Enhance Your IT Course with Video Tutorials:A Systems Analysis Example

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Video Learning Sessions

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Part 1: Background

Part 2: Create your own tutorials

Part 3: SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

Overview

Part 1: Background

In the classroom, I often spend 70% of my time on 30% of the topics …

The concern:

If a topic is difficult in the classroom, it is even more challenging for online students.

The concern:

“The Age of the Sage on the Stage is Ending.”

Author: Larry Donnithorne

President, College of the Albemarle

Circa 1997

The concern:

The Kahn Academy

Salman Kahn: Brilliant, dedicated educator, and business executive.

His non-profit organization has created thousands of free tutorials.

The technique is simple and effective. www.khanacademy.org/

The Kahn Academy

Self-paced tutorials for difficult topics Typical tasks with sample solutions

Possible Solution

Classroom Chalk-talk

Common Tutorial Styles

More structured Informal narration, but scripted Lots of graphics and live motion video Captures many software screens Integrates well with the textbook Provides sample tasks and solutions

The VLS Concept

Results were not impressive, but I learned a lot …Task PatternsEntity-Relationship Diagram

The VLS Concept

The VLS Concept

Results were not impressive, but I learned a lot …Task PatternsEntity-Relationship Diagram

Then, a new development …

Part 2: Create Your Own Tutorials

How much time will it take?

What software and hardware do I need?

Freeware: AutoScreenRecorder www.wisdom-soft.com

Camtasia Trial (30 days) www.techsmith.com

MS Sound Recorder - MS Paint Windows Moviemaker (XP/Vista version)

Software

Payware: AutoScreenRecorder Pro ($49.95) Camtasia Academic ($100 – 200)

Software

Microphone: Integral, USB, or sound card plug-in

Hardware

Steps

Plan Create Edit Produce

Plan

Start with the big picture – you are the writer, the producer, the director, and the star.

Plan

Use your classroom experience – you know what works.

Plan

Include sample tasks and answers for students can review – they should be same difficulty level as “real” tasks.Sample task

Sample answer

Plan

Decide when to use live motion video, images, or slide sequences.Live motion video

Plan

Decide when to use live motion video, images, or slide sequences.Images

Plan

Plan

Decide when to use live motion video, images, or slide sequences.Slide Sequences

First, reserve the meeting room. Then order the marketing materials and brief the managers. After the briefings, send out customer e-mails and burn sample DVDs. When the e-mails are sent and the DVDs are ready, load the new software.

When the marketing materials have arrived and the software is ready, do a dress rehearsal.

First, reserve the meeting room. Then order the marketing materials and brief the managers. After the briefings, send out customer e-mails and burn sample DVDs. When the e-mails are sent and the DVDs are ready, load the new software.

When the marketing materials have arrived and the software is ready, do a dress rehearsal.

First, reserve the meeting room. Then order the marketing materials and brief the managers. After the briefings, send out customer e-mails and burn sample DVDs. When the e-mails are sent and the DVDs are ready, load the new software.

When the marketing materials have arrived and the software is ready, do a dress rehearsal.

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First, reserve the meeting room. Then order the marketing materials and brief the managers. After the briefings, send out customer e-mails and burn sample DVDs. When the e-mails are sent and the DVDs are ready, load the new software.

When the marketing materials have arrived and the software is ready, do a dress rehearsal.

First, reserve the meeting room. Then order the marketing materials and brief the managers. After the briefings, send out customer e-mails and burn sample DVDs. When the e-mails are sent and the DVDs are ready, load the new software.

When the marketing materials have arrived and the software is ready, do a dress rehearsal.

Create

Set a goal for overall durationConsider student attention spans8 – 10 minutes seems to work wellBreak topics into smaller units

Create

Use PowerPoint as your development tool Create narration notes as you go along Easy to work with images, links, tables,

shapes, etc. Easy exchange with your other software

Create

Do the images and video first and import them into your capture program - then record the narration.

Create

Use and enhance textbook images if possible – add arrows, callouts, etc.Examples

Create

Create

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Use specific textbook references to guide students to a page or figure.

Create

Make it interesting.

Use a classroom voice.

Some humor is fine.

Create

Use pause/resume to allow students time to answer.Example

Create

Create

Extend timing to give students more time.Example

Create

Try to see the tutorial through a student’s eyes – make it user-friendly.

Create

Create

Write a script, if that works for you.

Create

Edit

Focus on timing – try to match video and audio without long periods of inactivity.

The Goldilocks rule:Not TOO fast – consider the typical

reader.Not TOO slow – it’s no fun to stare at a

screen during a long explanation.Just right – easy to read and

understand.

Edit

To crop or not to crop – digital surgery can be difficult.

Edit

Save your work early, often, and in several versions as you go along. Backup, backup, backup!

Edit

Produce

Consider how the tutorial will be used –

CD, DVD, or online – and adjust settings accordingly.

Camtasia offers a Production Wizard to simplify the process.

Produce

Do you use BlackBoard or a similar platform? Can you import or link the tutorials?

Produce

Part 3: SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

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Systems Analyst’s Toolkit

1999

Web-based Simulation Case Study

• Students visit a realistic Web site to receive e-mails and voice mails

• Each session has a to-do list with hands-on tasks• Students research an online data library to complete their tasks• Sample forms are provided for all key tasks

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Student Study Tool CD

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Expanded Project Management Coverage

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Dilbert Explains the “Real World”

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Introduction Part 2

TopicsData Design: ERDs Financial Tools: Payback Analysis

Data Design: First Normal Form Financial Tools: Return on Investment

Data Design: Second Normal Form Financial Tools: Present Value Analysis

Data Design: Third Normal Form Project Management: Work Breakdown Structures

Decision Tables Project Management: Task Patterns

DFD Symbols and Diagrams Project Management: Critical Path Analysis

DFD Context Diagrams

DFD Diagram 0

SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

How can I use this new feature?

SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

Where do we go from here? More topics – we need your feedback! Text / video integration? Interactivity? Sharing our experiences - SAD blog?

SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

Where do we go from here? What will our future students be like? How will they learn? How will we teach?

My e-mail address: harryr@mchsi.com

SAD 8e Video Learning Sessions

Enhance your IT Course with Video Tutorials:A Systems Analysis Example