Over the years, we鈥檝e consulted with quite a few faculty about Screencasting. We鈥檝e linked a few ways that faculty have incorporated this technology into their courses. Screencasting is when your computer screen is being recorded while narration is providing context. 聽Because of its versatile nature, screencasting can be used to record lectures, help students grasp concepts1, enable students to learn at their own pace, clarify content, solve equations, provide feedback to individual students, create a broadcast response to all students, and much more. 聽Screencasts are great for supporting learning in face-to-face, flipped2, hybrid3, and completely online courses. 聽
Typically course instructors have been the producers of these digital artifacts. However, in recent semesters, our Student Fellows have started supporting faculty who want their students to create screencasts to complete assignments or presentations. 聽For this assignment, students were introduced to, and taught .听
As you can imagine, there are a number of screencasting tools available. 聽In fact, the sheer volume can even be a little overwhelming. If screencasting is something you鈥檙e interested in, check out the Tech Tips of the month. We highlight a few of our favorite tools. 聽Finally, if you decide to include screencasts in your course, consider creating a script ahead of time. It鈥檒l make the captioning process that much easier. 聽
1Read about Janet Casagrand's successful implementation of screencasting.
2Jeffrey Knutsen describes implementing screencasts for his flipped classroom.
3Read about Susan Kent鈥檚 journey in Creating Screencasts for Flipped and Hybrid Course Delivery
