The document outlines best practices for creating effective teaching videos at the W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab, emphasizing the importance of engaging content and diverse presentation methods. It provides guidelines on structuring videos, including using visual aids and enhancing audio to support learning objectives. Additional resources for video creation and plans for scheduling follow-up support are also mentioned.

1. CREATING
TEACHING VIDEOS
The Education Group @ W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab
New York University Stern School of Business

2. iLabEd
The Education Group @ The
W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab
partners with the Stern faculty and
academic groups in the exploration
of new models of teaching and
learning.

3. How do we make a
Teaching Video
instead of a
Talking At Video?

4. z
The Play’s
the Thing

5. How will we do it?
• Pique the audience’s interest.
• Use images or graphics instead of only text.
• Use voice audio to complement, add, or counter what appears on a slide.
• Show rather than tell.

6. z
Tell
Show
Try

7. What’s in a teaching
video?
• Domain knowledge: Facts, procedures, and ideas needed to solve problems.
• Heuristic strategies: Tricks of the trade. Concepts to help solve problems.
• Student Action: The student tries problem solving. Assignment.

8. Three Acts
Introduction AssignmentDemonstration

9. z
Video
Flavor?

10. Direct to Camera
• When you want to have something that’s engaging.
• When you want to replace class time.
• When you want to incorporate graphics.

11. Video Examples
• Talking head, animations, and slides (OPS)
• Screen desktop screen recording, with narration (IS)
• Screen recording of tablet, with narration (Stat)
• Video recording of talking head, with some slides (Finance)

12. Pitfalls
• Creating a video lecture that is the length of a class session.
• Talking at the students.
• Showing a video of your talking head without additional illustrations.
• Reading off the slides.

13. z
How are
you going
to make it?

14. Questions:
• What worked in recording introductions?
• What could be improved?
• What elements would you like to incorporate?

15. Plan Effective Teaching
Videos – Writing the Script
• Facts
• Demonstration
• Student activities

16. Storyboarding

17. Resources
• Innovation Lab
• Sourced teaching media
• Original teaching media
• Studio

18. Hosting Platforms
• YouTube – youtube.com
• Vimeo – vimeo.com
• NYU Stream – www.nyu.edu/nyustream

19. Publishing on NYU
Classes
• Lessons
• Embed video

20. Next Steps…
• Schedule a follow-up appointment with the Education Group @ the W.R.
Berkley Innovation Lab.
• Plan a Tell, Show Try video – Write your script.
• Storyboard your video.
• Record a draft video.
• Schedule a session at the Studio@Stern.

21. Phone: (212) 998-0070
Email: ilabed@stern.nyu.edu
Website: stern.nyu.edu/citl