Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Intro/Team AJN
How about a screencast to introduce WikiProject Screencast?
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<silence for title screen> | WikiProject Screencast: Helping Wikipedia editors learn how Wikipedia works. |
Screencasts: You've probably seen a number of them. They can describe software tools, demonstrate how to build web pages, and more. What you are watching here is a screencast on how to create a screencast with QuickTime. | Screen captures of a few screencasts (not specific to Wikimedia) |
In this screencast, we want to tell you why we think screencasting could be a very valuable tool for Wikipedia outreach and education. | |
Screencasting is a new medium. The hardware requirements are minimal: a computer and a good microphone, however there lots of choices for screencasting software ranging from free to expensive and from web-only to desktop programs with extensive functionality. | Screen shots of a few tools—tricky to think how to do this while minimizing copyright/trademark concerns |
Those unfamiliar with Wikipedia—whether their interest is in reading or contributing -- have all kinds of questions. |
(Use some fun graphic treatment on these quotes) |
We have lots of written policies, and other text documentation… | Several policy pages |
…but as the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." | Chinese proverb image from 1927 ad (or see A picture is worth a thousand words)[1] |
How many words could a screencast be worth? | 10,000? 1,000,000? 92,674,395,332.0007??! |
Let's figure out how to show new contributors how we work, instead of telling them. | We're just getting started… |
WikiProject Screencast. Let's make Wikipedia the online encyclopedia that anyone can truly edit! | …and we hope you'll join us. |
Join the discussion, or just be bold and make a screencast about a part of Wikipedia! | Discuss: [[WT:SCREENCAST]] or Get started: [[WP:SCREENCAST/START]] |
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edit- ^ Seems likely this is in the public domain, but how to establish this? Quiddity asked at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#1927 Advertisement