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Easy Authoring Tools CourseCast & Articulate. Dan Phillips & Craig Drayton. Introducing. Dan Phillips Educational Technologist/Team Leader Online Learning Centre Whitireia New Zealand Daniel.Phillips@whitireia.ac.nz Craig Drayton Flexible Learning Specialist Online Learning Centre
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Easy Authoring Tools CourseCast & Articulate Dan Phillips & Craig Drayton
Introducing... • Dan Phillips • Educational Technologist/Team Leader • Online Learning Centre • Whitireia New Zealand • Daniel.Phillips@whitireia.ac.nz • Craig Drayton • Flexible Learning Specialist • Online Learning Centre • Paramedic Programme • Whitireia New Zealand / Wellington Free Ambulance • Craig.Drayton@whitireia.ac.nz
How can we create good content easily? • Easy for non-technical people to use • Has to be time efficient • Accessible to our students • Engaging and interactive learning
Overview • Panopto: Coursecast • Articulate Studio Pro 2009 Suite
Panopto: Coursecast Lecture Capture System Dan Phillips
In the begining... The Blackboard
Push that pen! Pen and paper
CourseCast features • Captures video, audio, PowerPoint, and screen activity simultaneously • User can browse CourseCast by: • PowerPoint slide • Clickable index • Moving the play head • Search for “key terms”
Staff Development & training • Easy to use interface – • start/stop button • Can be installed on office computer, classroom computer or home computers • Take a few minutes to orientate • Within 1 – 2hrs users are confident
What about set up costs? • Signed up to Socrates project • Access to base product CourseCast version 2.0 • 2 x virtual machines • File sever • Database server • Free – no license fees • Can use at work, home or even student computers
Applications for CourseCast • Capture a lecture • Pre-recorded • Live recording • Guest speakers • Communicating with online students • Feedback • Weekly wrap • Language Learning • Software training • Corporate communications • Capture a meeting • Capture student presentations
Number 8 wire – Problems & issues • Webcam settings • Audio/video synch • Fluorescent light flicker • Camera angle • Self conscious users • Developed a checklist