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**//__Screencast Summary__//** This assignment required me to create an instructional video that demonstrated how to complete an assignment in my Blackboard course. Because my course is completely online it can be difficult to really explain some assignments that require utlizing a technology that the students are not familiar with. Jing is a great tool for recording actions on the computer, along with audio commentary, in real time. For audio-visual learners who really need to hear things explained, or to see them as they happen (this is definitely the best way I learn, so I can certainly appreciate Jing!), this is a great way to make distance learning easier to use and to understand. Jing is incredibly user friendly and easy to navigate. It is definitely a tool that a novice teacher could use to help explain assignments or course requirements. I found it to actually be addicting--once I started creating assignments I wanted to redo them, create more videocasts, and find out what sorts of other tricks Jing could do. What a great tool for explaining how to complete new material that really requires an actual demonstration. I can't think of any teacher, regardless of content area or grade level, who couldn't benefit from using Jing. You can watch my video on how to create an Animoto video [|here]. ​  I found this assignment to be extremely beneficial to my content area as well as a great tool for anyone teaching an online course. I really feel as though Jing helps to explain information in a way that many people might not think possible in an online learning environment .  I always feel a little apprehensive when trying a new technology for fear that I won't know how to figure it out, but Jing is so easy to navigate it was unbelievable. The tutorials walked me through every question I might have, and the site has really thought of any question might come up and created a video to explain it. I am not addicted to Jing and plan to use it as much as possible :)  

