Tools for Lecturecasting from ProfHacker

From the ProfHacker column in the online Chronicle of Higher Education, a description of five software and hardware tools that one lecture vodcaster/podcaster uses to put together his productions. Quick observations after the jump:

• He uses, and recommends, Camtasia -- nice!  That's what I'm using.  Once you learn the ins and outs of it (which I still am), it's pretty easy to use and can result in good quality vodcasts.  That said, if you're working on the Mac platform (which he and I are) but your students and colleagues will predominantly be on a PC platform, exporting your videos to QuickTime or MPEG-4 (the iPod/iPhone format) isn't the greatest option... you'll likely want to convert to Flash and/or Windows Media Video format... and I've discovered that RealPlayer Converter (see my earlier post) doesn't like QT format as a source.  Crap... need to find a better fix, or have all my students download QuickTime Player.  It's free, so no biggie, but it's a hassle...
• He's using stuff that helps his podcasts play nicely with the Wordpress program he uses for his class websites and blogs. Not necessary for us, as Moodle is our primary course source (a rhyme!), but his set-up facilitates putting his stuff on iTunes for download, which could be useful.  As uploading video files to Moodle can be time-consuming, uploading a file bigger than 25 MB is impossible to do by ourselves (without some special assistance from our friends at ITS), and adoption of vodcasting for blended learning for more than 2-3 people will eventually consume lots of storage space on the servers, Moodle may not be the best site to use for vodcast/podcast uploading and downloading.  We must think about this...
• This guy uses a wireless mic and a digital voice recorder for recording because he's up and moving around.  Is he doing standard lectures and just recording them?  Seems excessive if your target lecture length is 10-20 minutes.  I should look into what his vodcasts look like...