Creating Reusable Digital ContentMr David Lefevre Business School

Ms Karlie Etim Business School

Mr Bang Nong Faculty of Medicine

Ms Lisa Carrier Faculty of Medicine

Room 121

15.00 – 15.30

Abstract

This session will showcase technologies that will help you repurpose your existing lecture materials to create reusable digital course content.

The session will show how lecturers in the Business School are using screen recording software to create rich media content for presentations and student feedback. How the Faculty of Medicine are using the software ‘Articulate’ to create rich interactive course content.

And finally, how both departments are recording lectures and repurposing these recordings for revision and different audiences.

• Session overview

• Benefits of creating reusable digital course content.

Introduction

• Session Overview• Benefits of creating

reusable digital course content

IntroductionDavid Lefevre

• Using screen recording for rich media content

• Examples

Screen RecordingKarlie Etim

• Considerations • Open floor for Q&A

SummaryDavid Lefevre

Using Screen Recording for Rich Media Content

Karlie Etim – Business School

• Intro to screen recording software & Jing Demo

• Examples» Narrated Solutions (Accounting Primer)» Exam Preparation (Business Economics)» Online Course Materials (Mathematics)» Virtual Tour (Medicine)» ”How To” Videos (Blackboard Tutorials)

Screen Capture Features

• Quick and easy way to create rich media content

• Capture content from your PC and save as video or image

• Share with others via VLE/email/IM/web » Screencast.com, Flickr, FTP, Twitter

Features include • Audio capture• Captions, highlights, annotations• Web-cam input

Demo

Narrated Solutions

• Provide feedback on worked examples

• Deliver Group Feedback

Exam Preparation

• Discuss past exam paper questions

• Create reusable porfolio of revision materials

Online Course Materials

• Create online course content• Students can review concepts and work at own pace

Virtual Tour

• Orientation to the MSc Allergy programme for prospective students

“How To” Videos

• Blackboard Tutorials: Uploading an Assignment

Benefits of Screen Capture

• Record once, use many times

• Quick & easy

• Provide variety

• Personal

For more information...

Type Description OS Link

Free ProductsJing Take screenshots and capture screen as videos. Add annotations and

share to Screencast.com, Flickr, FTP, TwitterWin/Mac http://www.jingproject.com/

Wink Tutorial and presentation software can capture screenshots and enables you to add annotations, callouts and shapes

Win http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

CaptureFox(Firefox add-on)

Firefox add-on. Records screens frame-by-frame to create tutorials. Creates separate audio and video files. Works in the browser.

Win/Mac http://www.capturefox.com/

CamStudio Free, lightweight, open source program. Captures video as .AVI files. Win http://camstudio.org/

Screenr Web based recorder – no downloads. Integrates with Twitter. Win/Mac http://screenr.com/

Licensed Products

Adobe Captivate ($699) Create rich eLearning experiences including quizzes and scenario simulations.

Win http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/

Camtasia ($299)

Fully featured screen capture and video editing tool. Editing suite including themes, transitions and captions.

Win http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

Screenflow ($99.99)

Includes powerful editing suite and allows multiple input for screen capture.

Mac http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm

Using Articulate to create e-Lectures

Bang Nong – Faculty of Medicine

• Intro to Articulate - what it can do• Demo• Examples

Articulate Rapid E-learning Studio

• E-learning authoring tool

• PowerPoint add-on

• Customised Flash interactions including quizzes

• Media-rich presentations with audio and video

• Templates to aid rapid development of content 

• 3 out of 4 Faculties have a license

E-lectures in the Faculty of Medicine

• Why e-lectures?

