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Making screencasts (also known as “video tutorials”) is already easy, and becomes easier with better tools and broadband proliferation. However, no tech is complete without a human who dives in, does experiments, and discerns best practices from the results.

I’ve made over 200 video tutorials, mostly for the virtual world of Second Life, and I’ve also done tutorials for stuff like YouTube (YouTube) and Sony Vegas. If a picture’s a 1,000 words, then a video is… a LOT more.

Through such experience, these are tips ‘n’ tricks I’m sure you’ll find practical and applicable to your further forays into the video fields:

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underneath your television there's a powerful little black computer gathering dust ever since you finished Halo 2, and it's got a sizable hard drive, fast processor, and most importantly, an ethernet port that can do a hell of a lot more than connect you to Xbox Live. Your modded Xbox running XBMC will be networked with the rest of the computers in your house and let you:

* Play videos, music and photo slideshows located on any shared drive in the house displayed on the television in your living room
* Watch Apple movie trailers, YouTube videos, Launch.com videos and see RSS newsfeeds dynamically loaded from the internets
* Transfer files to and from your Xbox's hard drive
* Rip DVDs to a shared network drive to play later or backup
* Watch DVDs sans "dongle" (no more DVD Playback Kit required!)

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If you have a blog hosted on Blog*Spot and you've upgraded to the new version, there's an easy way to backup your blog.

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You have shed blood, sweat and tears to put up your blog, you wouldn't want the blog to languish in a corner. You want people to read it. You want traffic. How does one increase traffic to one's blog? There are a number of settings you can do in Blogger t

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This video explains the concept of Blogs (web logs) - by Common Craft using their "in plain English" format and approach.

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This video explains Wetpaint Wikis in broad concepts. Produced by Common Craft using the "in plain English" format and approach to video tutorials.

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This video explains the concept of a "Meetup" and provides a good example of Common Craft's "paperworks" or "in plain English" format and approach to video tutorials.

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This video describes the concept of Online Photo Sharing; produced by Common Craft using their "in plain english" format and approach. Specifically mentions Flickr.

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This video explains Twitter (and microblogging) - by Common Craft using their "in plain English" format and approach.

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This video focuses on basics of social media: new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say. By Common Craft using their "in plain English" format and approach.

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An explanation of Podcasting by Common Craft using their easy to undertand "in plain English" format and approach. Despite being around for years, podcasting is often misunderstood. This video is our way of building awareness and hopefully adoption of a technology that any computer user can use.

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An explanation of Social Bookmarking by Common Craft - using their easy to undertand "in plain English" format and approach. Video focuses specifically on Delicious.com as a social bookmarking tool.

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We made this video for our friends (and yours) that haven't yet felt the power of our friend the RSS reader. We want to convert people... if you know someone who would love RSS and hasn't yet tried it, point them here for 3.5 minutes of RSS in Plain English by Common Craft

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These videos were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. My own background is in teaching English, so some of the sites are specific to ELT and are grouped separately. The rest are for all teachers and there is al

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The PoducateMe guide details the processes and procedures Micah and Leslie learned, and continue to learn with Craig, in producing CareerChat. Micah has spent more than a year writing the guide and building this Web site in his free time, with the hope th

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If you are just getting started with Google Earth, or are looking to help teach someone the basics, there are some short video tutorials developed by Googler John Gardiner (who is a documentation specialist on the GE team). John writes the Using Google Ea

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an educational technology company dedicated to providing school districts with free, online training at their convenience. Our tutorials will always remain free. You can watch our tutorial videos from any computer connected to the Internet that has the ap

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Through the use of easy-to-follow movies, step-by-step instructions, and helpful tips, you’ll learn the basics of iTunes, Apple’s digital music player for your computer. This tutorial is based on iTunes version 4.5 and iPod Software version 2.2.

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Print-based training materials for SMART products including the SMART Board.

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