Jing. It’s not the latest slang word that you have no idea what it means. Jing is a great FREE online tool that allows you to share pictures, video or screenshots. Jing’s slogan is, “Instead of typing at people, show them what you’re talking about…pronto.” How can your organization use Jing?
After quickly registering at www.Jinproject.com, you’re ready to record your voice and your mouse movements so you can walk through examples for your clients or your employees. You can also share screen shots and pictures. Jing lets you highlight the area of your screen that you want to share, and then you begin recording. It’s that easy.
Jing suggestions:
• Collaborate on a design project
• Share a snapshot of a document
• Narrate your vacation photos
• Show Dad how to use iTunes
• Comment verbally on students’ homework
Watch Jing’s overview video for a sample of their service.
“Jing uploads your image on video lickety-slit to our custom built sharing service, Screencast.com (or other places). Before you can type, ‘He, check this out…’ the link is ready to share.”
In addition to Screencast.com sharing, you can also save your creation as a file, copy it to clipboard, FTP to a web server, or upload it to Flickr. You can also put your images into blogs, websites, email, chat, Twitter, IM, Facebook, or anywhere.
What do you get for free:
• 2GB of storage and 2GB of monthly bandwidth
• 5 Minute limit of video recording time (need more time? Try Snagit or Camstasia Studio)
• Free Tech Support
JingPro - Need to upload to YouTube or other video sites?
• Try JingPro, let’s you directly upload to YouTube and you can also use video from your webcam.
• JingPro is still economical at $14.95 per year.
• JingPro also gives you the option of SWF or MPEG-4 Video and unbranded videos.
How Does Green Moon use Jing?
We’re currently using Jing on two of our project which both includes online training tutorials:
• Video Set up tutorials to show users how to update their website
• Video tutorials on how to use ExhibiTerrific’s interactive online Exhibit Hall.
Helpful Tips:
• Through trial and much error, I’ve discovered that a USB microphone is necessary for the best sound quality and volume. – I found this tip on another site, so it would be nice if Jing added this tip to their site.
• Also, I’ve recorded screencasts on two different computers, one with Vista and on with XP, and the XP sound volume is noticeably better. In fact, with Vista my clients had to turn up the volume on their speakers to the highest setting in order to hear the screencast.
Great Customer Service:
I encountered a problem when I upgraded to JingPro. Even though I used the same account login and password, when I tried to log in on my laptop vs. my desktop, my JingPro account did not register. I was still logged in as a free user. I submitted a support ticket through Jing’s website, and I was contacted the next business day. After several friendly and professional emails from their tech support, the bugs were worked out and JingPro is working great.
Review:
I found Jing user friendly and I quickly had a video tutorial uploaded on a website. You do have to plan out your video to make sure that they fit in the five minute time frame. On several occasions I found the five minutes to be just short of what I needed, but it requires you to be focused and prohibits you from getting too wordy. It’s best to break down your topics into shorter videos, so that you don’t lose your audience. Overall Jing is a great tool for educating your target audience, and the fact that it’s free is an added bonus. If you don’t have USB microphone for your computer, I suggest investing in one if you plan on using Jing.