New Tool for Working with Patrons: Screenr

Screenr is a great new tool that many Ask-Awayers might find useful. It's a webcasting product which  allows you to create videos of website navigation. This type of thing can be helpful in a reference situation where there is a complicated set of steps a chatter must follow in order to navigate to a particular article or database, or in cases where the chatter is having trouble understanding your directions. Screenr offers the advantage of being quicker and easier to use than Jing - it does not require you to download any additional software (other than Java, which is usually already installed on many computers), and does not require you to create an account. Instead of logging in to Screenr, you use accounts you already own with other social networking sites. You can publish a video using your log-in for one of the following: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Linked In, Yahoo, or Windows Live.

For more information about the simple three-step recording and publishing process, visit the Ask Away wiki here:

http://askawaybc.pbworks.com/w/page/24544040/AskAway%20Productivity%20Tools

There is also an instructional demo on the Screenr website at www.screenr.com