• Since 2007, approx. 80% of Year 3 F2F lectures have been replaced by e-lectures

• Critical year - all students are sent on clinical attachments 

• Attachment - students need access from different locations

• Cause for development of Year 3 e-lecture programme

Examples E-lectures - Paediatrics 1

• Paediatrics e-lecture

• Example Interactive breakdown of content using Engage 'Pyramid template'

 • Use of audio narration in sync

with presentation

Examples E-lectures - Paediatrics 2

• Paediatrics e-lecture • Tabs enable content

breakdown • Images can be added

as well as Flash animations and audio narration

Examples E-lectures - Paediatrics 3

• Paediatrics e-lecture • Case studies as an interactive

quiz • Question types include:

o MCQ o Drag and drop o Fill in blank o Drop down selection

Short Video Demo of Articulate Features

View the Articulate Features Demo video online:http://tinyurl.com/35jker8

Examples E-lectures - Clinical Skills 1

• Clinical Skills e-lecture • Flash animation can be added to provide interactivity

 

Examples E-lectures - Clinical Skills 2

• Clinical Skills e-lecture • Using Quizmaker

o Self assessment enables Flash, audio and images to be added

 

Benefits of using Articulate

• Interactive • Use of existing

PowerPoint slides • Professional look

• Rapid e-learning development

E-lectures in the Faculty of Medicine

Further information: www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/elearning

Articulate ifnormation: http://www.articulate.com/products/studio.php

Using Lecture Captureto create reusable digital course content

Lisa Carrier – Faculty of Medicine

• Introduction to Echo360

• Examples • Revision for assessment• Unique live event• Generic taught component• Course with no F2F taught component

Introduction

• Pilot started at Imperial in 2008 (Business School + Medicine)

• Pilot successful, Echo360 now supported by central ICT team 

• Growth: Imperial programmes currently using Echo360: » Imperial College Business School» MSc in Allergy, Faculty of Medicine» MRes in Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine» Division of Investigative Science, Faculty of Medicine» The Library» MSc in Cardio Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Echo360 at Imperial: sample recording

How does Echo360 work?

• Automatically captures audio, video and input from presentation device» PC, visualiser, interactive whiteboard

• Converts captured data into different multimedia formats » Rich Media, Podcast, Vodcast, Enhanced Podcast for web delivery

• Files stored on the IC media streaming server, accessed online

• Publishing options:» E-mail, VLE (automatically publishes to Blackboard Calendar), RSS feed, iTunesU

• Basic editing available • Fixed v. portable installation• Scheduling v. ad-hoc capture

Scheduling Echo360 captures

Publishing captures to the VLE calendar

Creating ad-hoc Echo360 captures 

Revision for assessment• Evidence that students both attend 2F2, and watch again online• Access to recorded lectures peaks in the weeks prior to assessment

Weeks before assessment

Pre-recorded generic content • Envision - Undergraduate blended programme (Business School)• Generic lectures pre-recorded with Echo360 • F2F time freed for interactive teaching

   

Course with no F2F taught component• Part-time blended programme MSc in Allergy• Research Skills and Statistics module has no taught component• All content, including recorded lectures, delivered completely online

Benefits of Echo360

• Centrally supported

• Can be fully automated

• Large output for little investment and effort

Solution to:» Lecture theatre capacity» Limited staff resources » Emergencies (think swine flu and volcano eruptions!)

Find out more about Echo360 at Imperial

• For more informationabout Echo360, visit the company site http://www.echo360.com/

• For more information about Echo360 at Imperial, including Pilot Project Report, FAQs, Training Guide, etc., please see Imperial ICT pages here http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ict/services/teachingandresearchservices/elearning/echo360/echo360atimperial

 • View  presentation 'Recording Lectures Using Echo360' by Julie Voce and

Dominic Pollard delivered at the 'Today's Technologies' event in April 2009. This 20-minute talk addresses in more detail issues such as Echo360 hardware, types of scheduling, output formats, publishing options, etc.

 • To find out whether Echo360 is the right solution for your needs, and to get

started using please log a request with ICT Helpdesk

Closing

• Summary

• For more information contact:» Bang Nong b.nong@imperial.ac.uk» Lisa Carrier l.carrier@imperial.ac.uk» Karlie Etim karlie.etim@imperial.ac.uk» David Lefevre david.lefevre@imperial.ac.uk

• Or your local learning technologist: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/elearning/learningtechnologists