Recording a lesson can be done by several ways:
iPhone records pretty well but video size is limited to 4GB or around 50 min at maximum resolution. You will make better videos with a iPhone mount and a microphone. CNet UK has a good review on movie making with iPhones.
Olympus LS20 (£280) is a superb HD video and audio recording device. With a microphone such as this (£49) one can record lectures in a classroom. Again file size is limted to 4 GB per file.
One can use iPad (£400) as a whiteboard and record (audio only) using apps such as ‘explain everything‘ or ‘screenchomp‘. Screenchomp is available for free but explain everything is a paid app (£2.49). Video can be recorded using device such as moviemount. It is good to have a stylus to write on iPads. I have a adonit jot pro stylus (£30). Styluses are reviewed here and you can know more about screencasting here.
Because I use camtasia studio to edit my screencasts, I am not so much informative about video editing softwares. I would like to hear more about it.
Comparison between different devices | ||||
Name | iPhone | iPad | PC | Olympus |
Device | 499 | 400 | 300 | 280 |
Mount | 150 | 65 | 0 | 30 |
Microphone | 32 | 32 | 50 | 35 |
Screencast software | 3 | 3 | 131 | 0 |
Tablet | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 |
Video editing software | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Total | 684 | 500 | 621 | 385 |
all the prices in GBP. |
Olympus sounds cheaper. I would love to hear more about it.
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