How to Create Screencasts You Can Be Proud Of » The Rapid eLearning Blog - 4 views
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Record the best audio you can by using a good microphone. You can get a decent microphone for less than $100. And if you do a lot of recording, it makes sense to invest in a good one. Here’s an example of two different microphones on the same laptop in the same room: $30 headset and $72 desktop (with no pop filter or any other type of adjustment).
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Turn off the A/C and fans. Turn off the office machines. Sometimes you’ll pick up some noise or humming when the microphone is too close to the computer, speakers, or other electronic devices.
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Have some water handy. I find that I do a lot of retakes on that opening line, so I tend to start and stop my screencasts. This causes my throat to get dry really fast. It’s easy for me to go from sounding like a smooth rapid elearning coach to Lauren Bacall in just a few takes.
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This is so true. My mouth gets very dry when I'm trying to do screencasts. This is a good tip.
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