Create Interactive Videos Using EDPuzzle Dr. Sherry Kull, skull@eastern.edu Susan Yavor, syavor@eastern.edu

Super Teacher Teaching Planning Assessment Parents Grading Have a life …and videos! 1 min

Why EDpuzzle? Did you know +84% of students use YouTube to help them with their homework? Students can learn at their own speed Videos increase student motivation Higher marks & deeper learning of the subject Enhances team working and communication skills Provides accountability It’s free & easy! 1 min Study Cisco Systems: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/solutions/industries/docs/education/ciscovideowp.pdf

Today’s Goals At the end of this session, you should be able to: Create an EDpuzzle account Add interactions and audio to a pre-recorded video Assign the lesson to a class Invite students to the lesson Grade student responses with feedback View grades

Create an account

Create an account Go to EdPuzzle.com and sign in for a free account

Take a Quick Tour

Log in If you have a Google (gmail) or Edmodo account, click those buttons. Don’t enter your email & password.

Initial set up Complete any remaining steps. You will only be asked to do these the first time you log in. For example, when asked to search for a video, put any topic in the box to proceed. Then follow the instructions.

Create a lesson

Connect a video Click My Content on the top, and then Create Choose Upload if the video is on your computer Choose New Video if it is online this lesson assumes it is online Or click Search

Connect a video Search one of the channels for what you need or Paste the URL in the search bar

Edit the video Crop out only the section you need

Edit the video Add audio comments anywhere in the video

Edit the video Add open-ended questions, objective questions, or insert text comments

Edit the video Use the 2nd tab for true/false or multiple choice.

Share the video Assign to an existing class or Add a class Choose Prevent skipping Add a Due date

Invite students When you create a class or click “invite more students,” you’ll receive a link & a code to share with students.

Grading Go to My Classes & click on the class you want to grade Click the blue Progress button to grade

Grading Objective questions are automatically graded Click on a row to grade that student

Grading Click on any question to grade it or leave feedback Student’s response

Results Summary info for a single student

Results You can also see results by question to understand which questions are posing the most difficulty to students

Gradebook

Tips to make it easier Add a “Your Turn”-type slide in your presentation to make it easier to find where your question will go Require students to use their university email & real names

Tips to make it easier Remind them to sign in with the right account, especially if they have multiple gmail accounts Tell them that feedback is one way only: you to them. If they have further comments or questions, they can email you.

Conclusion EDpuzzle provides instructors with the opportunity to make any video an interactive lesson Students learn more when they are actively engaged Dr. Sherry Kull, skull@eastern.edu Susan Yavor, syavor@eastern.edu 610-341-1576 610-341-4363