Showmedo is a peer-produced video-tutorials and screencasts site for free and open-source software - with the exception of some club videos, the large majority are free to watch and download.

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Educating the Open-source Community With Showmedo

Although as important as the software it supports, education and documentation are relatively neglected in the Open-source world. Coders love to code, and explaining how best to use or improve the software tends to be deferred or even sidelined.

At Showmedo we believe the community can play a vital role here and also say thanks for the tools and software that make our lives easier. If you have a piece of software you love or a programming langugage you are enthusiastic about, why not make a screencast showing others how to use it? All the stuff you wish you'd been told, the tips, tricks, insights that would have saved you time and frustration.

Screencasting is easier than you think, and we're happy to help you. You can email us for advice or just use some of the how-to screencasts on the site. This screencasting learning-path is a good place to start.

Writer Videos, Tutorials and Screencasts

We have 4 series for learning Writer.

[750] OpenOffice Writer 3.1 for Microsoft Word users (11 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Ian Ozsvald

If you're moving from Microsoft Word to OpenOffice.org then you'll want to know how to work with .d [...]

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[230] OOo Writer (11 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Dai

This serries will show you how to use writer from the Openoffice suite of programmes

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[126] Open Office (many languages) (6 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Horst Jens and Babsi and Barny and Nini and NINI_P and ljliu

Students show how to use OpenOffice for simple tasks. The videos are in different languages. For a [...]

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[112] OpenOffice Base (15 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Dai

This series of tutorials is based on chapter 7 of the user guide for creating a database using base [...]

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CLUB SHOWMEDO

Are you learning Python? To keep the site running clean and ad-free we've started Club ShowMeDo. The club will allow you access to some special videos we're making to pass on programming skills we consider important to the development and enjoyment of Free Open Source Software (FOSS).

The focus at the moment is on developing with the Python programming language, one of the backbones of the FOSS movement with a huge number of included and third-party libraries.

CONTACT

We welcome feedback and we want to hear your ideas.

The best way to discuss new ideas is in our Google Group.

To reach either of us (Ian, Kyran) you will find our email addresses on the About page.

THANKS

Check out our thanks-page for a roll call of the great software that enables Showmedo to function.

Educating the Open-source Community With Showmedo

Writer Videos, Tutorials and Screencasts

a series of video-tutorials by Ian Ozsvald

a series of video-tutorials by Dai

a series of video-tutorials by Horst Jens and Babsi and Barny and Nini and NINI_P and ljliu

a series of video-tutorials by Dai

CLUB SHOWMEDO

CONTACT

THANKS