“Mac Basics for Music Production 101”

Martín PernaEDTC 6358

Theory and Practice of E-LearningUniversity of Texas-Brownsville

Spring 2010

Contents of this Presentation

• Ultimate goal of the planned online course• Course accomplishments• How initial plan differs from final product• Rationale for online course design– Sample lessons/modules/units as an example.

• Lessons learned from project• Questions / Comments / Contact info

Ultimate Goal

• Create a useful new teaching tool for Dubspot– Meets current and future needs• Student re-training in Mac OSX environment• Adaptable to Moodle CMS

– Engages learners in 3-way dialogue• Learner-to-learner• Learner-to-instructor• Learner-to-content

Course accomplishments

• Creation of four pre-training lessons• Lessons 1-3: Mac OSX Basics• Lesson 4: Quickstart lesson for Windows users

• Each lesson contains:– 1-2 enhanced video screenshot tutorials– 1 Blackboard based quiz– 1 reading or video assignment & response

question– 1 discussion board question

Initial plan & final product: Differences

• Major differences–Software tools used–Format of quizzes–Limited interactivity of video tutorials

Initial plan & final product: Differences

• Initial plan: use Camtasia Studio (Windows)– Record screen capture– Record narration– Edit– Create assessments, surveys– Table of contents– Clickable interactive hotspots within tutorials

Initial plan & final product: Differences

• Final project: tools used– Screenflow for Mac : Screen capture and editing

• Can’t create quizzes• Can’t create hotspots or Flash interactivity

– Logic 8.0: recording and importing narration– Blackboard: Built-in quizzes

• Table of contents: Presented as within tutorial– Not fixed/interactive like within Camtasia

• No clickable hotspots within tutorial • Quizzes: built-in to Blackboard

– Used Blackboard’s image hotspot function for matching/ID questions

Rationale for Course Design

• Simulation in authentic learning context:– Multimedia video tutorials– Hotspot images within quizzes

• Discussion boards: multiple layers of interaction in authentic learning context– Learner-to-learner– Learner-to-instructor– Learner-to-content

Example: Lesson 3: Tutorial

Example: Lesson 3: Forum

Example: Lesson 3: Quiz

• Sample multiple choice question:• “You can launch or run applications in the

following ways" – From a Finder window– From Spotlight.– From the Dock, if the application is part of a dock. – From the "Recent Items" option in the Apple

Menu, if the application was used recently.

Example: Quiz: Hotspot

Lessons learned

• Start early• Be Persistent• Have multiple SW tools available to

do job• Spend time learning CMS

Lessons learned• Start early–Many false starts –First two clients dropped out–Leave time for technical problems• Couldn’t access 6358 Elluminate

sessions• Software needed to create

tutorials crashed

Lessons learned• Be Persistent–Almost ready to give up and

drop the course–Found Dubspot after two

failed attempts–Now have paid employment

with Dubspot!

Lessons learned• Have multiple SW tools

available to do job–Early March: Lost Windows

capability on my Mac–No time to reformat machine–Time spent researching,

learning more limited Mac SW

Lessons learned• Spend time learning CMS–Locate existing resources –Initially overlooked quiz

features of Blackboard–Confusion with HTML and

formatting of text

Questions? Comments?

Contact: Martin Pernaocotesoul@gmail.com

Client info: Dubspot348 West 14th Street - MEZZ

New York, NY 10014 1-877-DUBSPOT

http://www.dubspot.com