Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Jing Project

In my job I often explain complex directions to teachers on the phone. Occasionally it takes quite a long time to explain something. I often wish I could easily make a quick video and just send it to the teacher so they could actually see "how to". I have not been able to do that easily before---but then came JingProject.com.So what is Jing, and how does it work? It is a program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere. How does it work?

1- Download and install the program.2-The program icon, a sun, sits in the upper right corner of my Mac. When I mouse over it, the program shows 3 yellow circles, each with an option: Capture, History, More.


3-Click on the top yellow circle with the plus sign (+). You will be prompted to indicate which part of the screen you wish to capture.

4- The control bar will appear. Choose image or video option, click your option and begin.
5- You will see a 3-2-1 countdown to give you time to clear your throat or take a drink of water.


6-Record your video.

7-Click Share. Jing conveniently places a URL to your content which you can paste into any of your conversations, emails, documents, blogs, etc.

That's Jing. I hope that you like it and might use it.