Just about a month ago there was a nice little exchange on the OFFCAMP list about creating mini-tutorials for distance students. I was really impressed with some of the stuff people were doing, and wanted to collect the links in one post, so here they are in no particular order:
- University of Nebraska Medical Center – Qarbon Viewletbuilder, by Heather Brown. I really like the grid layout that offers users a choice between print (PDF or HTML) and Video. I also like the fact that there’s an indication of how long each video is.
- University of North Carolina Charlotte – Qarbon Viewletbuilder, by Lisa Nickel.
- UCLA – Camtasia Studio, by Esther Grassian. Wow – multilingual! Really good example of how these screencasts can be repurposed. the content is the same on each, but there’s a different person narrating each one in a different language – great idea!
Incidentally just in case you weren’t aware of it, the OFFCAMP archives are searchable back to May 2002 at http://listserv.utk.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=offcamp
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One response to “Tutorials and screencasts galore!”
Short screencasts can also be used for lecture material that doesn’t have to be whole lectures.
You can see examples at
http://www.docott.com/files.142/screencasts/
I record short 1-2 topic screencasts (outside of class) for students to use as review and pre-lecture studying. I have also solved or minimized problems associated with screencasting, namely server space and expensive and complicated software.
You can read about the work I am doing, other solutions and concerns on my blog,
http://www.docott.com/education