Designing and Using Screencasts as Course Supplements
Garret Nicodemus
John Falconer, Will Medlin,
Janet deGrazia, and Audrey Schaiberger
Value of a Screencast
Positives for Students
Screencast contents
Usage
Easily Accessible (mobile)

Pause - rewind - skip

Student's pace

Available for review

More valuable than text
Positives for Instructors
Active learning class
Supplement class materials

Frees time up for discussions
Easy to prepare

Long lasting impact
Leverage efforts
Students not stenographers in class
Class time better utilized
Materials
Good sound quality
Screen capture with narration
Suggested Practices
Match specific learning objectives

Keep short

Clear your environment

Speak freeely, fix later

Follow a problem-solving outline

Pause while recording

Highlight/annotate
.mp4 format
http://www.learncheme.com
List of recent postings
Player
Students receiving expert explanations
Analytics
Track using Analytics
Track Visitors (Returning vs. New)
Track Pages viewed (incoming to outgoing)
Can track pages from main page
Track Using Vimeo
Track Using iTunesU
Test Week
Winter Break
Students like them
             - Watched 31,000 times
             - Downloaded 30,000 times

Inexpensive/Easy to make

Increases active learning time

Use at student’s pace/rewind

Wide applicability
Not professional quality videos

Doing things you would do naturally (office hours and during class)

More valuable than text since things can be pointed out and highlighted in real time

TIME ON TASK (not being assigned, but students are watching them)

Why we're excited, why students are excited, then tell what Screencasts are...

• Elaborate that "Wide Applicability" means fresh to graduate, many different students/learning types
5 videos,
Watched 100 times each
Best final scores ever
No review session
Replaces in-class examples

Supplements office hours

Exam reviews

For absent students

Assigned viewing
How to use
More problems
Organization online
Clearer descriptions
More, more, more!
75 SC per class is goal
“I like the screencasts; it helps to have the solutions walked through step by step with explanation. They are also a great study/review tool...”
“I love screencasts! I am able to work out the problem at my own pace, and watch the screencast whenever I get stuck.”
“I didn’t learn as much when we stopped using screencasts.”
"I think that the screencasts were unbelievably effective at teaching the material. They are my favorite way to study."
“I learned a lot from the videos. It’s hard learning at such a rapid pace in class, so it’s really nice to be able to rewind and replay the videos as many times as needed.”
“Screencasts are fantastic.
I watched some of them twice!”
“I like the screencasts; it helps to have the solutions walked through step by step with explanation. They are also a great study tool...”
“Screencasts are fantastic. I watched some of them twice!”
“I learned a lot from the videos. It’s hard learning at such a rapid pace in class, so it’s really nice to be able to rewind and replay the videos as many times as needed.”
“I didn’t learn as much when we stopped using screencasts.”
“Screencasts are fantastic. I watched some of them twice!”
“I love screencasts! I am able to work out the problem at my own pace, and watch the screencast whenever I get stuck.”
“I learned a lot from the videos. It’s hard learning at such a rapid pace in class, so it’s really nice to be able to rewind and replay the videos as many times as needed.”
“I didn’t learn as much when we stopped using screencasts.”
“It would have been valuable to have more example problems worked out”
“It would have been valuable to have more example problems worked out”
“I like the screencasts; it helps to have the solutions walked through step by step with explanation. They are also a great study tool...”
“I love screencasts! I am able to work out the problem at my own pace, and watch the screencast whenever I get stuck.”
Maintain levels while speaking
Reduce background noise
Microsoft Journal
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft PowerPoint
Uploaded to iTunesU
Feedback
Feedback
# Videos Watched
84% watched 10 or more
85% watched 6 or more
(42 available at end)
(18 available at end)
What BARRIERS prevent you from implementing these in their courses?
Record
Students Watch
Simple Edits
SC Idea
Disseminate
Outline
Screencast
"It would be more helpful if  there be an open forum to ask a question about the screencast so we can understand better the methodology behind the work."
"Having students make screencasts on specific topics throughout the semester would help us (and others) prepare for exams better."
"A written out problem before we play the SC would help more on example problems"
"Nothing, they are perfect."
"Use SC as pre-class assignments instead of reading quizzes"
Suggestions
What Screencasts are Available?
Why Care?
Students Like Them and Use Them
Exam Reviews
Software Tutorials
Conceptual problems
HW/Test Problems
Mini Lecture
Derive Equations
Where do I Start?
Identify Issues
What would help?
Identify Misconceptions
Write major points
Draw figures
Check Numbers/Solution
Callouts/Annoations
Highlighting
Title Slide
Transitions
Dead Time
How many of you would use something like SC in your course?