting with Debut’s Lite Version

Testing the free version of NCH Software’s video capture application.

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been looking into a variety of free screencasting tools available on the web.

I’m interested in finding a free application that let’s me easily capture screen activity and record audio over it, and then save the resulting file in an easy to play, stand-alone format (some tools only allow created recordings to reside on their web site – I want more flexibility over how I distribute what I produce).

I started with a look at Jing from Techsmith the week before last, then took a step back and gathered a list of other free apps with similar functionality. After comparing basic functions and features of the many tools in this list, I decided that Debut from NCH Software would be a great app to check out next.

Debut was quick and easy to download, install, and test. I’m impressed with it’s capabilities, particularly for a free app. I appreciate the many formats that you can save recorded files in – MP3, WMV, MP4, AVI, ASF, 3GP, MOV, and FLV. Another important difference ... [Please click here to read the complete post at EmergingEdTech.com, where I blog regularly about the use of Internet tools in education, and other instructional technologies. Thanks!]