The video clips can also be shown and discussed in lectures. By hooking up a simple microphone to the sound card, good quality video is produced. Whilst the creation of a single clip using Screencorder is straightforward, compiling a sequence of several self-consistent clips requires careful planning. Editing the Clips CD-ROM drives and sound cards and are not universally available on campus computers. Therefore delivery to the student desktop is via a fast internet server and subtitles are added to supplement the voiceover.
Subtitles are also useful for deaf students.
Screencorder does not support subtitles so video editing, which is in any case desirable, becomes essential. When you come to add subtitles you need to bear in mind that you are expecting the student to look at the action and the subtitle simultaneously. You therefore need to provide some visual indication when the subtitle changes. The latter method seems better and was preferred by users. When inserting titles using Premier, repeated use of Save As and Cut and Paste between the script and subtitle improved productivity and helped ensure that the position of the subtitles remained constant.