creating an effective screencast: design principles & best practices
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Creating an Effective Screencast: Design Principles & Best Practices. Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang, Ph.D. Marge Maxwell, Ph.D. School of Teacher Education Western Kentucky University. What is a Screencast?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Creating an Effective Screencast: Design Principles & Best
Practices
Xiaoxia "Silvie" Huang, Ph.D.Marge Maxwell, Ph.D.
School of Teacher EducationWestern Kentucky University
What is a Screencast?
• A digital movie that captures the actions taking place on a computer screen, usually with a voice narration.
• Screencasting as a teaching tool: – Tutorials– Demonstrations – Presentations (e.g., Narrated PowerPoint )
• Screencasting & flipped classroom
• Screencast examples
Benefits of Screencasts
• Reusable content
• Personalized learning for students– Self-paced – Anytime, anywhere– Multiple opportunities (repeated plays of the
content)– Design for engagement
• Sharing is made easy
Screencasting Tools
Free tools
Screencast-o-matic
Jing
Screenr
Commercial Products
Camtasia (Mac $99, Windows $299)
Handout available online
Screencasting Process
Design Principles & Best Practices
• Focus on student needs• Reduce student cognitive load
• Write a script before recording• Think through the actions to
capture (sequential steps)• Ideal length: 3 minutes
Planning &
Scripting
Design Principles & Best Practices
• Clean up your browser and computer desktop
• Close out Apps• Turn off anything that makes noise• Ensure high-quality audio• Speak slowly and clearly• Avoid narration fillers (umm, ahh…)• Practice, practice, and practice
Recording
Design Principles & Best Practices
• Add an title• Editing features
– Cursor effects– Zoom– Callout– Transitions– Captioning– Audio
• Resist the use of “fancy” effects unless necessary – What effects will enhance learning?– What effects will distract learning?
Editing
Design Principles & Best Practices
• Producing settings– Size– Format
• Sharing sites– Course management system (e.g., Moodle,
Blackboard)– Blogs, wikis, or other social networking
sites– Screencasting sites
Producing
&
Sharing
Questions?
Contact Xiaoxia “Silvie” Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Instructional [email protected]
Marge Maxwell, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Educational Technology, Library Media Education
School of Teacher EducationWestern Kentucky University
Credits
• Creating a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia Studio
• Screencasting tips and best practices
• Screencasting best practices
Powerpoint and Handout available at
http://create-excellence.com/aboutus/marge-maxwell