ITS Training Services at Penn StateTechnology Training for Penn State Faculty, Staff, and Students

814-863-9522 http://its.psu.edu/training/ itstraining@psu.edu

ITS Training Services at Penn StateTechnology Training for Penn State Faculty, Staff, and Students

814-863-9522 http://its.psu.edu/training/ itstraining@psu.edu

ITS Training Services at Penn StateTechnology Training for Penn State Faculty, Staff, and Students

Creating Meaningful Asynchronous eLearning: Screencasting

Tips and Best Practices

Lisa UrbanIT Training Specialist

ldu2@psu.edu

814-863-9522 http://its.psu.edu/training/ itstraining@psu.edu

Agenda

Design

Audio

Recording

Accessibility

Resources

What is Screencasting?

Uses in Teaching

Step-by-step process Resources

Access to material

Just-in-time learning

The Big Four

Adobe Captivate

Camtasia Studio

Articulate Storyline

Lectora

Process

Design

Think Chunk

PrepWrite

Script It!

Script It!

• Use a real life example• Be concise• Be consistent• Just do it!• Proof it

Audio Tips

Equipment

Environment

Voice

Editing

Recording Tips

Recording Size

Computer Settings

Recording

Accessibility

• Include closed captioning• Enable keyboard navigation• http://accessibility.psu.edu/

– WCAG guidelines for audio and video– Captioning tips, tools, software, and providers

Resources

• PowerPoint Presentation http://bit.ly/SreencastTips

• lynda.com at lynda.psu.edu• Adobe Captivate Blog

http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/ • Iconlogic Blog http://iconlogic.blogs.com/ • Articulate – The Rapid eLearning Blog

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/