Educreations: Online Videos for the Classroom

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1 : : the Classroom September 4, 2014

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4 : is a free downloadable app for the ipad that allows anyone to create instructional videos for educational purposes. It allows audio recording while showing a whiteboard style screen that can be written on with a stylus pen. While it has obvious applications for supplementing Distance Education courses, it could have many applications in a regular class room as well.

5 Example Video : Before talking more about the program, to get a sense of what this is, let s look at a video I made for a distance ed course last semester. As I was using my regular notes, this was a question that was available in my notes but didn t have the solution provided as, in a regular classroom, I would have done it on the blackboard. further-normal-probabilities-part-a/ /?s= Kw4mHa&ref=app

6 Uses for There are many different reasons these videos could be used in both a regular classroom and a distance classroom: Adding extra explanation for questions that require lot of calculations where the steps aren t obvious looking at notes. Filling in questions that weren t finished in class. Supplementing difficult questions that the class had problems with. Reviewing difficult test questions without using class time. Answering calculation based question that students have by . :

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8 Downloading The app is available as a free download from Apple directly on your ipad. Searching for, inc in the App Store you ll be able to find it. :

9 Opening the App When you first open the App you will be prompted to login or create a free account. This will allow you to access your videos from the internet or any ipad. After logging in, your main screen will look like this with all of your videos. :

10 Starting a Video To start a new video, click on the New Lesson button on the top left hand corner of the homepage. The recording screen will look as follows. Now let s see what we can do with it! :

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12 Options for Making Your Work Available : There are several options for making your available to your students. The simplest is to make the URL available to your students. This can be done directly in Stats Portal under your resources tab. When you select Add new content item, instead of selecting to choose a file, you can select Link and share the link that way. I personally have made a PDF document for each unit I had videos for with an imbedded link.

13 Options for Making Your Work Available : Other options include: You can tweet the link if you have a feed the students can access.

14 Options for Making Your Work Available : Other options include: You can tweet the link if you have a feed the students can access. You can send the link to Facebook to share.

15 Options for Making Your Work Available : Other options include: You can tweet the link if you have a feed the students can access. You can send the link to Facebook to share. It is possible to give students a course code and have the register for your course. Then they can sign in to see your videos.

16 How to Publish When you are done recording, click on the Done button in the top left hand corner. :

17 How to Publish You will then be prompted to name your file and add a brief description. :

18 How to Publish Then you can select the subject category your work will be published under. :

19 How to Publish You will then be prompted to select your privacy setting. :

20 Privacy Settings You have four options you can select for your video. Private: Anyone given the link directly can access it, but it will not be included in the publicly searchable database. :

21 Privacy Settings You have four options you can select for your video. Private: Anyone given the link directly can access it, but it will not be included in the publicly searchable database. Public: Will be available in the publicly searchable database. :

22 Privacy Settings You have four options you can select for your video. Private: Anyone given the link directly can access it, but it will not be included in the publicly searchable database. Public: Will be available in the publicly searchable database. My Students: If you get your students to register at with your course code, it will be available to them. :

23 Privacy Settings You have four options you can select for your video. Private: Anyone given the link directly can access it, but it will not be included in the publicly searchable database. Public: Will be available in the publicly searchable database. My Students: If you get your students to register at with your course code, it will be available to them. My School: Viewable by any student registered at who is registered at University of Manitoba on the website. :

24 Privacy Settings You have four options you can select for your video. Private: Anyone given the link directly can access it, but it will not be included in the publicly searchable database. Public: Will be available in the publicly searchable database. My Students: If you get your students to register at with your course code, it will be available to them. My School: Viewable by any student registered at who is registered at University of Manitoba on the website. Regardless of privacy setting, anyone given a direct link can view the video. :

25 Getting the Link To retrieve the link for your video, from the home screen of the app, select the arrow button on the top right hand corner. You ll get the following screen: :

26 Getting the Link : From there you have four options: Facebook the link.

27 Getting the Link : From there you have four options: Facebook the link. Tweet the link.

28 Getting the Link : From there you have four options: Facebook the link. Tweet the link. the link to yourself or anyone else.

29 Getting the Link : From there you have four options: Facebook the link. Tweet the link. the link to yourself or anyone else. Be given the direct link to copy and paste as needed. I normally would the link to myself so that I had it readily available if I needed it later.

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31 Getting the Best Recording : Before starting to record, you should take care of the following: Turn off the sound on your ipad.

32 Getting the Best Recording : Before starting to record, you should take care of the following: Turn off the sound on your ipad. Disable any or imessage alerts as they will pause your recording.

33 Getting the Best Recording : Before starting to record, you should take care of the following: Turn off the sound on your ipad. Disable any or imessage alerts as they will pause your recording. Turn off any ringers or cell phones that may go off during your recording.

34 Getting the Best Recording : Before starting to record, you should take care of the following: Turn off the sound on your ipad. Disable any or imessage alerts as they will pause your recording. Turn off any ringers or cell phones that may go off during your recording. Pause frequently in your recording as you finish each step in your problem.

35 Technical Tips : Make sure students have the problem available elsewhere so you can make use of second pages.

36 Technical Tips : Make sure students have the problem available elsewhere so you can make use of second pages. Problems with multiple parts, unless extremely short, should be broken into multiple videos.

37 Technical Tips : Make sure students have the problem available elsewhere so you can make use of second pages. Problems with multiple parts, unless extremely short, should be broken into multiple videos. Pause the video when you are about to write a long sentence to record it without using time.

38 Technical Tips : Make sure students have the problem available elsewhere so you can make use of second pages. Problems with multiple parts, unless extremely short, should be broken into multiple videos. Pause the video when you are about to write a long sentence to record it without using time. When filling in a large chart, say the first few aloud as you are writing but fill in the rest with the recording paused.

39 Quality of Presentation Have the question fully written out beforehand and laid out exactly as you want to have it on the screen. Keep this right in front of you. :

40 Quality of Presentation Have the question fully written out beforehand and laid out exactly as you want to have it on the screen. Keep this right in front of you. Accept minor glitches in your video. :

41 Quality of Presentation Have the question fully written out beforehand and laid out exactly as you want to have it on the screen. Keep this right in front of you. Accept minor glitches in your video. Embrace the fact that these are supplementary videos. Take the time to point out the little details and give tips and tricks. :

42 Quality of Presentation Have the question fully written out beforehand and laid out exactly as you want to have it on the screen. Keep this right in front of you. Accept minor glitches in your video. Embrace the fact that these are supplementary videos. Take the time to point out the little details and give tips and tricks. If making a video for a specific student, you can keep the tone conversational in nature and not try for the same level of perfection as a normal video. It s meant to be a quick aide to help answer a question more easily than you could be just typing. :

43 : Thank you