2010 Creating videocast lectures for online courses

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Creating Videocast Lectures for Online

CoursesRob Kadel

Pearson eCollege


How to engage Students?

• Some common complaints from students in online courses

There’s so much to read – I don’t know what’s most importantI never get to meet the professor. Or, What does my professor look like?I need a better explanation than the book providesThe instructor never communicates with us


Why Videocast?

• Video podcasts (videocasts) are becoming more popular and easy to use

• Alleviate students’ feeling of disconnect in online courses

• Instructors have an opportunity to engage students


Tips for Effective Videocasts

• Limit length — provide highlights, topics you want to be sure students read, a “teaser” for a discussion forum

Try to limit to 8 - 10 minutes

• Find a stationary, well-lit location

• Have notes available


Getting Started

• Have a place to post video

YouTube (public or EDU)Adobe Connect

• Have a tool to capture video

iMovie (Mac OS X)Windows Movie Maker (XP and later)Adobe Connect and YouTube can capture directly


Tools for Video Capture and Editing• Apple iMovie

Part of iLife (’09)Low cost; free on new Mac purchases from AppleAdvanced editing tools similar to Final CutEase of use and automated tasks

• Windows Movie MakerFree with Windows XP and VistaInterface is a little more difficult to work with than iMovieFewer automated tasks than iMovie (finishing video, sharing via Web)

• Windows Live Movie Maker

Free with Windows Vista and 7


Our Next Steps

• Let’s create and embed a short movie in iMovie (about 30 minutes)

We’ll upload it to YouTubeWe’ll then embed it in a Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) course

• We’ll have a Q&A session at the end (15 minutes)

If you have a quick question for clarification during my presentation, please ask


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