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How to add a video or animation of what's displayed on a computer screen to a Knowledge Base article.

A screencast is a video or animation of what's displayed on a computer screen. You can add a screencast to a Knowledge Base article to demonstrate the step-by-step instructions that are given. __TOC__ = Before you create a screencast = * Try to present Firefox in its most familiar form. ** Use as many default settings as possible. ** Use the default Firefox theme. ** Use the default operating system theme. * Lower the screen resolution or do not capture the entire screen, so it will fit in the browser window. * Make sure there's enough context to know what the image is of. * If speaking, make sure you speak clearly. * Don't add unrelated background music - it may annoy some users. * Screencasts should only be applied to step-by-step instructions. {note}'''Do not create screencasts that are larger than 640x480. Otherwise only a portion of the video will be viewable.'''{/note} On Windows, How-To Geek has a great article on [https://www.howtogeek.com/183231/how-to-record-your-desktop-and-create-a-screencast-on-windows/ recording your screen], and, of course, there are plenty of [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+create+a+screencast videos on YouTube on how to create a screencast]. {note} '''Tips for creating screencasts:''' * As with screenshots, it's best to [[Profile Manager - Create, remove or switch Firefox profiles|create a separate demo profile]], so you a) know that you're using the default setup, and b) aren't broadcasting any private information from your main profile. * Record a rough walkthrough of the screencast, so you know what you materials you need to set up for the main recording. * Write a script before recording. * Try to speak more slowly and clearly than you normally do. {/note} = Software = {note}There are '''many more''' screen recording products out there. If there is one you would like to recommend, please tell us in the [/en-US/forums/contributors Contributors forum].{/note} == Windows == * [http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx BB FlashBack Express] (free) * [http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp Camtasia Studio] <!-- We'll see if anyone recommends these * Fraps * Hypercam --> == Mac == * [http://www.shinywhitebox.com/ishowuhd/main.html iShowU HD] * [http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/ Screenflow] * [http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ Snapz Pro X] == Linux == * [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] (free) * [http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ recordMyDesktop] (free) = Add your screencast to an article = Once you've uploaded your video to YouTube, you can add it to a new article (see [[Create a new Knowledge Base article]]) or to an existing article (see [[Edit a Knowledge Base article]]). Use the following syntax to add the screencast to the article content: <nowiki>[[Video:URL]]</nowiki> == Examples == [[Thunderbird and Gmail]] article:<br> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Video:https://www.youtube<!---->.com/watch?v=JXs_YE9QyUQ]] [[Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history]] article:<br> <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Video:https://youtu<!---->.be/TZ6stqlsVsI]]