Complete at least one of the video activities
Week 10: Activity 1 – Create a Live-action Video
Consider a topic you teach, have taught or would like to teach, and then, specific to that topic, a learning objective that could be effectively met (at least in part) by the creation of a live-action video (a video shot using a video camera or webcam). Following the steps set out in Creating Video for Education, produce a video in support of your learning objective.
Upload your video to the Media Library on your blog or to Youtube (or another hosting service). Note that if your video is larger than 10MB it will have to go to another service. Contact the instructor if you have any questions.
Create a blog post that sets out your topic, the learning objective you support with your video, and a short description of the steps you took in creating the video, including challenges encountered. Embed your video on your blog (please ensure it is not set to play automatically). If you use the Media Library on your blog use the embed code at the bottom of ‘Creating Video for Education’. If you use Youtube or another service, use the embed code provided by that service.
Once you have posted your video, look at those posted by others, consider the choices they made and the challenges they encountered and comment on how you might have approached the task they set for themselves.
Week 10: Activity 2 – Create a Screencast Video
Consider a topic you teach, have taught or would like to teach, and then, specific to that topic, a learning objective that could be effectively met (at least in part) by the creation of a screencast video (a video shot using either a web-based or downloaded screencast tool). Following the steps set out in Creating Video for Education, produce a video in support of your learning objective.
Upload your video to the Media Library on your blog or to Youtube (or another hosting service). Note that if your video is larger than 10MB it will have to go to another service. Contact the instructor if you have any questions.
Create a blog post that sets out your topic, the learning objective you support with your video, and a short description of the steps you took in creating the video, including challenges encountered. Embed your video on your blog (please ensure it is not set to play automatically). If you use the Media Library on your blog use the embed code at the bottom of ‘Creating Video for Education’. If you use Youtube or another service, use the embed code provided by that service.
Once you have posted your video, look at those posted by others, consider the choices they made and the challenges they encountered and comment on how you might have approached the task they set for themselves.
Week 10: Activity 3 – Edit Existing Video
Consider a topic you teach, have taught or would like to teach, and then, specific to that topic, a learning objective that could be effectively met (at least in part) by adapting an existing video to better support student learning. This could mean removing unneccesary parts, stitching together individual clips or joing segments from more than one video. The video(s) you use for this activity should be legally obtained (public domain, Creative Commons licensed, a Fair Dealing segment, or your own video – try the Internet Archive – Movies). Note that both activities 1 and 2 could include editing of created video, this activity should demonstrate more than just trimming a few ‘um’s out of the shot.
Upload your video to the Media Library on your blog or to Youtube (or another hosting service). Note that if your video is larger than 10MB it will have to go to another service. Contact the instructor if you have any questions.
Create a blog post that sets out your topic, the learning objective you support with your video, and a short description of the steps you took in creating the video, including challenges encountered. Embed your video on your blog (please ensure it is not set to play automatically). If you use the Media Library on your blog use the embed code at the bottom of ‘Creating Video for Education’. If you use Youtube or another service, use the embed code provided by that service.
Once you have posted your video, look at those posted by others, consider the choices they made and the challenges they encountered and comment on how you might have approached the task they set for themselves.