(REVISED IN 2020) When I first became a staff training instructor over 20 years ago, if we wanted to illustrate how to use a particular software or navigate a certain website, we had to take screen-shots that we saved as JPEG images, to which we would add text showing where to click or what to do. Then we'd import the images into MS-Word or WordPerfect documents. I wrote training manuals for hospital employees to use payroll software, patient record databases, or MS-Windows programs. If we were really fancy, we'd prepare a PowerPoint slideshow. In recent years, trainers have been using screen-capturing software to track their mouse movements on screen that they can incorporate into a video illustrating how to use a particular software or web-based interface. Many librarians have used Zoom or similar software to screen-capture, as shown in the video below. Miss Deb's Digital Tips 2: Rosetta Stone (2020), by Mooresville (Indiana) Public Library Ther
Mooresville (Indiana) Public Library shares some of our staff's technological initiatives.