using smartphones for making short lesson videos and messages for students
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Using smartphones for making short lesson videos and messages for students
Tech talk 7 - Pauline Porcaro CoB ADG
How could you use a
smartphone for teaching?
Image: Used under CC licence
Discuss
How?
Brainstorm here
Some examples of use
A site with pre-class work
To explain a topic - link on YouTube provided to students
Instructions for HDR students
To introduce a new subject
Hear the leaders of the Flipped Classroom movement, Bergmann and Sams, explain some tips for making videos to use in your flipped classroom
Some videos made by a team in the School of Medical Sciences to prepare the students for the class (watch from 1.40-3.40)
Using your phone
Go to your ‘Camera’ app
Switch from Photo to Video mode
Take your video (make it short 3-5 mins best)
Steps to upload video to YouTube
1. Upload by selecting the video (one at a time)
2. Choose the YouTube icon
3. Complete the info.fields (for RMIT it is safest to select Unlisted)
4. Select Publish
Troubleshooting
If you have any trouble uploading to YouTube
E.g. The response “Sharing was interrupted”
Easiest option is to Download the
‘YouTube Capture App’ - it’s free and your videos upload immediately
The Capture App
Once in the Capture App
1. Tap the small file arrow in the bottom left corner - this will take you to your video files on your phone
2. Alternatively film directly in the App
Select a video file, change privacy and upload
Choose your YouTube settings
You can also adjust settings in your YouTube account
Uploading to Drive directly
Alternately you may select Upload to Drive directly.
Warning on WiFi this can be slow
Steps to email and then save to Drive
1. Select Mail once you have selected the video
2. Enter your email address and a name for the email
Uploading video to Google
Save the file to Drive or download.Saving to Drive means you can then get a URL to share with your students.
Open in Google
Share with students via email or share the link(share the link - ‘Anyone at RMIT with the link’)
Or choose any App that you use
E.g. Facebook or Google+ or Vine
Tips and hints for filming
An earlier presentation on filming with iPads
Some ways students can use their phones
For assessment - they create a short video
Make an ad by looping Vine
Take a short video and share in a learning community like Google+ or Facebook to demonstrate something learned in the workplace
Here’s a story on class making slowmation videos as an assessment
Class Snapchat channel to share ideas they see related to their studies
Feedback
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And
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