Screencasting for Teaching with Camtasia

Shafin H. Ali

February 05, 2010

GOOD PRACTICES

1. Being diligently and dynamically prepared to deliver content2. Maintaining regular and effective contact and provide prompt feedback3. Communicating high expectations, student responsibility and fostering honest

academic conduct.4. Encouraging active learning5. Delivering subject as announced and approved and maintaining time on task.6. Developing reciprocity and cooperation among students7. Respecting diverse talents and ways of learning.

www.intime.uni.edu/model/techer/teac4.htmlContent pedagogy refers to the pedagogical (teaching) skills teachers use to impart the specialized knowledge/content of their subject area(s).

Podcast = ipod audio recordingVodcast = ipod video recordingScreenshots = pictures of a users computer screen

PC MACTechsmith’s CAMTASIAAdobe’s CAPTIVATE Snapz ProWindows Media Encoder IShowUAdobe Premier Elements Final Cut Pro

Screencast = a video of a users computer screen which can have narration, drawings and others.

AKA “demonstration software”, “presentation authoring software”

Records screen movements (typing, mouse) and allows edits and changes

Usually creates video in .swf (FLASH) format

www.intime.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.htmlNew technologies can …. sharpen their (students) cognitive skills of analysis, synthesis, application and evaluation. (Chickering & Ehrmann, 1966)

WORKFLOW STEPS (http://wwc-camtasia-track.blogspot.com

1.Determine goals / learning outcomes 2.Create a plan: storyboard / script / outline3.Rehearse4.Prepare to record: prepare mic level, configure recorder5.Record6.Save project7.Edit project: delete unwanted portions; renarrate if needed.8.Enhance: zoom-n-pan, music (if desired)9.Produce

More on Screencasting: http://webshares.northseattle.edu/elearning/workshops/TechClassl_Casting_About.htm

Shakespear’s 3 audiences So they were kept enthralled and wanting to come back for more.

Groundlings Sword fights and gore

Gallery Romance and intrigue

Higher-ups Deep philosophy with dazzling wordplay

Jonathan Edwards; English Department Chair; Harriton High School; Rosemont, Pennsylvania

http://www.edutopia.org/sage-advice-multiple-intelligences-classroom-management

Teaching about Japan To address four multiple-intelligence centers

Sushi-making center Interpersonal and kinesthetic

Noh play center Kinesthetic, musical and spatial

Haiky writing center Intrapersonal, naturalist and verbal-linguist

Traditional Go game center Intrerpersonal and logical-mathematical

Students would then complete reflection sheets to find out what they learned about our theme and their own learning-style preferences.

Jennifer Reiter-Cook; Adjunct professor; Point Loma Nazarene University; School of Education; San Diego, California

GOOD PRACTICES

1. Being diligently and dynamically prepared to deliver content

2. Maintaining regular and effective contact and provide prompt feedback

3. Communicating high expectations, student responsibility and fostering honest academic conduct.

4. Encouraging active learning5. Delivering subject as announced and approved and

maintaining time on task.6. Developing reciprocity and cooperation among students7. Respecting diverse talents and ways of learning.

When you produce your video (in web format--which is the format that creates the flash file) Camtasia will output the following 4 files in a folder.  If you name your project Shafin, you will end up with these 4 files.Shafin.htmShafin.swfProductionInfo.xmlswfobject.jsYou NEED all of these files when you upload to Blackboard.  If you upload only the .swf file (i.e. Shafin.swf) you will not have the player which has a slider bar. What you need to do is take the 4 files that Camtasia Produced, and ZIP then up as 1 ZIP file. Then in Bb.Create an item: + ItemIn area #2:  ContentAttach the .zip file that you made above (which contains the 4 files that Camtasia outputted) In the box: Name of Link to File type: Click here to start presentationIn the Special Action drop down box Select: Unpackage this fileClick SubmitNow BB will upload the .zip file and unpackage it for you.   When asked, select the file which has the .htm extension on it.Then click SubmitNow your Camtasia will play in Bb with the full Camtasia player that has the slidebar.

Benefits of Camtasia

● Retain more information● Addresses different learning styles● Enjoyable / Engaging● Can pause and repeat over and over, i.e.

time-shifting ability● Very user-friendly – don’t need a PhD

in media arts.● Helps special needs scenarios, e.g. by

providing zoom and pansubtitleschanging volume

● Can see instructor via webcam if desired● The self-paced pedagogy enables motivation to dominate experience particularly in diverse student populations. (Gill & Holton, 2006)

Extensions of Camtasia

● Interactivity:

If students can submit project using Camtasia, it can provide greater insight into what the student really understood, versus just looking at grades.

● Assessment

So it can also influence the nature of Assessment.

SHAFIN H. ALI

February 05, 2005

THANK YOU

If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words …….

Then How Much is a Screencasting Video worth?