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The Ecampus Course Development and Training (CDT) team now shares summaries, examples, and insights into their most recent projects, along with descriptions of useful online teaching tools. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up with the team’s latest discoveries and creations (and feel free to comment if you have any questions or requests).

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Tools for Online Teaching: Video Tutorials

Are you thinking about creating some narrated learning modules to add to your online course?  Wondering which tool you should use?

The examples below show the same presentation recorded using three different tools.  The short presentation involved three PowerPoint slides and a short software demonstration.  Which do you find most effective?  Strengths, weaknesses, and best use scenarios are noted below each one.

Jing: Sample Presentation

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

  • 5-minute time limit to recordings
  • No editing function
  • No captioning function

Best Use: This program is ideal for short on-the-fly learning modules, personal feedback to students, or messages to students that require a visual component.

Adobe Presenter: Sample Presentation

Strengths:

  • Easily add narration to PowerPoint
  • Easy to learn to use
  • Table of Contents allows non-linear learning
  • Captioning available

Weaknesses:

  • All content must appear within PowerPoint
    **Notice in the sample presentation that the software demo is done using screenshots only.

Best Use: This program is ideal for creating high-quality, narrated learning modules using PowerPoint.

**This program is available to use through Ecampus.

Explore the quiz function within Adobe Presenter: Adobe Presenter - Creating Quizzes

Camtasia Studio: Sample Presentation

Strengths:

  • PowerPoint narration and/or screen capture capabilities
  • Robust editing capabilities
  • Can capture live video of presenter, if desired

Weaknesses:

  • Some learning curve to master screen capture features
  • Relatively expensive

Best Use: This program is ideal for recording longer, narrated learning modules and modules that have special requirements (i.e. screenshare, instructor video, etc.)

**This program is available to use through Ecampus.

Web-Conferencing Tools

OSU does not currently have preferred web conferencing tool for instructors to use, but here is a list of different software applications that you can investigate to see if any of them meet your needs.

Here is a review of some of the software that is free.

Another option is to check with your department at OSU. They can purchase licenses for the following web-conferencing software:

OSU Web Conferencing (iLinc)
Adobe Connect

Other Online Tools

Zoho Notebook is a free, online electronic notebook that can also be used by students or instructors to create online presentations.

Zoho Notebook - Orientation

How-To Videos for your Students

Please feel free to include any of these videos in your course to assist students who are new to online learning.

How to submit an assignment and verify that it uploaded successfully: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/dce/training/SubmitAssignment_VerifySubmission.swf

How to find instructor feedback on an assignment: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/dce/training/Student-ViewGradeFeedback.swf

How to post a thread in the discussion board:  http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/dce/training/PostaThread.swf

How to use the Chat feature in Blackboard:  http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/dce/training/Chat_StudentTutorial.htm

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