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Recording a desktop computer screen to a movie is useful for recording user testing sessions, as well as making demo videos for presentation or posting on a web site.

Here is some software for recording screencasts.unmigrated-wiki-markup

\[Wink\|http://www.debugmode.com/wink/\] for Windows & Linux, generates Flash videos. Can include annotations and callouts.

Wiki Markup\[Camtasia Studio\|http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp\] for Windows, generates AVI and MPG videos. Lots of options, very powerful. You can download a 30-day trial version of Camtasia 5. We also have a \[license\|https://groups-csail-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/uid/camtasia/license-key.txt\] for an older version, \[Camtasia 4\|https://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/camtasia/camtasia-402.zip\].

Wiki Markup\[Snapz Pro X\|http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/\] for Mac, generates Quicktime. $70.unmigrated-wiki-markup

\[iShowU\|http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html\] for Mac. $20. Free trial version records 30-second videos.

Wiki Markup\[Copernicus\|http://danicsoft.com/projects/copernicus/\] for Mac. Free.unmigrated-wiki-markup

\[Screencast-o-matic\|http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/\] for Windows, Linux, Mac. No install needed \ -\\- records with a Java applet in a web browser and hosts the resulting video on their public server. Somewhat frame-rate-challenged.