Lectures and Presentations

General Tips (Synchronous)

• Keep synchronous lectures short—preferably less than one hour. It can be challenging for students to remain attentive for long online lectures.
• Include interaction and active learning to help students engage with the material and improve their learning. Use features like polls, breakout rooms, and collaborative annotation in Zoom.
• Use non-verbal response tools similar to how you would use visual cues during in-person teaching, to identify areas of confusion and monitor engagement. For example, ask students to indicate whether they agree with ideas by using a “thumbs up” response or other emoticon.

What are the benefits?  (Synchronous – Zoom )

• Zoom allows you to run and record interactive lecture sessions right inside your Canvas course.
•  You can connect a range of devices to use with Zoom (e.g., your desktop or laptop computer, iPhone, tablet) and use video and audio from these devices with minimal delay.
•  Recordings are automatically uploaded and can be manually shared with students in your Canvas course, by publishing these in the recordings area for Zoom.

General Tips (Recorded at home)

• Record lectures in clear and concise units. These smaller videos are more likely to keep students attentive.
• Create video transcripts and/or include closed captioning to make videos accessible to all students.
• Emphasize essential material by highlighting, using pointers, or zooming in to focus your students’ attention.

What are the benefits?  (Recorded at home – Camtasia)

• Camtasia is a tool that you download and install on your desktop, so you do not have to be online to record.
•  You can capture your screen and webcam to create lectures or presentations that display your slides and you, for a stronger instructor presence.
•  Camtasia has features for fine-tuning your video afterwards, including editing the video length, adding audio tracks, and including motion animations.

What are the benefits?  (Recorded at home Kaltura in Canvas)

•  ith Kaltura, you have unlimited file storage and can upload individual media files up to 5GB each.
•  You can add in-video quizzes to engage students as they watch video lectures, and outcomes of these quizzes can count in your Canvas Gradebook as assignments, if you want to track student performance.
•  You can improve accessibility for students using Kaltura’s auto-captioning, which streamlines adding closed captioning and video transcripts to your media.

What are the benefits?  (Recorded at home – Snagit)

• Snagit is handy for creating visual instructions and how-to guides.
• Depending on your capture method, you can save the finished products as images, video files, or animated GIFs.

What are the benefits?  (Recorded at home – Snagit)

• Snagit is handy for creating visual instructions and how-to guides.
• Depending on your capture method, you can save the finished products as images, video files, or animated GIFs.

General Tips  (Recorded on Campus)

• Snagit is handy for creating visual instructions and how-to guides.
• Depending on your capture method, you can save the finished products as images, video files, or animated GIFs.

What are the benefits?  (Classroom Recording and Streaming)

• These options are helpful if you would like to record your lecture in the space and time that it is scheduled to happen on campus.
• By booking a recording classroom or mobile recording kit, you can be prepared to capture and/or stream your in-person lecture.

What are the benefits?  (DIY Recording Studio)

• This studio setup is ideal for talking with your slides behind you, just as you might do during an in-person lecture or presentation.
• This studio setup is ideal for talking with your slides behind you, just as you might do during an in-person lecture or presentation.

What are the benefits?  (Lightboard)

• Lightboard is effective for lessons where a live whiteboard-based visual would help illustrate key concepts.
• The recordings are visually appealing, and the “floating” text imagery can increase student engagement, especially for “flatter” concepts.