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Screen cast videos can be used for all types of on-line learning. Here are some tips and ideas on how to make them engaging. For a free, voiced over presentation of this, please visit elt-training.com
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Top tips for making great screencast videos
BYOD?Feel free to follow along
What is a screen cast
video?
Blended courses
Flipped
classroom
Blended courses
Flipped
classroom
I’m no expert…..
Thingsto bear in mind…
They require very little technical
expertise…
It’s still a form of teaching…
You need to engage your
learners…
A short example….
What in this video helps to engage interest?
http://elttraining.mdl2.com/mod/page/view.php?id=235
Six Steps
and some top tips..
Step 1
Choosing a programme
• Free• Easy to use
• Limited ability to edit
• Easy to use • Can be edited • Can be made private
• Not free – Education package £131
Step 2
Audio
Top Tip
Get a good mike
Close the door
Turn off the phone
To script…. Or not……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMV_Rga6Edg
Step 3
Visuals
To appear…
or not?
A good PowerPoint …
..is a good place to start
Use great pictures
Top Tip
Use great pictures
Top Tip
Use great pictures
Top Tip
ClipArt with a caveat…
Combining pictures and text
Now just add text
Here?
Or here?
Text can act as a visual, too.
Think about font
size
And colourAnd colourAnd colour
Background
Background
Background
Background
Background
Step 4
Text
Top Tip
Minimise text
I think it would be true to say that we have all been to talks where the presenter has a large amount of text on their slides, often in quite a small font and they have chosen a really funky design to put around each slide. There are often nice bullet points, too, and they read everything that’s there, despite the fact that:
• You can read them for yourself on any normal day
• You forgot to bring your glasses today, so you can’t see anything anyway
• You thought that you had come to a ‘talk’ not a ‘read’
Two Top Tips
Avoid PowerPoint ‘Design’ like the plague
Limit the
…on each slide
..and have more slides!
This talk..
45 minutes82 slides…
Average words/slide..
4
Step 5
Movement
Top Tip
Keep it moving
Static images
are dull
..but
Everything in
moderation
Step 6
Interaction
Quick Quiz
Can you remember: 6 steps?
7 top tips?
Go od
L u c k!
Any questions?
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