This document discusses screencasting as a tool for providing multimodal feedback. It begins with defining screencasting as a digital recording of computer screen output, often with audio narration. It then asks and answers several questions about screencasting, including where the author first heard about using it as a feedback tool, how it can be used, when it first worked effectively, and why it is an effective feedback method. The document provides examples of using screencasting for peer and group project feedback. It concludes by reflecting on how screencasting has revolutionized feedback and stating that capturing audio, video and screens for feedback can be transformational for teachers.

1. Multimodal Feedback via
Screencasting
Hanaa Khamis

2. Why Screencasts?

3. Queries
• What is screencasting?
• Where did I first hear about it as a feedback tool?
• How can I use it for my purposes?
• When did it first really work?
• Is it effective? Why?

4. Queries
• What is screencasting?
“A digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen
capture, often containing audio narration.” – Wikipedia
• Where did I first hear about it as a feedback tool?
From Russell Stannard in IATEFL Harrogate 2010.
• How can I use it for my purposes?
Tutorials, feedback, etc.
• When did it first really work?
For peer feedback & a group project.
• Is it effective? Why?
Certainly. Spells out what I really think while I’m at it.

5. Peer Feedback

6. Feedback on a Group Project

7. Demo

8. Your Turn

9. Ideas for Effective Screencasts
• Use of a tablet PC or an IWB
• Track changes & comments (Review menu)
• Inking in Word (Review menu)
• Scanning papers into pdf, adding
comments & highlights in Acrobat Reader X (10.1.5)
• Flipped classroom
• General class feedback
• Individualized feedback

10. Strengths
Minimize wasted time in face-to-face
meetings where group members try hard to
make explicit what they think

11. Strengths
Merge audiovisual tracks into one video
package produced in various video formats
in no time

12. Challenges
File size & video sharing
•(Dropbox .com & MailbigFile.com)
•(Jing screencast.com)

13. Reflections
How far has this technique revolutionized
your thinking about providing feedback in
various contexts?

14. Conclusions
• Capturing audio, video and screens is as
easy as a keystroke.
• For a teacher to self-record multimodal
feedback could be a transformational
experience.

15. Questions or Comments
hanaakhs@aucegypt.edu

16. References
• Talking with Students through Screencasting:
Experimentations with Video Feedback to Improve
Student Learning: http://tinyurl.com/b4jkd9v
• The spelling Mistake: Scene One, Take One:
http://tinyurl.com/yda4dy2
• "Grading," TechSmith's e-Learning Trainers Series:
http://bitly.com/bundles/tsc/e