Several studies have found that students perceive video feedback as useful and preferable to written feedback. Using screen-capture video feedback also helps us, as educators, communicate more clearly and constructively. In this presentation, Michelle takes you through the process of recording short, individual feedback videos for students using the screen-capture program, Jing. Each phase will be explained step-by-step including preparing to record, recording your video, saving and sending your video, and viewing your video library. Michelle also discuss alternative ways to provide feedback using Jing, such as creating a general feedback video for a whole class.

1. How to add your own voice into
student feedback
Michelle Cavaleri
Manager, English Language Proficiency/Team Leader,
Student Learning Support, Navitas Professional Institute

2. Outline
■ Screen-capture programs
■ Preparing to record
■ Recording your video
■ Saving, uploading and sharing your video
■ Viewing your video library
■ Q&A

3. Screen-capture programs
■ There are a number of screen-capture programs including
Jing, Snagit, Screencast-o-matic, Camtasia and Captivate
■ We prefer Jing as it is free, very simple and user friendly,
and comes with comes with a screencast.com account
for storing videos online
■ However, it does have a 5 minute recording limit and
no editing capabilities (both of which have
advantages)
■ Download Jing here:
https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

4. Preparing to record
■ Read and comment on the student’s paper as normal
■ Think about which aspects you would like to discuss in
the video and keep the written comments about those
aspects brief (i.e. think of them more as cues for your
recording).
■ You may want to make some brief notes to remind you
about what you’d like to cover in the video.
■ Open the student’s paper and anything else you
want to record (e.g. a unit outline, marking rubric,
website).

5. Possible structure
■ Greet the student
■ Highlight and discuss areas of strength
■ Highlight and discuss areas of improvement
■ Talk through marking rubric and student’s grade
■ Reinforce two main pieces of advice to feed-forward to
future assessments
■ Close

6. Recording your video
1. Make the
frame(s) you
want to record a
bit smaller than
full screen
2. Look for the
Jing ‘sun’ and
click ‘Capture’
(the left option)

7. Recording your video
3. Click and drag
around the area
of the screen you
want to record
4. A toolbar will
pop up with four
buttons. Click
“Capture video”
(the second
button)

8. Recording your video
5. Start speaking
and record your
video! Any
actions inside the
recoding box will
be captured
6. Keep an eye on
the timer – you
only have 5
minutes. There
are also buttons
to finish, pause or
restart the video

9. Finishing and saving your video
7. After clicking
‘finish’, the
recording will pop
up and you can
play it if you want
(it’s a good idea
to check the
sound)
8. Rename the
file – it’s a good
idea to include
the student’s
name

10. Uploading your video to screencast.com
9. A bar will pop
up showing the
progress of the
upload to
Screencast.com

11. Uploading your video to screencast.com
10. A notification
will appear when
the upload is
complete. The
link to the video
will be saved in
your clipboard, so
you can paste it in
an email/
document.
Alternatively you
can click ‘View on
Screencast.com’

12. Recording your video
11. This shows
the video opened
in screencast.com
(simulating what
the student will
see when they
click on the link to
the video). You
can copy and
paste this link to
send to the
student.

13. Viewing your video library in screencast.com
Order the list of
videos by name
or date
See how many
times a video had
been viewed

14. Tips
■ Try not to scroll back and forward too much or too
quickly.
■ Make use if the visual element – it’s easy to just talk
but the visual element makes it very powerful.
Highlight sentences/sections, circle the mouse,
underline sections etc.
■ Remember that you can show things other than the
assignment, such as unit outlines, the online class
space, the marking rubric the SLS website etc.

15. Other ways to provide video feedback
■ Take notes while working through a student’s work.
Create a video that talks through the notes and the
problems/observations on a point-by-point basis
■ Create a video that provides general feedback to the
whole class. Discuss overall strengths, areas for
improvement, and advice for the next assignment.
■ Provide a model answer to a question and comment
on it. Students could use it to reflect on their own
work.

16. Thanks!
Any questions?
Please don’t hesitate to call or email me
if you have any further questions or if
you run into any difficulties – I’d be
happy to help!
E: michelle.cavaleri@navitas.com
P: (02) 8236 8051