Best Practices for Engaging Students with Recorded Lectures Using TechSmith (Camtasia) Relay Presented by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer

OVERVIEW BACKGROUND PEDAGOGY DEMO What is Lecture Capture Pedagogical Applications Account Setup Why Offer Recorded Lectures Best Practices Interface & Features Multimedia Principles Adding Recordings to Brightspace

WHAT IS LECTURE CAPTURE? “Lecture Capture is an umbrella term describing any technology that allows instructors to digitally record a lecture (using Audio/Video, screen captures, or PowerPoint Slides) and making it available for students to see.” – Educause Learning Initiative REC

WHY OFFER RECORDED LECTURES? 79% of students view them as positively contributing to learning 67% of students reported that lecture recordings improved their academic performance REC REC “Students report that lecture recordings make it easier to understand content and learn” - Gosper et al. 2008 Source: Gosper et al. 2008

WHY OFFER RECORDED LECTURES? Source: DeAngelis 2009; White, 2009; and Hew, 2009

PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS – Active Learning GUIDE ON THE SIDE ACTIVE LEARNING PEDAGOGIES Group Work Problem-Based Learning Case Studies Peer Instruction = FLIPPED CLASSROOM

PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS MULTIPLE WAYS OF LEARNING

PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS - Study Tool WATCH AGAIN

BEST PRACTICE #1 - Length MINI-LECTURES Limit recordings to 10 minutes or less Smaller chunks 1-2 concepts or topics 10:00 0:00/10:00

BEST PRACTICE #2 – Descriptive Titles Specific Titles Include Time Brightspace/D2L Example

BEST PRACTICE #3 – QUIZZES/ACTIVITIES Best Practices for Recorded Lectures Quiz 1.) MC: What is the optimal length for a recorded lecture: (a.) Between 20-30 minutes (b.) 20 minutes or less (c.) 15 minutes or less (d.) 0 minutes (e.) 10 minutes or less 3.) FIB: Using recorded lectures can provide the brain with and enhance in an online course. 4.) MC: Select the title below that follows the best practice for naming a recorded lecture: (a.) Best Practices (b.) Best Practices for Recorded Lectures (c.) Module X -Best Practices for Recorded Lectures (8:21) 2.) T/F: Using recorded lectures can create opportunities for active learning in an in-person course: (a.) True (b.) False

BEST PRACTICE #4 – ACCESSIBILITY Closed Captioning Transcript

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING WORDS MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLE

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING On-Screen Text REDUNDANCY & MODALITY PRINCIPLES

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING EXTRANEOUS WORDS COHERENCE PRINCIPLE

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING First. Second.. Third…. SIGNALING PRINCIPLE Fourth….

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING TEMPORAL CONTIGUITY PRINCIPLE

BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING CONVERSATIONAL TONE PERSONALIZATION PRINCIPLE

TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY ACCOUNT SETUP STEP #1: Contact the ITC Help Desk to set up an account ITC Help Desk Tel: (406) 994-1777 helpdesk@montana.edu STEP #2: Enter 6 Digit NetID and Password STEP #3: Download software to computer

TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY INTERFACE Relay Icon Located in the Taskbar

TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY INTERFACE PRE-RECORDING Turns on webcam to record person speaking Shows built-in or external microphones to select Shows you preview of screen to be recorded Indicates sound levels, for good quality, stay within the green zone and avoid the red zone Enter descriptive title here: Set profile to MSU Relay Files Plus Transcription Allows you to do a test run and see how your audio and video are working Starts recording what is on screen previewed above

DURING RECORDING

AFTER RECORDING Use the Trimming tool to edit the front end and back end Here is where you can preview the recording Set to MSU Relay Files – plus Transcription for Accessibility and Enter Descriptive Title

ACCESSING THE RECORDINGS (1.) Email Notification (2.) camtasia.msu.montana.edu

UPLOADING TO BRIGHTSPACE COURSES (1.) Click on (View) for MP4 (2.) Copy Link (3.) Paste link to Brightspace Course as “Create a Link”

ALTERNATIVES TO TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY SCREENCAST-O-MATIC CAMTASIA STUDIO ADOBE CAPTIVATE TECHSMITH FUSE

CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE WEBSITE RESOURCES www.techsmith.com/tutorial-techsmith-relay.html Making Your First Recording (Video 3:46) 406.994.7835 kenneth.silvestri@montana.edu CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE WEBSITE Teaching -> Technology Tools http://www.montana.edu/facultyexcellence/TLResources/MSULectCaptAbout.html ITC HELP DESK Tel: (406) 994-1777 helpdesk@montana.edu

REFERENCES 7 Things You Need To Know About: Lecture Capture. 2008. Educause Learning Initiative DeAngelis, K. (2009). Lecture Capture: Student Opinion and Implementation Strategies. teaching.uncc.edu/files/file/.../LectureCaptureTipSheet.pdf [two-page summary of a study in USA Gosper, M. et al., (2008). Final Report: The Impact of Web-Based Lecture Technologies on Current and Future Practices in Learning and Teaching, Sydney: Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed). New York: Cambridge University Press.