Screencast

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, often containing audio narration.

1 Overview and uses
2 Origin of the term
3 Source
4 External Links

Overview and uses

A screencast is essentially a video (often with audio narration) of what a user sees on their monitor. Screencasts are useful for demonstrating software features. Creating a screencast helps software developers show off their work. Screencasts are a useful tool for ordinary software users as well, to help report bugs (the movie takes the place of potentially unclear written explanations) or to show others how a given task is accomplished in a specific software environment. Screencasts are excellent tools for learning how to use computers, and several podcasts have started to teach computer users how to use software through screencasts.

Origin of the term

The term "screencast" was coined in 2004 by tech writer Jon Udell, a pioneer creator of screencasting. He chose the term from suggestions made by readers of his blog. Since then, the term has gained widespread use, and the use of screencasts has itself become more popular.