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Create screencasts

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Screencasts are screen recordings in which, for example, slides, websites or software including audio commentary are recorded as a short video so that processes become visible and comprehensible step by step. In teaching, they are particularly suitable for explanatory videos on software or theories, for short preparatory or follow-up inputs (e.g. in the flipped classroom) and enable students to learn at their own pace, regardless of time and place, because they can pause and repeat the videos at any time.

Screen recording

Open Broadcast Studio OBS (open source, Windows, MacOS, Linux)

ActivePresenter (limited trial version, Windows, MacOS)

Screen recording with Camtasia (commercial, Windows, MacOS)

You can obtain Camtasia licences from your faculty's IT representative or directly from the ITSZ management.

Screen recording with Snagit (commercial, Windows, MacOS)

Screen recording with Microsoft Powerpoint

Screen recording with the Xbox

Screen recording on iPad and iPhone

For iOS26 or newer and iPadOS:

Screen recording on macOS Tahoe 26 or with the Quicktime player

Screen recording with Simplescreenrecorder (Linux)

Video editing for post-production

OpenShot (Open Source, Windows, MacOS, Linux)

Our tip! Actually self-explanatory.

Shotcut (Open Source, Windows, MacOS, Linux)

Converting videos

Handbrake (Open Source, Windows, MacOS, Linux)

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact: e-learning (at) htwk-leipzig.de

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