Ubuntu Screencasts Team

January 13th, 2007 by matt

As Carthik has already reported, we are pleased to announce a new team of volunteers to grace the Ubuntu community: the Ubuntu Screencasts Team. The object of this team, is… to make screencasts! It’s all in the name.

Screencasts are videos which show users how to achieve a specific task in Ubuntu, and can complement documents and be used throughout Ubuntu’s support resources, such as the forums, mailing lists and live chat.

The project is spearheaded by Alan Pope from the Ubuntu-UK group. But it was too cool a project to keep to himself, so I’ve helped Alan turn it into a team, and we’re recruiting more volunteers to help!! All the information you need to learn how to contribute, including requesting new screencasts and learning how to make them, is on our team wiki page.

The homepage for the screencasts is currently doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts (although we are hoping to find a more permanent home for it shortly).

I’m excited about this team because screencasts take helping users to a new level, and the possibility of integrating them with the documentation will be really beneficial. Come and help us out!

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13 Responses to “Ubuntu Screencasts Team”

  1. on 14 Jan 2007 at 10:02 am1 JGJones

    This is an excellent project, and you would be removing one of the largest barrier for the sign language community – where they may find an aurally based language (spoken language) difficult to read/understand. A screencast is easier to follow and they can just follow the examples.

    Lovely work and I thank all the people working to make screencasts.

  2. on 14 Jan 2007 at 12:16 pm2 krizdabz

    Yes, I think that it is just great! As I started to use Ubuntu a few months ago and really fell in love with it, I really like that type of information – screencasts because they are easy to understand. Thanks for this project and good luck! :)

  3. on 14 Jan 2007 at 7:01 pm3 Screencast Team at Bocabyte

    [...] Matthew East ha anunciado la creación de “Screencast Team”, Screencasts pretende ser una comunidad donde los usuarios mandan sus videos de su escritorio, en los que se realiza alguna tarea de cierta dificultad. Esto puede ser útil a usuarios novatos que buscan información sobre como instalar alguna cosa. Como siempre Ubuntu sigue siendo una de las distribuciones con mejor soporte. Tags: screencast team, ubuntuCompartelo [...]

  4. on 14 Jan 2007 at 9:05 pm4 Yannick

    Its definitely a good idea to do these screencasts. I’m sure many users will find it beneficial, especially those new to Ubuntu. I just have a question though, are you planning to team up with the following site which also does the same thing?

    http://ubuntuclips.org/

  5. on 14 Jan 2007 at 9:10 pm5 Ubuntu Screencast Team :: Tech Videos, Screencasts, Tutorials, Webinars, Techtalks, Tutorials

    [...] in OS, Screencasts, Broadcasting, Linux by Scoundrel Matthew East has announced the creation of a Ubuntu Screencast Team.Screencasts are videos which show users how to achieve a specific task in Ubuntu. They can beseriously useful when walking users through a new task and are intended to complement Ubuntu’s other support resources, such as documentation, forums, mailing lists and irc. [...]

  6. on 14 Jan 2007 at 9:13 pm6 matt

    Yannick: absolutely! We’ve contacted the author of the site and will be contacting him again to try and pool efforts.

  7. on 14 Jan 2007 at 10:32 pm7 Se lanza oficialmente equipo de “screencasting” de Ubuntu at Lox.cl

    [...] En el sitio The Fridge aparece el siguiente comunicado: Matthew East ha anunciado la creación del Screencast Team (N. del T.: Screencast Team es algo así como “equipo de difusión de pantallas), ¡y ellos necesitan tu ayuda! [...]

  8. on 15 Jan 2007 at 10:50 am8 Edmund

    As well as Ubuntu Clips, there’s also Ubuntu Videos…
    http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/
    Are you speaking to them too ?

  9. on 16 Jan 2007 at 6:15 am9 Yannick

    That’s wonderful news Matt!! :) I wish you all the best with this endeavour and look forward to further screencasts.

  10. on 16 Jan 2007 at 8:32 am10 matt

    Edmund: no; ubuntuvideo.com is a rather different site – it simply streams videos from google and youtube, without hosting its own videos. Also, it’s the subject of any type of videos, whereas our project is limited to tutorials. We would certainly be interested in some kind of relationship, but it seems the site is currently unmaintained and we haven’t had a response.

  11. on 16 Jan 2007 at 8:59 am11 Bitelia » Vídeos sobre Ubuntu

    [...] Recientemente se ha anunciado la creación de un equipo para la documentación de Ubuntu utilizando el vídeo como soporte. El proyecto denominado Ubuntu Screencasts se une a iniciativas como UbuntuClips, persiguiendo mejorar la oferta en cuanto a tutoriales sobre temas relacionados con la famosa distribución en un formato sin duda muy atractivo. [...]

  12. on 18 Jan 2007 at 9:57 pm12 Matthew Della Valle

    Hello Matt & Screencast Team

    What a great Idea!! This is what our organization has been waiting for as the clients we deal with on a day to day basis for the most part, possess very basic knowledge of computers let alone software this is the cats meow so to speak. We are an organization that assists clients in the low income community who are financially challenged accquire computer technology and Ubuntu was the answer to our software problem and the now the screencasts will only enhance our ability to help give the confidence to them to make their computing experience much enjoyable and pleasant. Keep up the great work and making computing more accessable to all. I wellcome you to view our website and make suggestions and give advice as we like to hear from our friends who make the Ubuntu experience beautiful.

    Sincere and Kindest Regards
    Matthew Della Valle
    President
    Technology for People (TFP)

  13. on 27 Jun 2007 at 6:19 pm13 Best Tech Videos Blog » Blog Archive » Ubuntu Screencast Team

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