Quick Video Tips
Published on Sep 28, 2021
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Quick Video Tips
For INcreasing engagement
I'm pleased to be here with you to share how I include video in my classes. My goal is to share non-stressful quick tips to help you.
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Denise Maduli-Williams
Associate Professor, English & ESOL
I teach English/ESOL here at Miramar and am also a doctoral candidate studying how interaction and engagement supports online learning. I wasn't always interested in technology - I'm a true Gen-Xer and I can remember a life before email, Netflix, and TikTok. My first teaching experiences were in a prison and a village in Botswana as PCV - far removed from technology. However, as time has gone on, I've become increasingly interested in how technology connects us and can enhance interaction and engagement.
The quality of instructor-student interactions influences online student performance most.
Research on online community colleges - when put up against all course design elements: course materials, assessment, technolgy integration, the level of personal interaction was the biggest predictor of student grades.
Students noted that voice and video improved the presence of the instructor even though they did not meet in person.
Students noted that voice and video improved the presence of the instructor even though they did not meet in person.
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"It would have been nice to see my teachers."
This holds true with the countless students I have surveyed in my own classes. In an interview just last week, a student told me this, . . . after sharing that she had never seen most of her instructors in her online asynchronous classes over the past year.
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"The best part of the class was the Monday morning videos and seeing Bella!"
In a survey of my own students at the end of the semester, a student wrote this.
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3 Video Tips
- Say Hello
- Assignment Teaser
- "Lectures"
Video does not have to be that difficult. We can include short videos that increase our presense which help our students feel welcomed and engaged without creating 60-minute talking head "perfect" videos.
I'll cover these three types of videos that I include in all of my courses.
I'll cover these three types of videos that I include in all of my courses.
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1.Say Hello
Imperfect is perfect
Quick 60-second or less videos to say hello. It's like when you would normally walk across campus and see a student and wave at them. Or when you're walking into the classroom and chat in the hallway.
I don't worry about these - I do one take.
I don't worry about these - I do one take.
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Welcome
1st day of Fall 2021 video. Goes out before the semester begins.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/k_VVP8DxHOQ
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/k_VVP8DxHOQ
Car Talk
Quick note of encouragement before the week starts. I'm in my car!
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/CB49YZYWL1U
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/CB49YZYWL1U
Not Camera Ready
If you can't record your face, there are other options. The human voice is magical and makes a difference.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/vJlLDSZI_p8
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/vJlLDSZI_p8
2. Assignment Teaser
Why are we doing this?
Another type of video I make is to get students excited for something upcoming. Before I give the full details or send them to a long assignment with instructions, I tease them with movie-type trailer.
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Weekly Announcements
I do this often in the weekly overview using Canvas Studio. I let them know what we are working on and why I'm excited. I give them the rationale for what's coming that week.
These are more formal than the walk and talk or car videos.
I can screencast if needed.
These are more formal than the walk and talk or car videos.
I can screencast if needed.
A Moment in Time
Here we are with a quick overview of a multi-draft essay.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/_pXc6RsNuUg
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/_pXc6RsNuUg
3. "Lectures"
Short and Sweet
I don't do long lectures.
The optimal video length is 6 minutes or shorter — students watched most of the way through these short videos. In fact, the average engagement time of any video maxes out at 6 minutes, regardless of its length. And engagement times decrease as videos lengthen.
This doesn't mean I don't do content. I break it up into meaninigful chunks.
The optimal video length is 6 minutes or shorter — students watched most of the way through these short videos. In fact, the average engagement time of any video maxes out at 6 minutes, regardless of its length. And engagement times decrease as videos lengthen.
This doesn't mean I don't do content. I break it up into meaninigful chunks.
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The First Line
How to write a first line. This complements the text and instructions on Canvas.
Easy to find.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/ha6BKnHEX_8
Easy to find.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/ha6BKnHEX_8
Fragments and run-Ons
In longer videos, I ask them to PAUSE and do something, and then CONTINUE.
Sometimes I offer that as something that they need to post.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/71Y9PJQhUGo
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/71Y9PJQhUGo?t=331
Sometimes I offer that as something that they need to post.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/71Y9PJQhUGo
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/71Y9PJQhUGo?t=331
Top 3 Tools
- Clips App
- Adobe Spark Video
- Canvas Studio
Clips: on the run quick videos, captioned, and fun stickers etc. Share on IG.
Adobe Spark Video: when you don't want to share your face! Quick and easy.
Canvas Studio: when I know I'll want to screencast.
Adobe Spark Video: when you don't want to share your face! Quick and easy.
Canvas Studio: when I know I'll want to screencast.
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Research on men of color and first-generation students in community colleges has emphasized that "relationships before pedagogy" is a tenet of effective teaching.
~ Dr. J. Luke Wood
Some people will tell me this is fluff, a waste of time, or not important.
It is actually the most important thing we can do - form relationships with students. Video helps us do that.
It is actually the most important thing we can do - form relationships with students. Video helps us do that.
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"It felt like a REAL class."
Every now and then I check Ratemyprofessor. This was posted. One of my favorite compliments ever.
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Untitled Slide
I'll end here just like I do at the end of a week or semester.
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/5o8YKJIPg74
Link to Video: https://youtu.be/5o8YKJIPg74
