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animation for education

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Folks,
there is an email exchange today on the Educause hybrid/online listserv regarding the use of easy video animation software for educational purposes:
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/02/13/animation-for-education/
The choices so far are:
Camtasia (good, but pricy)
Xtranormal
Protago
All of the choices require license. I have added to the bottom of that blog entry a link to the IMS blog information (keyword to search the blog is “animation”), including Powtoon:

http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2015/11/11/powtoon-as-ppt-alternative/

Powtoon still allows you limited, but free version of their application.

If you are interested in creating arresting instructional videos, please let us know

Skype issues

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If you are using Skype for your online activities, you might be aware of :

  • screen sharing is randomly taken off and restored in the last two weeks
  • skype has issues with voice connection. the known fix is to restart your computer

Here is a link, where you can check the status:
http://heartbeat.skype.com/

this is Skype owned and thus, I do not consider it entirely trustworthy.
You might want to consider also:
http://downdetector.com/status/skype

If you know more reliable reference cite, pls do share.