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Creating an Effective Screencast: Design Principles & Best Practices. Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang, Ph.D. Marge Maxwell, Ph.D. School of Teacher Education Western Kentucky University. What is a Screencast?.
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Creating an Effective Screencast: Design Principles & Best Practices Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang, Ph.D. Marge Maxwell, Ph.D. School of Teacher Education Western Kentucky University
What is a Screencast? • A digital movie that captures the actions taking place on a computer screen, usually with a voice narration. • Screencasting as a teaching tool: • Tutorials • Demonstrations • Presentations (e.g., Narrated PowerPoint ) • Screencasting & flipped classroom • Screencast examples
Benefits of Screencasts • Reusable content • Personalized learning for students • Self-paced • Anytime, anywhere • Multiple opportunities (repeated plays of the content) • Design for engagement • Sharing is made easy
Screencasting Tools Free tools Screencast-o-matic Jing Screenr Commercial Products Camtasia (Mac $99, Windows $299) Handout available online
Design Principles & Best Practices • Focus on student needs • Reduce student cognitive load • Write a script before recording • Think through the actions to capture (sequential steps) • Ideal length: 3 minutes Planning & Scripting
Design Principles & Best Practices • Clean up your browser and computer desktop • Close out Apps • Turn off anything that makes noise • Ensure high-quality audio • Speak slowly and clearly • Avoid narration fillers (umm, ahh…) • Practice, practice, and practice Recording
Design Principles & Best Practices • Add an title • Editing features • Cursor effects • Zoom • Callout • Transitions • Captioning • Audio • Resist the use of “fancy” effects unless necessary • What effects will enhance learning? • What effects will distract learning? Editing
Design Principles & Best Practices • Producing settings • Size • Format • Sharing sites • Course management system (e.g., Moodle, Blackboard) • Blogs, wikis, or other social networking sites • Screencasting sites Producing & Sharing
Questions? Contact Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Instructional Design xiaoxia.huang@wku.edu Marge Maxwell, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Educational Technology, Library Media Education marge.maxwell@wku.edu School of Teacher Education Western Kentucky University
Credits • Creating a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia Studio • Screencasting tips and best practices • Screencasting best practices
Powerpoint and Handout available at http://create-excellence.com/aboutus/marge-maxwell