Screencasting: Creating Online TutorialsALISON ALDRICH, TECHNOLOGY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, NN/LM PNR

Students will…- Understand what screencasting is and what it requires- Learn to employ useful instructional design techniques

- Identify the instructional needs best addressed using screencasts- Practice the steps required to create effective screencasts

For a Just in Time screencast, you need: A computer with optional microphone and webcam Free or inexpensive screencast software A plan for sharing your screencast via a webpage, email or social media

For a high quality, Made to Last screencast, you should have: Input from your intended audience Learning objectives A storyboard and script A computer with optional microphone and webcam Software with appropriate video editing capabilities Plans for promoting and evaluating your screencast About one hour of staff time per minute of video

Instructional Design Concepts

The ADDIE method1: A way to track and manage instruction projects.Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation

Bloom’s Taxonomy2: A means of developing measurable learning outcomes.

Image by dkutopatwa on flickr, Creative Commons license. http://bit.ly/271ktl

Information Literacy Standards such as those from ACRL3 suggest specific performance indicators and desired outcomes.

Kirpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation4:I. Reaction – Do they like it?

II. Learning – Did they gain knowledge?III. Behavior – Did that knowledge impact behavior?

IV. Results – What is the big picture?

Contact Alison:Phone: 206-221-3489

aldrich3@uw.edu

see Software Comparison Chart

Good microphone options:Plantronics headset, $25

Sennheiser PC 156 headset, $60 Blue Snowball, $81

Last updated 10.16.09, AA

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What makes a good screencast? What makes a not-so-good screencast?

Works Cited

1 Harriman, G. (2004). Instructional design: ADDIE. Accessed 10/16/09 from http://www.grayharriman.com/ADDIE.htm

2 Anderson, LW. and Krathwohl, D,R., et al (Eds.) (2001) A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

3 American Library Association (2006). Information literacy competency standards for higher education." Accessed 10/16/09 fromhttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm

4 Kirkpatrick, D.L. (1994). Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Additional Resources

Blummer, B.A and Kritskaya, O. (2009). Best practices for creating an online tutorial: a literature review. Journal of Web Librarianship 3: 199-216.

Software reviews by Melissa Rethlefsen for Library Journal:Free screencating tools (1/15/09) - http://bit.ly/4hnhrOScreencast like a pro (4/15/09) - http://bit.ly/IZzIl

Moodle page for this course (Log in as guest):http://nnlm.gov/moodle/course/view.php?id=53

Last updated 10.16.09, AA