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Xtranormal presentation at Rutgers Online Learning Conference, 1/17/13
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Using Xtranormal Videos to Enhance Hybrid and
Online Courses Barbara O’Neill, Ph.D., CFP®
Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management and Professor II Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Personal Introduction
• Professor II and Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension employee for 34 years
• CFP® for 28 years
• Teach undergraduate Personal Finance class
• Twitter handle: moneytalk1
Four Workshop Objectives • Explain use of Xtranormal videos
• Demonstrate sample Xtranormal videos
• Discuss how to make an Xtranormal video
• Have participants start writing an Xtranormal video script
Virtual World Educational Content
• How many are familiar with Second Life?
• How many regularly use Second Life?
• How many are familiar with Xtranormal?
• How many have made Xtranormal videos?
Virtual Learning Platforms
Second Life
• Requires users to be able to access and use Second life
• Good for in-depth content
• Requires payment for land, clothes, etc. (Linden dollars)
Xtranormal
• Users access content through online searching or links sent to them
• Good for short content “sound bites” of 2-3 minutes
• Requires payment to publish videos (Xtranormal XP points)
Second Life Introduction http://secondlife.com/ http://maps.secondlife.com/ (Second Life World Map) http://maps.secondlife.com/index.php?q=morrill+island&s=Places (Cooperative Extension Morrill Island)
Xtranormal Introduction • www.xtranormal.com • http://www.xtranormal.com/how-to/ (training videos)
• http://www.xtranormal.com/how-to/ (Xtranormal for
educational use)
Three Uses for Xtranormal Videos
• Teach concepts and promote use of educational materials
• Provide case studies for staff training
• Student-created videos as class assignment
#1. Teach Concepts and Promote Educational Materials
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ program: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/sshw/
• “SSHW encourages people to make positive behavior changes to simultaneously improve their health and personal finances” (elevator statement)
• Second edition book coming in February 2013 See http://palspublishing.cals.cornell.edu/nra_order.taf?_function=detail&pr_id=159&_UserReference=484E20A122FFE31150EEE5FC
SSHW Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpYMxgZCtZ8
2. Provide Case Studies for Staff Training
• Used in training New York Public Library staff about financial education resources
• Short videos (approx. 2-3 minutes) featuring a library staffer and patron
• Ends with a question posed to the library staffer
• Segue to group discussion
Program Overview
Money Matters– Information Not Advice: A NYPL Staff Training Program
• Series of 11 NYPL staff training workshops • Offered in Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island • Online content: Leader’s Guide and e-Learning Modules
Money Matters Objective
To help build skills and confidence to help patrons to access timely, accurate, and trustworthy information about personal finance.
This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
NYPL Staff Role: Information Not Advice
Giving information lets someone know what the options are so he/she can make a decision about the best course of action.
Giving advice is telling another person what he/she should do. It may send an unspoken message that the listener is not capable of making his/her own decisions, but needs to be told what to do.
Money Matters Pro Web Site • URL: https://sites.google.com/a/nypl.org/money-matters/
• Includes all resources developed for NYPL staff training
(PowerPoints, handouts, resource lists, etc.)
• Xtranormal video link is included in each training module
Xtranormal Video Use in Training • Used in training NYPL staff about answering patron
questions using financial education resources
• Short videos (approx. 2-3 minutes) featuring a library
staffer and patron
• Ends with a “resource” question posed to the library staffer
• Segues to a group discussion
Sample Xtranormal Videos Investing 1: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13618473/nypl-money-matters-investing-10 Investing 2: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13743733/nypl-money-matters-investing-20 Paying for College: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13623328/nypl-money-matters-paying-for-college Credit 1: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13645983/nypl-money-matters-credit-debt-10 Credit 2: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13646062/nypl-money-matters-credit-debt-20 Retirement: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13646025/nypl-money-matters-retirement-jerry-your-money Identity Theft: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13646046/nypl-money-matters-identity-theft Banking: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13763632/nypl-money-matters-banking-30
3. Student Created Xtranormal Videos • Personal Finance class (DAFRE elective undergraduate
class) Web site: http://rci.rutgers.edu/~boneill/
• Financial Case Study Analysis assignment: http://rci.rutgers.edu/~boneill/assignments/case-study.html
• Capstone activity: integrates entire semester’s content: topics, financial analysis tools, etc.
• Teams of 3-4 students; requires both a paper and a presentation
Financial Case Study Presentation: Make Me Say WOW!
• Straight PowerPoint Presentation (bare minimum)
• Poems
• Fairy Tale: http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/personal-finance-class-group-case-study-project-slides-1211
• Skits
• Xtranormal Videos
Xtranormal Video Case Study Presentation
• Case Study Scenario: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJqE07zBvb8
• Financial Advice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FV6KkXJT6w
Xtranormal Accounts Xtranormal Account User Name: moneytalkBMO Coming soon….grant-funded projects • Xtranormal videos to promote America Saves Week
2013 (freestanding and linked to from social media)
• Xtranormal videos to train military financial counselors (NIFA-DoD grant)
Start Your Videos With a Plan! • Xtranormal video title
• Number and types of characters
• Key content concepts (2-3)
• Key marketing concepts (2-3)
• Title slide text content (e.g., organization Web link, mission statement, meaningful quotation )
How to Make Xtranormal Videos • Set up Xtranormal account with username and password
– Go to http://www.xtranormal.com/ and click “Sign Up”
– Get 300 free points
• Decide on video title and content
• Click “Create”
• Pick a “collection” (unique style of actors and sets); select 1 actor or two actors
• Select a set
• Choose actors and their voices
How to Make an Xtranormal Video • Add background sounds (optional)
• Enter dialogue (prepare in advance…or not)
• Add animations and camera angles (or use “auto cameras”)
• Add title bubble at end for branding and credits
• Listen to test dialog changes
• Preview to test audio and video
• Publish when complete; pay points when needed
Xtranormal (XP) Points • 300 free XP at sign-up to publish first video
• Sold in bundles; various points plans
– 1,200 XP for $10
– 15,000 XP for $50
– 40,000 XP for $100
– 80,000 XP for $150
• Purchase with credit card or PayPal
• Also professional and educator plans
• “Points bar” at top of user’s page tells number of points needed to publish video and how many left
Helpful Things to Know • Xtranormal has excellent tutorials with screen shots:
https://xtranormal.zendesk.com/home
• Simple words are best
– Example: “maybe” instead of “possibly”
• Spell words out as they are pronounced
– Example: Four oh one kay plan for 401(k) plan
• Video previews take a LONG time to load
More Helpful Things to Know • Published videos are saved in “My Stuff”
• Can click a button to publish video on YouTube
• Can publish a simple video in < 300 XP points
– Purchase “assets” (sets and actors)
– Can reuse actors & sets previously paid for
• Expect some “intonation issues” (like a GPS)
• Can view video dialogue in preview mode
Still More Helpful Things to Know • Review the 10 camera angles and make a list of what
they show (before you start) OR use auto cameras
• Beware: commas can = awkward pauses
• Can edit published videos
– Requires additional XP points
• DON’T copy and paste text from Word
– Underlying Word commands leave awkward pauses
– Use Notepad or just type directly into text boxes
Let’s Start YOUR Xtranormal Video
• Video presentation or student assignment
– What do you want to teach or promote?
• Two Characters
• A few rounds of dialogue between characters
Comments? Questions? • Go forth and create powerful Xtranormal videos • Create videos yourself or have your students create them
• Write Xtranormal video point costs into grant applications • Make content presentations fun!
• Be Xtraordinary!