NO SOFTWARE? NO PROBLEM.

Creating Interactive Lessons Using Free Online Resources

Mandi Goodsett – Performing Arts & Humanities Librarian

Cleveland State University

Does your library have information literacy tutorials?

If so, what tools do you use to create your tutorials?

WHY INTERACTIVE?

Motivating Learning• We cannot learn for our

students

• Learning requires paying attention

• Motivation -> Persistence -> Practice -> Learning

• Without motivation, the quality of the content doesn’t matterhttps://learningsnippets.wordpress.com/category/motivation/

Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning

Why make interactive tutorials?

What does interactive mean to you?

ELEMENTS OF INTERACTIVITY

Navigational Control

• Pacing

• Video vs. click through

• Side-menu

• Time for reflection

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quizzing/Assessment

• Quiz questions throughout

• Short cumulative quiz

• Feedback

Responsive Interface

• Drag-and-drop activities

• Drop-down menus

• Collapsible units

University of Texas – San Antonio

Social Learning

• Discussion boards

• Commenting

• Tagging

• Games

Guided simulation

• Text input boxes

• Click boxes

Other Methods of Engaging Students

• Length

• Humor/relaxed tone

• Varying speed/format

• Visually appealing graphics

• Relatable, relevant material

• Positive feedback

What does all this mean?

Free online tools …..

may not be able to achieve the highest level of interactivity.

What does all this mean?

Free online tools …..

may not be able to achieve the highest level of interactivity.

But they will be more interactive than a video!

FEATURED TOOLSWhirlwind tour!

Step 1) Find (or make!) the perfect video

Length

Humor/relaxed tone

Visually appealing graphics

Relatable, relevant material

Step 2) Consider Copyright & Accessibility

Activity Break

Pick your tutorial creation team. Choose some potential topics—preferably one skill-based and one conceptual. Then,

Find some appropriate videos for your topics as a group.

Step 3) Choose your tool.

Keep in mind …

• Grade/difficulty-level

• Comfort with technology

• Class content

• Educational theory

Navigational control

Quizzing/self-assessment

Interactive design

Guided simulations

Positive feedback

HapYak

Vialogues

Guide-on-the-Side

Office Mix

Zaption

Activity Break

Choose a video and customize it in Zaption either on your own or in your group.

Using Zaption

1) Open an account in Zaption.

2) Click on New Tour.

3) Enter the URL from the video you found earlier. Click Add this Video to Tour.

4) Experiment! Add some quiz questions or some image/text slides.

5) When you’re ready, click Publish. From here you can embed the video or link out to it.

Takeaway

Making tutorials takes a lot of time and effort.

Make sure yours are creating real learning moments.

QUESTIONS?Mandi Goodsett

a.goodsett@csuohio.edu

216-802-3362