recording your lecture – which is the best option?

Recording your lecture – Recording your lecture – Which is the best option?Which is the best option?

Victor TanVictor Tan

Dept of MathematicsDept of Mathematics

BuzzEd 2012

Outline of TalkOutline of Talk

WhyWhy WhatWhat WhereWhere WhichWhich HowHow

the need to record lecturesthe need to record lectures

are the available softwareare the available software

to get the softwareto get the software

software should you usesoftware should you use

to make effective useto make effective use

Why record lectureWhy record lecture

E-learning weekE-learning week Official trips or conferencesOfficial trips or conferences Public holidaysPublic holidays Supplementary lessonsSupplementary lessons Innovative teachingInnovative teaching

What are availableWhat are available

MainMain BreezeBreeze CamtasiaCamtasia Ink2GoInk2Go

AlternativesAlternatives WebcastWebcast WebExWebEx Other open sourcesOther open sources

BreezeBreeze

CamtasiaCamtasia

Ink2GoInk2Go

ComparisonComparison

BreezeBreeze CamtasiaCamtasia Ink2GoInk2Go

What it What it recordsrecords

Audio Audio PowerPoint PowerPoint

slidesslides

Audio Screen Audio Screen capturecapture

(Full monitor (Full monitor screen)screen)

Audio Screen Audio Screen capturecapture

(Selected area (Selected area of desktop)of desktop)

FormatFormat Flash based Flash based webpageswebpages

Video (MP4)Video (MP4) Video Video (WMV/MOV)(WMV/MOV)

Accessible Accessible from IVLEfrom IVLE

YesYes YesYes YesYes

DownloadableDownloadable NoNo YesYes YesYes

ComparisonComparison

BreezeBreeze CamtasiaCamtasia Ink2GoInk2Go

Created inCreated in Windows onlyWindows only Windows & MacWindows & Mac Windows & MacWindows & Mac

RecordingRecording Slide by slideSlide by slide One takeOne take One takeOne take

EditingEditing Allow changing Allow changing slide contents slide contents

and audioand audio

Only allow Only allow trimming of trimming of starting and starting and ending partsending parts

NoneNone

StoringStoring Breeze ServerBreeze Server Camtasia Relay Camtasia Relay ServerServer

Ink2Go Server Ink2Go Server & computer& computer

ComparisonComparison

BreezeBreeze CamtasiaCamtasia Ink2GoInk2Go

WebcamWebcam YesYes NoNo YesYes

InteractivityInteractivity QuizzesQuizzes NoneNone NoneNone

AnnotationAnnotation NoNo With annotation With annotation

softwaresoftware Built-in Built-in

annotation toolsannotation tools

IndexingIndexing YesYes Only for Only for PowerPointPowerPoint

NoNo

UploadingUploading FastFast FastFast SlowSlow

Use Breeze if you…

present your lectures using PPT do minimal annotation in your presentation have access to a window pc want to build in some quizzes in your

presentation intend to modify the recorded lectures for

future usage

Breeze (Best practices)

Use animation features of PPT Use animated objects to simulate

annotation Prepare scripts for your slides Don’t be bothered by minor errors in the

slides or the speech while recording (you can modify them later)

Have clear title for each slide

Use Camtasia if you

present your lectures using PPT with annotation

present your lectures using other software/applications

need to visit webpages during presentation

need to include video in your presentation

Camtasia (Best practices)

Plan your presentation ahead Organize your desktop Get all the documents/webpages ready Use PPT slides to structure your

presentation (title for each slide) Prepare scripts for your presentation Break up your recording into parts (block

of 10 minutes)

Use Ink2Go if you

present your lectures using software/applications other than PPT

need to do a lot of annotation (on whiteboard or other applications)

only want selected part of desktop to be recorded

Ink2Go (Best practices)

Plan your presentation ahead Get all the documents/webpages ready Prepare scripts for your presentation Break up your recording into parts (block

of 10~15 minutes) Familiarize with the annotation tools Make good use of the whiteboard

WebcastWebcast

WebcastWebcast

ProsPros Screen captureScreen capture Annotation (selected Annotation (selected

software)software) Indexing (by time)Indexing (by time) Classroom viewClassroom view Upload directly to IVLEUpload directly to IVLE Done by the webcast Done by the webcast

teamteam Save timeSave time

ConsCons Manpower issueManpower issue Venue issueVenue issue Lecturing to an empty Lecturing to an empty

roomroom No editing possibleNo editing possible

WebExWebEx

WebExWebEx

ProsPros Screen captureScreen capture AnnotationAnnotation Indexing (by document)Indexing (by document) WebcamWebcam InteractivityInteractivity Chat log viewChat log view Small file sizeSmall file size

ConsCons Steep learning curveSteep learning curve Assistant requiredAssistant required Audio qualityAudio quality Can’t upload to IVLE Can’t upload to IVLE

directlydirectly

Open Source: Screen2ExeOpen Source: Screen2Exe

ProsPros It’s free!It’s free! Easy to useEasy to use Screen captureScreen capture Extensive editing featureExtensive editing feature Small file sizeSmall file size No player requiredNo player required

ConsCons Can’t upload to IVLE Can’t upload to IVLE

directlydirectly Can’t play on MacCan’t play on Mac

http://www.screen-record.com/screen2exe.htm

Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks

Which is the best option?Which is the best option? Recorded VS face-to-face lectureRecorded VS face-to-face lecture Use mouse-cursor, annotation and Use mouse-cursor, annotation and

animation to enhance presentationanimation to enhance presentation Collect feedback from students for future Collect feedback from students for future

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