If you previously worked with Microsoft Office or some of the OSX products, then you might be used to recording your presentations with those tools. If you are planning on moving to Ubuntu or already have, you need some other software to do recordings of your screen and presentations.
Ubuntu by default comes with Open Office. If you are using a version of Linux that does not come with this, you can still download it off the Internet for free. You need to use the Presentation tool which basically works like Powerpoint does with Office. Put your slides together so that you can have that part of your presentation done.
The second tool that you need is called "recordmydesktop". Search for that in the repositories and be sure to get the GTK version of it as well. Once installed it will be under the Sound and Video folder. This is a free program, so you will not have to pay for it at all. It is full of many useful features as well which is a nice bonus.
This program will let you record your whole screen or just a part of the screen. If you do not select a recording area, it will just record your entire desktop in full screen mode by default. Take your slide show and record it as is or in full screen mode with this tool. You can also use a microphone with it. You can do an entire presentation with audio and video from this program. You do not have to use slides but can technically record anything that you see on your screen.
The format it saves in will be an open format and not your normal Windows or Mac formats. This format can be put into popular video sites like YouTube to make it very easy to upload and share your work with other people.
While these two tools are not integrated with each other, they do work well together for presentations.
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