Why use a pencast video? One challenge with DIY educational video can be explaining complex topics, and sometimes a standard screen recording or piece-to-camera won’t be enough. A pencast is usually when you record a piece of paper while showing your hands writing, sketching, annotating, etc. This can be...
Some people approach watching video content as a passive activity, in which clicking play is enough to learn and understand what’s being said. Of course, many studies have demonstrated that students learn better when they’re actively engaging (Mayer, 2014; Mayer et al., 2020). The resource Introduce and frame your video...
Here are five different sorts of cues you can use to frame the video students are about to watch. Keep in mind these should be brief – you don’t want to replicate the entire content of the video itself! Set expectations Help students understand what they are about to...
It turns out many of the techniques used to structure a lecture in a theatre are also effective in the video format. The technique we want to focus on in this resource is how to break an hour-long lecture into connected topics or themes. You probably already ‘chunk’ your...
Navigate to your Canvas site, find and select ‘My Media’. Locate and select the pencil icon on the top right section of the screen. This will take you into video’s settings page where you will be able to manage and edit the video’s setting starting with ‘Details’: In the ‘Details’ tab, you...
Navigate to your Canvas site and find ‘My Media‘ in the menu on the left side: Locate the ‘Add New‘ button in the top right section of the screen and select your preferred media upload from the drop down menu: To upload your own media, simply click on ‘Media Upload‘...
Go to the Canvas Page where you’d like to embed your media and select ‘Edit’ to access the Rich Content Editor. Select Tools from the toolbar above the text entry box, then Apps. Select Embed Kaltura Media. If you don’t see Embed Kaltura Media, select View All, then select...
Navigate to ‘My Media’, select the video you wish to create a quiz for and click on the pencil edit button on the far right: Click on ‘Launch Editor’ to the right of your video – once in ‘Launch Editor’ select ‘Quiz‘ on the top left screen. Within the...
To review and edit captions, find the relevant video or audio file in either My Media or the Media Gallery for your site. Simply click on the name of the media to open the media information screen, open the Actions menu and select + Caption & Enrich. The list...
A poll can be embedded anywhere Canvas supports the Rich Content Editor. While editing content: Select Apps in the Rich Content Editor (the plug icon). If the Social Poll is one of your most frequently used tools in Canvas, it will appear in the shortcut menu in the Apps list....
