Alternate Delivery Program

LECTURING ONLINE

For anyone considering some form of online lecture or presentation, the problem is trying to replicate the “presence” you take for granted in a face-to-face (F2F) setting. There are many options, but you need to understand their pros & cons to choose wisely.

GUIDES & DEMOS

Show & Tell: Online Lecture Options (MS Word | HTML)

Creating a Camtasia Movie (Techsmith.com tutorial)

• Producing a Flash File for Use in Blackboard
• Posting a Flash File into Blackboard

Creating a Screenflow Movie (Mac only)

Note: Jing, is a free (for now) screencast capture tool made by TechSmith.com, which also makes Camtasia. If you just want to make short (5 minute) "quick & dirty" narrated screen captures and "mini-presentations," this is a great tool.

Here's an example from the Maryland Blackboard Users Group (MDBUG) Conference

FACULTY EXAMPLES

UMBC Blackboard Best Practice Videos

• The link above goes to Karin Readel and Chris Swan's "Show & Tell" demos about how they use Blackboard. It was made with Camtasia, and is only available to UMBC faculty. We also provide iTunesU interviews about their use of online discussion board portfolios.

Mattias Gobbert, Math 221 "Introduction to Linear Algebra"

• To help model to students how to think about solving math problems, Matthias records his lectures with a tablet PC using Camtasia. This allows him to "write" or "draw" his formulas or proofs as he was accustomed to doing in class, but the recordings allow students to literally "rewind" Matthias to review aspects they may not have understood the first time through. They can do this on their own time as many times as they want.