Claire Cornock & Mike Robinson

1. Before we start and HALF of you...
1. turn on the PC under your desk;
2. log in;
3. close the desk lids until later.
Use of video: thinking outside the lecture
Claire Cornock and Mike Robinson
http://maths.shu.ac.uk/video

2. Video screencasts were extremely
useful as they gave a more detailed
explanation of solutions rather than
just the solution itself
‘‘
Videos were helpful ... if you needed to
stop and think.‘‘
Sometimes you don’t always gain every
single bit of information from a lecture and
having a video which goes through slowly,
step by step, I find really useful because
you can take it in at your own pace.
‘‘
It makes you feel like the lecturer is
explaining everything to you personally‘‘
[1]

3. Advantages Disadvantages
Easily accessible Discourages attendance?
Support time can be used more
effectively
Delayed engagement?
Can be replayed / paused
Clearer
Available to all Production:
Permanent record • Requires equipment/software –
loans available from SHU
Increased engagement • Requires some skill/knowledge
Quick to produce? • Can be time-consuming to make
Advantages and disadvantages

4. • Flipped classroom – alternative to traditional lectures
• Worked examples
• Feedback on student work
• Generic eg model answers with commentary
• Individual eg marking work whilst screencasting
• ‘How to’ videos
• Quick follow up for students
• Distance learning
• Responding to questions in emails
Possible uses

5. Case study 1:
When notes just don’t work
The cover-up rule
• Write very little, but use
our fingers during the
calculations
• Easy to demonstrate,
hard to write notes
Video in this case
• Tablet PC +
stylus/OneNote
• Advanced preparation +
handwriting

6. Case study:
Excel worked examples

7. • Also the videos were a great help on blackboard so anything I failed to understand
in the lectures I would work with the videos on blackboard at my own pace and
understand the content and apply it to the assignment.
• I feel like the videos that have been placed on Blackboard are a good idea and
more of these should be added on there as they are a very useful device in aiding
learning.
• I found the videos very very useful as it would allow me to revisit my work
whenever as watching the videos refreshed my memory of what was taught
earlier in the week.
• A lot of the videos though helped me to understand some of the topics that I was
struggling with.
• I also think that one of the best features of this module is the video aid provided
on Blackboard. They have been a great aid in my studies throughout the year.
• The videos tutorials came in useful.
• The use of the videos was very good and keep doing this for the module.
• Furthermore the videos Claire uploaded to blackboard were great, really helped
me in a lot in the tasks.
• Not only this, the videos and extra learning tools provided via blackboard have
been incredibly beneficial in helping me to complete my assignments.
Case study:
excel worked examples

8. Creating videos - process
Record Edit Publish

9. In-built (produces pdf + audio). Need screencast video to
convert to video file.
Various apps
eg Explain Everything (<£3)
If handwriting…
PDF Annotator (£60)  OneNote (free)  Powerpoint (site
licence)
Screen capture
Camtasia (limited SHU licence)  Screencast-o-matic
(SHU licence for online use)
Recording software
In-built
(produces video files)
Smart pens eg
LiveScribe (>£100)
Tablet PC + active stylus
Tablets (Android or
iPad) with stylus
PC + graphics tablet
(>£25)
PC
Camera + copy stand
Camera + Whiteboard
Creating videos - recording
Hardware

10. Creating videos – edit and publish
Record Edit Publish
Some software will do all 3 stages
Camtasia: record + edit
Screencast-o-matic: record + limited editing + publish
Windows Movie Maker (free): edit + publish
Publish: Blackboard, YouTube, Vimeo, Screencast-o-matic,
Google Drive…

11. Time to have a go…
On the PCs, go to
http://screencast-o-matic.com/SHUScreencast Password: SHUOSR2015
Select Start Recording then Recorder v1 (You may need to repeat this)
Open any program you use and experiment. (Record, edit, save…)
On Android or iPad
Try Explain Everything or ScreenChomp or…
Livescribe Pen
Link to Android phone/tablet with apps Livescribe Link and Livescribe+
Link to iPad/iPhone with app Livescribe+

12. Android and iPad apps for screencast:
http://edtechteacher.org/apps/screencast/
How to create videos, samples, these slides:
http://maths.shu.ac.uk/video
How to create videos, samples, these slides:
http://screencast-o-matic.com/SHUscreencast
Password: SHUOSR2015
[1] Robinson, M., Loch, B., Croft T. Student perceptions of screencast
feedback on mathematics assessment. Submitted to International Journal
of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
Links & References