In this session, Mark Dorsey and Emily Brett explore using videos (screencasting, Zaption, Periscope) to improve student learning in an online environment.

1. Welcome!
Creating Videos for Online
Learning
Emily Brett and Mark Dorsey

2. Session Objectives:
• Explore ways to use videos to
enhance teaching and learning
• Discuss best practices
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3. What is a Screencast?
A screencast is a digital recording of
your computer screen output,
usually with audio narration.
The term was popularized in 2004.
Other terms include screen
recording, screen capture, screen
video.
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4. What percentage of learners identify
as visual learners?
A. 10-25%
B. 25-40%
C. 40-65%
D. 65-80%
E. 80+%
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10-25%
25-40%
40-65%
65-80%
80+%
20% 20% 20%20%20%

5. How much of global internet traffic do
videos account for?
A. 15%
B. 25%
C. 45%
D. 55%
E. 75%
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15%
25%
45%
55%
75%
20% 20% 20%20%20%

6. How many hours per month do all
users spend on YouTube
A. What’s YouTube?
B. 400 million
C. 1 billion
D. 4 billion
E. 4 billion is my
answer but I think
that’s CRAZY!!
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1
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4
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yansw
erbutI...
20% 20% 20%20%20%

7. After Google, YouTube is the
__________ biggest search engine.
A. 2nd
B. 3rd
C. 4th
D. 5th
E. YouTube is not a
search engine
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
YouTube
isnotasearch
e...
20% 20% 20%20%20%

8. Have you ever watched a video
tutorial?
A. I don’t watch videos; I
read books, like an
intelligent person
B. Sometimes, when I’m
stuck
C. Yes, all the time!
D. My significant
other/friends don’t
let me for my own
safety and the safety
of those around me
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stuckYes,allthe
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ysignificantother/friend...
25% 25%25%25%

9. In one word, describe the type of
video tutorials you’ve used recently
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Rank Responses
1
2
3
4
5
6 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6
17% 17% 17%17%17%17%

10. COMM1016
Week 9 - Visual Analysis
Approx. 65-80% of the
population identifies as a
visual learner (Felder;
Greenberg)

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http://webserver.computoredge.com/online.mvc?article=cover&issue=3022

12. Online video traffic will be 55% of all
global Internet traffic in 2016.
Over 1 billion unique YouTube visits
per month; spending more than 4
billion hours watching videos.
Stats via Cisco
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15. Our students are watching
videos.
They like watching videos...
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16. What type of video tutorials
have you watched?
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17. Think, Pair, Share:
Screencasting can be used for a variety of
purposes in e-learning
1.Brainstorm one or two ways screencasting
can be used
2.Brainstorm possible pros and cons of
utilizing screencasting technology
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18. Great for supplemental and remedial
materials.
Screencasting software can allow you
to focus on higher-order learning
activities during class.
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19. A screencast is a personal tutor
that you can rewind. Anytime,
any place instruction.
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21. How-To (sometimes simpler and clearer
than written instructions)
(online or blended)
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22. Scaffolding assignments
(online or blended)
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23. Mini lessons
- better than voice over PPT
- Online course
- Flipped classroom (Blended or face to face
courses)
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24. Mini lessons
- better than voice over PPT
http://www.screencast.com/users/johnryan
shaw/folders/Change_Mgt_Videos/media/9
88ea439-1368-4069-9c21-09d0ff688316

25. Review of the syllabus
Test instructions
Review for a test
Review of a test
(Online or Blended)
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26. Give students audio-visual
feedback (the next best thing to a 1:1
conversation)
(online, blended, or face to face)
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27. Give students audio-visual
feedback (the next best thing to a
1:1 conversation)

28. Have student use them for
their own projects
(online, blended, or face to face)
- Multimedia project
- Present a paper or website
- Portfolio
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29. Screencast-o-matic:
• It’s free (up to 15 min)
• Yellow cursor
• Easy-to-use
• Linked to YouTube
• Download to your hard-drive
• Save into different file types
• Pull it into Movie Maker to make
quick edits
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30. Once you feel more comfortable with screen
capture, you may find that you want to
-edit your videos
-add interactive links
-quizzes
TechSmith offers multiple products to help
you make your recordings.
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31. Other tools used for screen casts
• SnagIt
• Camtasia
• Present.me
• Screenr
• Jing
• Microsoft Expression Encoder
• Screenflow (only for Mac)
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32. Best Practices
Use a script
Keep it short
Just do it! 
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34. Zaption!
● www.zaption.com

35. Zaption!
https://www.zaption.com/listing/570440a7f6
1ac48a5531f265

36. Periscope

37. Periscope
● A live video streaming platform
● Like Skype but for mass-audience
● Owned by Twitter, over 1 million signed up in the first
10 days
● Can use with your Twitter account or just a cell
number

38. Periscope

39. Periscope
● 5:50

40. Periscope
● The chatbox feature lets learners interact by adding
comments or questions
● Sessions can be viewed for up to 24 hours, can also
save to phone or utilize 3rd party app like Katch.me to
save a file
● In what ways might this be helpful in an online
classroom?

41. Periscope
In what ways might this be helpful in an online
classroom?
● Field trip
● Guest speakers
● Student projects

42. Google Hangouts

43. Google Hangouts
● You just need a Google plus account
● Virtual office hours
● Facilitating group work
● Classroom discussions
● Share your screen in real time
● Guest speakers or industry experts
● Can be recorded!

44. Google Hangouts

45. Youtube Capture
● On the go movies - quickly record, edit, upload, and
share
● Build clips together to create one lesson
● Edit on the go and upload
● Features YouTube’s stabilization, trimming, and
automatic colour correction
● Be careful uploading when not on work wifi ;)
● Be mindful of selfie strategies ;)

46. Youtube Capture
● Be careful uploading when not on work wifi ;)
● Be mindful of selfie strategies ;)
● Great for group projects/discussions