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Finding & Linking to a SWANK Film 1. Login to Swank, with
the username and password. URL:
http://digitalcampus.swank.com/nvcc284312 Contact the ELI Librarian
for the username and password. ([email protected]) 2. The movies
are listed in the ‘Available Content’ box. Use the arrows to flip
through all of the titles. (**Note, the titles are listed
alphabetically.)
http://digitalcampus.swank.com/nvcc284312
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3. When you find your film title click on the cover of the
movie, and copy either the URL or the embed code from below the
film picture and description. The URL will link to the film on the
Swank site. The embed code will allow the film to open within
Blackboard. Most of our movies have a captioned version, and a
caption-free version. To allow for accessibility, make sure that
you copy both version links into your course.
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To Use the URL: Navigate to the area in your course you would
like to post the movie. Hyperlink the title of the film by
highlighting the text and clicking on the globe. Paste the URL into
the ‘Insert Link’ URL box and click ‘Submit’.
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To Use the Embed Code: Navigate to the area in your course you
would like to post the movie. Click on the Toggle to HTML Button ()
and paste the embed code below your text. Click ‘Submit’.
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Creating a Lesson in SWANK 1. Once you identify your movie,
click the Create Lesson button.
2. Add you course, course title & lesson description.
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3. You can add your assignment objectives by clicking on ‘Create
New Lesson Objective’.
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4. To create timeline objectives (i.e. questions for your
students to answer as they view the film), click on ‘Create New
Timeline Objective’. Start the film. When you reach a place in the
film that you would like students to consider an objective, pause
the film and make note of the time.
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5. Click ‘Create New Timeline Objective’ and set the start time
to correspond to the time you made note of. Adjust the end time to
reflect the end of the scene for your objective. Once the film
reaches the start time you set, the objective is highlighted for
the student in a pane on the right side of the screen. The end time
will cause the film to pause so that students can make notes or
answer the questions that you asked in the objective. Type your
objective or question in the box below the start and end times, and
click ‘Add’.
7. Once you have completed your lesson, click ‘Save’, and then
‘Back’ to return to the main Swank screen.
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8. To insert your film and lesson in Blackboard, locate your
lesson in the ‘My Lessons’ box. Click on the cover of the film.
Copy the URL or the Embed code using the instructions from Finding
& Linking to a SWANK film above. Other Features of SWANK
Lessons: 1. Lessons can be edited and will automatically be
updated. To edit a lesson, navigate to the ‘My Lessons’ box. Locate
your lesson and click ‘View Lesson’. Make any changes, and click
‘Save’ and then ‘Back’ once you are done. 2. You can upload files
to your SWANK lessons (i.e. worksheets, notes, etc.). When creating
a lesson, choose the ‘Upload’ tab, then ‘Browse’ to search your
computer for the file that you would like to ‘Upload’.
Your document will be shown under the ‘Attachments’ tab.
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3. If you would like to duplicate your lesson to make minor
changes for another course, click ‘Copy’ once. Click ‘Return’ and
check the ‘My Lessons’ box. Your copied lesson will be there.
4. If you are no longer using a lesson or would like a practice
lesson deleted, please contact your instructional designer or the
ELI Librarian ([email protected]).
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