1. Use of ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning
AICTE approved Faculty Development Program
IIT Bombay
May 2016

2. Creating Video for your own Classroom

3. What you did so far .. In the previous session(s), you learnt:
What (features) of flipped classroom?
Why (benefits) flipped classroom?
How (to construct) of a flipped classroom –
Out-of-class videos
In–class activities

4. Goals of this lab In this lab, you will:
Explore technology tools to create videos (screencasts) for your own classroom
Write the learning objectives expected from the student after watching the video (Note: These learning objectives are usually at lower cognitive levels)
Create a video (Screencast) for your course using the tool.

5. What should a video (Screencast) contain?
Below are two examples of screencasts and the focus of instructional strategies predominant in them (Click on them to watch the video).
Teaching Recursion (Present Domain based concept) –
Watch this to get an idea of what the screencasts should contain. Note that each screencast has the following elements:
Audio Narration explaining the topic
Video of ppt slides/application and writing on slides/ focusing on application features (Either through writing, highlighting or mouse pointers)

6. Points to take care while creating your own video
Keep the length of video to 5~10 minutes. This is because it has been found that shorter videos are more engaging[1].
If the topic is too big for a single 10 min video, split the topic into multiple videos and name it sequentially – Video1, Video 2 etc.
While presenting animations in the video, it is better to use audio narration along with it rather than text [2]. This will make assimilation of content easier.
[1] Guo, P. J., Kim, J., & Rubin, R. (2014, March). How video production affects student engagement: An empirical study of mooc videos. In Proceedings of the first ACM conference on scale conference (pp ). ACM.
[2] Mayer, R.E. (2008). Applying the science of learning: Evidence-based principles for the design of multimedia instruction. American Psychologist, 63(8),

7. Tools for creating classroom videos
There are several technology tools that can help you easily create Videos (Screencasts) and edit them.
The tools that you can use vary based on the operating system of your computer.
Some of these tools are: Camstudio, Camstatia Studio, Jing, Screen-o- matic, RecordMyDesktop,
These tools have different features in terms of operation, usage,look & feel etc.
In this lab you will explore and use Screencast-o-matic or RecordMyDesktop (Linux).

8. For Windows users - Explore Screencast-o-matic tool
The Screencast-O-matic tool is available at:  
A video tutorial on how to use Screencast-o-matic is available at:
Your browser’s Adobe Flash Player Plugin should be enabled to watch this video
Play with various features in the tool – create some sample videos, show it to your neighbours and so on.

9. For Linux Users – Explore Recordmydekstop tool
The Recordmydesktop tool is available at:
A video tutorial on how to use RecordmyDesktop is available at:
Play with various features in the tool – create some sample videos, show it to your neighbours and so on.
After recording the desktop, convert *.ogv to *.flv file using ffmpeg
(Command: ffmpeg -i input_file.ogv –s 800x600 output.flv)

10. Creating Video (Screencast) for your course - Steps
Identify and list the topic for the screencast (video) here. Make sure you choose the topic such that it can be explained in 5~10 minutes.
Subject ( Database) and Topic (MYSQL).
Have anyone of you ever done a screencast for your class? – Yes/No (Delete whichever is not applicable)
Visual Basic Course with Camtasia Studio.

11. Creating Video for your course - Steps
2. Write 1~3 learning objectives for this video and indicate the Cognitive Level of the learning objectives. Note: These learning objectives are usually at lower cognitive levels – Recall & Understand, since the higher levels will be address in the in-class activities.
Learning Objectives : After this video students will be able to understand:
1. Creating tables in MYSQL. 2. Inserting Values 3. Exporting Tables.
Cognitive Level : Write the Bloom’s cognitive level next to each learning objective
Understand Level : Creating tables in MYSQL.
Apply Level : Inserting Values & Exporting Tables.

12. Creating Video for your course - Steps
3. Planning - List down the main points within the topic that you will cover. If you want you can draw a concept map of the topic on a paper to help you plan the video. (You don’t need to submit the concept map)
Creating tables in MYSQL.
Inserting Values in Tables.
Exporting Tables from MYSQL.
NOTE: The main points are written so that you can plan your video well. To achieve best results, it is recommended to prepare a detailed script mentioning what you are going to say and when you will say it (Visual Cues).

13. Creating Supporting materials
4. To explain your topic, you may need supporting materials such as a powerpoint slide or an existing visualization or a demo of an application. You now need to identify and locate or create these materials.
If you decide to use a ppt file, use the main points in the previous slide to create this material.
If you decide to use an application or visualziation, locate it and keep it ready.

14. Creating Video for your course - Steps
Do Steps 5-8 using the tool.
Open the Powerpoint slide/Application which you want to use while explain the concept.
Open the screencast tool (Screencast-o-matic/RecordmyDesktop) and select the screen area accordingly
Start recording. Explain the topic orally and using the ppt/application.
Once you finish explaining, stop the recording and save the video in your system.

15. Saving and uploading the video tutorial
Upload the saved video in youtube. Then paste its link below.
My video’s youtube link :
If your video size can be compressed to a size less than 5 MB, upload the same in moodle with title Day3_PM3_FCVideo_FNAME_LNAME
Once you have finished, submit this worksheet in the assignment
“Creating Video for your own classroom”

16. Possible Future Actions to improve your video
Use Video Editing softwares like Windows Movie Maker (Windows) or Openshot (Linux)
Tutorials on how to edit videos using:
Windows Movie Maker - tutorial.org/show_video?tr=183&sval=1
Open shot –

17. Next Steps : Creating Activities based on video
Create in-class activities that will help students to work on the topic at higher cognitive levels.
Ensure that students get feedback on their work, either from peers or you.
You will be given online assignments in the next six weeks, to do these activities.