Screencasting is oftentimes mistaken for live-casting – an experience where attendees join a live video feed of a synchronous experience over the internet. Think of live-casting as “live TV.” So what exactly is screencasting then? Think of screencasting as a video recording of your computer screen, webcam, or both that typically includes audio. Screencasting is a great way for faculty to communicate, demonstrate, teach and share ideas with their students inside of Canvas.
Learning through video is the modality of choice for millennial students who make up 92% of viewership for all digital video content produced. Student learning via video is both prolific and profound, with students citing video as their first “go-to” resource when they want to know or learn something. Video’s extension into teaching and learning has been a natural evolution, driven by content creation channels including YouTube and Vimeo.
How does this fit into your online course?
To begin with, as the subject matter expert AND mentor, who better to explain, reinforce, demonstrate, and explain abstract ideas and difficult to master skills than you? These learning vignettes should consist of visual aids including slides, websites, or animations that you currently use to teach your synchronous courses. The target length should be 3 to 5 minutes in length – and when necessary, create a series of screencasts and post them inside your online course.
Based on my experience, you’ll find students actively watch most often when you begin and end each session on-camera, speaking directly to them.
Screencast-O-Matic.com
Distance Education recently acquired licenses for faculty to create, edit, and store screencast videos through Screencast-O-Matic.com. The Screencast-O-Matic (SOM) software is accessed through the Canvas interface or through a special URL setup for Barry faculty.
Our license with SOM is extensive, and as a faculty member you'll have Premiere Level access that includes the ability to create videos for a flipped and blended learning environment, lecture capture your synchronous sessions, create video announcements and discussion responses, comment on assignments, and mentor students asynchronously in an engaging way - all inside of Canvas!