Video Lectures: How To and Best Practices

1. Teresa Potter, Instructional Technology Specialist
Ursuline College
11/19/2014

2. Studies have shown that multimedia content delivery positively increases student
performance.
Some examples:
1. Medical Students: Better performance in operating room and less study time
required (Friedl, 2006)
2. A test of different video lecture types showed positive impacts on student
learning across all types of video lectures (Chen & Wu, 2015)
3. Students typicall remember images more efficently then what they read or hear
(Shorter & Dean, 1994)

3. “ Considering individual learning
styles is more important that
instructing all learners with one style”
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(Chen & Wu, 2015, p.109)

4. Image Source: http://math.ucsd.edu/~fan/ron/jug.html Author Peter Vidor

5. Lecture
Capture

6. Voice Over

7. Picture in
Picture

8. There is no easy
answer to this
questions.
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9. 1. Instructional goals
2. Needs of content
3. Best practices
4. Resources available to you
a.Time
b. Help
c. Technology
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10.  Part of their learning process, not the whole
process
 Can and will watch and rewatch to
understand – less need to repeat yourself
 Limited attention span
– some say 5-10 minutes, others say 20-30
minutes. Just be intentional.

11. Don’t reinvent the wheel: Look to see if someone else
has already made the video and given permission to
share
1. Be concise
2. Be organized
3. Split long topics into shorter segments
4. Make a plan

12. 1. Outline a lecture capture video and use cue cards
2. Write a scrip for voiceover presentations
3. Use printed notes to accompany an on-screen presentation
4. Start with an overview, goals, and/or objectives
Remember: Your lecture is not the WHOLE lesson.
It should be accompanied by readings, other multimedia, activities,
assignments, projects, etc.

13. 1. What type of recording best suites your content and the resources
available?
2. What equipment do you need? Do you need help using it?
3. How will you display the multimedia resources to your students?
4. Will you be editing? Do you want help editing?

14. Your recorded lecture will be shorter than you in-class
lecture. This is okay (and probably a good thing).
Seek to delivery the needed content to meet learning
objectives

15. Students will have to work harder to understand the material if the
media quality is low. This takes away from the attention they should
be giving to the presentation.
Doesn’t need to be professional quality, but needs to not distract form the content.
 Media center resources
 Ask for help with choosing equipment to purchase
 Test your recording and presentation process before starting to produce large
chunks of content.

16. Use a conversational tone
Test audio and video before recording long sessions
 Review recordings frequently
 Don’t be afraid to start over, or to backup and re-record a
section.
 Don’t deviate from the script

17. 1. Review ALL recordings for quality
2. If possible, have someone else review for clarity
3. Perform any editing
4. Produce or upload in the format you will share
Test everything.

18. Offering information that is equivalent to media content is the law
…but equivalent is complicated, and you are not alone in this
responsibility.
Best practices:
 Provide written outlines and scripts along with the videos if you used them.
 If feasible, have video transcript produced. Work with URSA on this.
 If feasible, use Youtube/Vimeo/Panopto captions feature.

19. Tool Useful Features Price
Snagit Screen Recording in MP4 format $30
Camtasia Screen Recording and robust but easy editing tools $170
Jing Screen recording, but can’t edit. Limited to 5
minutes and restricted sharing options. A good and
easy to use tool, but has lot of restrictions.
Free
Power Point
Record Tool
Record audio over a Power Point.
Make sure to publish to video!
Free in Power Point
WebEx Record webinars, can publish to video. Free for up to 3 people.
Talk to Teresa for larger groups.

20.  Chen, C. c., & Wu, C. (2015). Effects of different video lecture types on sustained
attention, emotion, cognitive load, and learning performance. Computers &
Education, 80108-121.
 Friedl, R., Höppler, H., Ecard, K., Scholz, W., Hannekum, A., Öchsner, W., &
Stracke, S. (2006). Multimedia-driven teaching significantly improves students’
performance when compared with a print medium. The Annals of thoracic surgery,
81(5), 1760-1766.
 Shorter, Jack D., and Robert L. Dean. "Computing in Collegiate Schools of
Business: Are Mainframes & Stand-Alone Microcomputers Still Good Enough?."
Journal Of Systems Management 45 (1994): 36-36.