Just a few things to get you started:

• Jing (Getting Started)
  • simple screen capture (2:45)(not video capture but will help to introduce the tool)
  • basic jing video (4:51)
  • jing/screencast.com (3:57)(need acct for Jing)
• Camtasia (Tutorials2.0 - Screencasting and Camtasia.pdf)(extensive section on Camtasia)(F9 to pause/F10 to stop)
  • screen video prep (5:03)
  • camtasia recorder (about 6 min)
  • select recording area (about 3 min)
  • save recording (about 2:30)
  • produce mov (??)
  • Optional - produce flash (best if storing files directly on library server)(??)
  • Optional - callouts (3:13)
  • Optional - Zoom and Pan (3:42)
  • Optional - PowerPoint recording (??)
  • Optional - PowerPoint production (??)
• (Only if you're "stuck" with Mac only) Snapz Pro X (Snapz Pro X 2.1 Manual.pdf))
  • basic use (6:37) (don't forget cmd+shift+3 to start/stop)
  • snapzprox publish settings (2:36)