ANASTASIA TREKLES, PH.D.

Video and Multimedia for Teaching

• It can demonstrate, explicate, and illustrate in ways that text and pictures alone often can’t• It’s usually the next best thing to being

there• It can reinforce important points to make

them that much clearer• It can help students who process

information better with visuals and/or audio

Why Do We Love Video?

• Video Express Room (LSF-253): Great for recording high-quality lectures, interviews, demonstrations• Camtasia: Great for recording lectures and

demonstrations at your desk• WebEx: Great for conducting and capturing

live discussions/meetings• ALL options above will record what’s on the

screen of your computer while you present as well as a camera feed of your image (optional with Camtasia and WebEx)

What are our options?

• Multimedia effect: words and pictures are more powerful than words alone• Continuity: related words and pictures

should be near each other onscreen• Personalization: students learn better

from more informal, conversational styles• Coherence: Extraneous or “nice to

know” information does not help student learning• Modality: Students learn better when

their visual channel is not overloaded (words as speech rather than onscreen text)

Mayer’s Multimedia Principles

• Be yourself and keep things light• Use voice to

reinforce any onscreen text• Use still pictures

and video as much as possible and where appropriate

Implementing the Principles

• Keep it short and meaningful (<12 minutes per segment)• Tie activities to

the video if it’s important that they watch – otherwise, it might get skipped

• Provide transcripts and/or lecture notes (this is essential for ADA accessibility!)

• Provide downloads of videos or other learning materials on a thumb drive or CD/DVD

• Recommend to students places to study on and off-campus, such as in an open computer lab, the cafeteria, or a local coffee shop

• Use tools that allow for media to be accessed and/or downloaded onto mobile devices that students may very well have available to them, like smartphones and iPads

What About Students Who Don’t Have Access at Home?

• Captions should be onscreen long enough to be read• Limit to no more than two lines• Synchronize as well as possible with the

spoken word• Punctuation and italics can clarify meaning• Describe sound effects when they convey

meaning• All actual words are captioned

Captioning Best Practices

• There are several tools available to help you caption videos you produce• Camtasia has captioning built-in• YouTube has online caption editing

services• Subtitle Workshop is a free tool that

allows you to write or import captions to almost any type of video

Tools for Captioning

• Make an appointment to use: call the OLT (x5734) or the Helpdesk (x5511)

• Dress well but don’t wear green! • Videos can be edited in any program, like

Camtasia, later on, including if you want to use the green screen effect

• All videos go to your Video Express account where you can download them at http://videoexpress.purdue.edu

• See http://www.pnc.edu/distance/videoexpress/ for more information

Video Express

• Capture what you are doing on the screen, plus webcam and audio• Full editing, very flexible• Published video can be viewed on

multiple devices• Assess understanding with built-in

quizzing• Overview:

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

Camtasia

• Purdue has a university license for you to have Camtasia in your office and on your home machine (Mac and Windows)

• Visit http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/camtasia/ to download the license request form and wait approximately 24-48 hours for response

• You will be able to download from a secure Filelocker the Camtasia version of your choice, along with SnagIt – a great tool for capturing and editing still, single-frame screen captures

Getting Camtasia for Home and Office

Camtasia Interface

Recording

Editing

• Great resource: http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial.html

• PNC website: http://www.pnc.edu/distance/camtasia-and-jing/

• Custom Media with SnagIt and Camtasia: http://assets.techsmith.com/Docs/pdf-camtasiaStudio/Camtasia_Studio_8.1_Create_Library_Media.pdf

• Tips for engaging screencasts: http://assets.techsmith.com/Docs/pdf-camtasiaStudio/Camtasia_Studio_8.1_Create_Engaging_Screencasts.pdf

Getting Along with Camtasia

• YouTube (free – time limited)• Google Drive (free)• Screencast.com

(space limited without paying)• Save as MP4 and

use through Kaltura in BlackBoard (can be slow with large files)

Publish It!

WebEx Overview• WebEx is a Web communication system that allows

users to reach others online anytime in a live conference

• What can it be used for?• Webinars• Classroom Lectures• Virtual Office Hours• Distance Learning• Professional Development• User Collaboration on content

• Available WebEx app for iPhone/Android allows talk and text chat, reviewing of content, some file sharing

WebEx – Getting Started All users with a Purdue account have access (even

students) Visit http://purdue.webex.com to log in Webcam and microphone needed Start a conference – four types:• Meeting: For interactive presentations of a

general nature• Event: For scheduled online events and

webinars• Training: To administer online tests or quizzes,

and conduct lab sessions or virtual office hours• Support: For helping others work through

technological issues by sharing screens

Setting Up a Quick Meeting• Login to WebEx at

http://purdue.webex.com • Click Meeting Center• Open your personal room – http://purdue.webex.com/meet/[yourusername]

WebEx Meeting Management• Go over basic etiquette with students, like not

talking over one another or changing the slides • You can mute participant microphones and

manage access on the fly• Have students use the chat feature for

questions (in case they cannot use the microphone)

• Practice good etiquette in the room:• Try not to speak over others• Communicate effectively• Respect network delays/lags

Personal Meeting Room Notes• You must be in the room first before

others can enter• You can share the link to anyone – they

don’t have to log in• Schedule a meeting and make the link

available if you want students to meet on their own

Meeting Room Interface

Recording WebEx Sessions• WebEx records through the Recorder

button in the top right of your meeting window• Make sure to click the Red Record

Button in the lower right to start recording!

Accessing Published Recordings• All published recordings go to the Kaltura

MediaSpace: http://mediaspace.itap.purdue.edu • You may log in at the MediaSpace website to

access links to all recordings• You may also access recordings in

BlackBoard through the Build Content -> Kaltura command• There is a lag time between recording and

accessing the finished recorded link, which can be several hours depending on length

MediaSpace.itap.purdue.edu

Kaltura in BlackBoard

Reach us at: • pncolt@pnc.edu • Twitter and Facebook: @PNCOLT• http://www.pnc.edu/distance for all workshop notes, links, and training needs

Thanks!