1. Best Practices for Engaging Students with Recorded Lectures Using TechSmith (Camtasia) Relay
Presented by Ken Silvestri, CFE Instructional Designer

2. OVERVIEW BACKGROUND PEDAGOGY DEMO What is Lecture Capture
Pedagogical Applications
Account
Setup
Why Offer Recorded Lectures
Best Practices
Interface & Features
Multimedia
Principles
Adding Recordings to Brightspace

3. WHAT IS LECTURE CAPTURE?
“Lecture Capture is an umbrella term describing any technology that allows instructors to digitally record a lecture (using Audio/Video, screen captures, or PowerPoint Slides) and making it available for students to see.” – Educause Learning Initiative
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4. WHY OFFER RECORDED LECTURES?
79% of students view them as
positively contributing to learning
67% of students reported that lecture recordings improved their academic performance
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“Students report that lecture recordings make it easier to understand content and learn” - Gosper et al. 2008
Source: Gosper et al. 2008

5. WHY OFFER RECORDED LECTURES?
Source: DeAngelis 2009; White, 2009; and Hew, 2009

6. PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS – Active Learning
GUIDE ON THE SIDE
ACTIVE LEARNING
PEDAGOGIES
Group Work
Problem-Based Learning
Case Studies
Peer Instruction
= FLIPPED CLASSROOM

7. PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS
MULTIPLE WAYS OF LEARNING

8. PEDGOGICAL APPLICATIONS - Study Tool
WATCH
AGAIN

9. BEST PRACTICE #1 - Length
MINI-LECTURES
Limit recordings to 10 minutes or less
Smaller chunks
1-2 concepts or topics
10:00
0:00/10:00

10. BEST PRACTICE #2 – Descriptive Titles
Specific Titles
Include Time
Brightspace/D2L Example

11. BEST PRACTICE #3 – QUIZZES/ACTIVITIES
Best Practices for Recorded Lectures
Quiz
1.) MC: What is the optimal length for a recorded lecture:
(a.) Between minutes
(b.) 20 minutes or less
(c.) 15 minutes or less
(d.) 0 minutes
(e.) 10 minutes or less
3.) FIB: Using recorded lectures can provide the brain with and enhance in an online course.
4.) MC: Select the title below that follows the best practice for naming a recorded lecture:
(a.) Best Practices
(b.) Best Practices for Recorded
Lectures
(c.) Module X -Best Practices for Recorded Lectures (8:21)
2.) T/F: Using recorded lectures can create opportunities for active learning in an in-person course:
(a.) True
(b.) False

12. BEST PRACTICE #4 – ACCESSIBILITY
Closed Captioning
Transcript

13. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
WORDS
MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLE

14. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
On-Screen
Text
REDUNDANCY
& MODALITY
PRINCIPLES

15. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
EXTRANEOUS
WORDS
COHERENCE PRINCIPLE

16. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
First.
Second..
Third….
SIGNALING PRINCIPLE
Fourth….

17. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
TEMPORAL CONTIGUITY PRINCIPLE

18. BEST PRACTICE #5 – APPLY MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
CONVERSATIONAL TONE
PERSONALIZATION
PRINCIPLE

19. TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY ACCOUNT SETUP
STEP #1: Contact the ITC Help Desk to set up an account
ITC Help Desk
Tel: (406)
STEP #2: Enter 6 Digit NetID and Password
STEP #3: Download software to computer

20. TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY INTERFACE
Relay Icon Located in the Taskbar

21. TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY INTERFACE
PRE-RECORDING
Turns on webcam to record person speaking
Shows built-in or external microphones to select
Shows you preview of screen to be recorded
Indicates sound levels, for good quality, stay within the green zone and avoid the red zone
Enter descriptive title here: Set profile to MSU Relay Files Plus Transcription
Allows you to do a test run and see how your audio and video are working
Starts recording what is on screen previewed above

22. DURING RECORDING

23. AFTER RECORDING
Use the Trimming tool to edit the front end and back end
Here is where you can preview
the recording
Set to MSU Relay Files – plus Transcription for Accessibility and Enter Descriptive Title

24. ACCESSING THE RECORDINGS
(1.) Notification
(2.) camtasia.msu.montana.edu

25. UPLOADING TO BRIGHTSPACE COURSES
(1.) Click on (View) for MP4
(2.) Copy Link
(3.) Paste link to Brightspace Course as “Create a Link”

26. ALTERNATIVES TO TECHSMITH (CAMTASIA) RELAY
SCREENCAST-O-MATIC
CAMTASIA
STUDIO
ADOBE CAPTIVATE
TECHSMITH
FUSE

27. CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE WEBSITE
RESOURCES
Making Your First Recording (Video 3:46)
CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE WEBSITE
Teaching -> Technology Tools
ITC HELP DESK
Tel: (406)

28. REFERENCES
7 Things You Need To Know About: Lecture Capture Educause Learning Initiative
DeAngelis, K. (2009). Lecture Capture: Student Opinion and Implementation Strategies. teaching.uncc.edu/files/file/.../LectureCaptureTipSheet.pdf [two-page summary of a study in USA
Gosper, M. et al., (2008). Final Report: The Impact of Web-Based Lecture Technologies on Current and Future Practices in Learning and Teaching, Sydney: Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed). New York: Cambridge University Press.