screencasting pd
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Making short online lessons to support learning - Screencasts using Screencast-o-matic or Powerpoints with voice
Tech Talk Tuesday - session 2Pauline Porcaro - CoB ADG
‘Coined by Udell (2005), screencasting is a way to present “digitally recorded playback of computer screen output which often contains audio narration” and to visually demonstrate procedural information to students’
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ913857.pdf
BrainstormConsider your specific discipline. How could you use screencasts. What are the benefits in your discipline
of screencasting?
N.B.Add to existing
information; do not duplicate
Remember scaffolding
Design with active involvement in mind
Good for revision
A Model
http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Loch-concise.pdf
Design steps and ideasPlace in context - why do they need to know?
Refer back to the appropriate prerequisite knowledge
Have an activity around it to check understanding
Create a community page/space for asking questions about it
Ask students to pause; work out an answer before continuing
Perhaps use as assessment or classroom activity - students can create one and vote on the best
Some resourcesKathy Shrock has an interesting Blog about all things educational
See her Blog on Screencasting
‘ Screencasts produced as learning support for these students have definite benefits as learners have flexibility in accessing the resources at their convenience, and they can watch step by step model explanations of concepts and operations.’
Loch and McLoughlin 2011
An Asciliite article on the instructional design of Screencasting
A study
Some softwareScreencast-o-matic - maximum time 15 minutes - you get a URL you can share in Blackboard - 15 minutes maximum - easy to use
Jing - maximum 5 minutes - is a downloadable file you can pop in Blackboard but plays in Flash so no good for iPads etc
Snagit - this is excellent but has some problems inside RMIT
Show Me - iPad
Explain Everything - iPad
Recording voiceover on PowerpointThese videos will help you get started -
For basic steps in recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFmntINu_cI
For converting your Powerpoint to Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFmntINu_cI
For making a YouTube video with your Powerpoint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFmntINu_cI
Or for better quality sound use Screencast -o-Matic over your Powerpoint, see this short example
