Camtasia Studio Dr Michael Parkinson/ Eamonn Costello DCU

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Areas What is Camtasia Studio? Pedagogy Uses Programs Usability Delivery Constraints Summary

Fostering Collaboration Through Community What is Camtasia Studio? A method for recording a computer screen together with a voice-over/ video. An editing suite for pulling videos together A publishing suite for ‘publishing’ the videos in a wide range of different formats.

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Pedagogy Flexibility for both traditional and non- traditional learners –Remote delivery –Backup to lectures –Flexibility in terms of Time Place Pace Revision aid Remote delivery causes us to think about what we are doing Student Centred Learning –VSI –Students take control of movie-making

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Automated Podcasting Solution Expands the Boundaries of the Classroom “We asked students to identify the aspects of podcasting that supported their learning.… The top choices that students selected were that listening to the podcasts helped them catch up when they missed class and helped them prepare for homework and exams”. “Students …. used the podcasts to clarify materials covered in lectures, enhancing their comprehension of complex concepts.. and to fill in gaps in their notes”. “These patterns indicate that the primary benefit of podcasting is its ability to provide repeat access to lectures. This attribute benefits all students who access the podcasts, not only those that miss a class.” David Aldrich, Bradley Bell, Tim Batzel University of Washington

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Use of ‘Virtual lectures’ significantly improves student grades in BE102 Students were allowed access to ‘virtual lectures’ to cover the first half of BE102. The 2 nd half of the course was taught by a different lecturer and used as a control. The more students used ‘virtual lectures’ the higher their grades in MCQ questions, short answer questions, and essay questions.

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Video Supplemental Instruction Lectures were videotaped Groups of students then ran through the videos supported by a peer mentor. Grades were significantly better than for comparison students even though intake qualifications were lower for the VSI group. Now web-based VSI

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Student-Created Movies How may students participate in movie creation? “Just-In-Time” movie creation – teacher responds to student query Student-created movies “Create a movie explaining a concept or solving an example of a problem” e.g. quentin.html quentin.html Cost

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Uses ‘Virtual lectures’ –PowerPointPowerPoint –Freehand textFreehand text Program ‘walk-throughs’walkthroughs Live capture of presentations VSI

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Camtasia Studio Usability Users –IT Sligo 60 licences –IT Carlow Many licences –Stirling Why? –Simple –Quick –Good quality –Cheap ( €204.49) –Sound Pedagogy –Doable –Fast

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Constraints Size –Quality –Movement –Video/ Talking head/ voice-over –Size of image Delivery platform –CD/DVD –VLE –Podcasts Live V rehearsed Pedagogy

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Software & Hardware Commercial Software Camtasia Studio 4 ( m/) Macromedia Captivate Lotus ScreenCam Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional ‘Instant Demo’ Free Software Windows Media Encoder Wink CamStudio [sic] Instanbul (Linux) Hardware Tie-clip Microphone or headset Radio mic for live recording A good List: (14/05/2005)

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Freehand Text (electronic ink) Uses : Mathematics Diagrams Draw on any screen Save black/white-board work Hardware Pen input device or Tablet PC Software Commercial –Microsoft OneNote –SMART (includes recording) –Drawing packages (Flash, Freehand) Free –Jarnal

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Math Examples Assorted Math Movies by teachers and students: By a student: quentin/ac-quentin.html By a three and half year old: Extensive mathematics video resource (some traditional videos):

Fostering Collaboration Through Community Summary Video production is simple, quick, cheap, effective Can improve student learning For repetitive tasks can save staff time