Office of Educational Technology Blog for College of Allied Health, East Carolina University
Here is a neat inforgraphic on the use of video in the past months
Here are some other statistics from Mediasite remember total presentation number is for all presentations on our site for the past 3+ years nor desktop recordings not in a shared folder.
There is a lot of video being viewed whether Canvas, Conferencing Recordings or Mediasite. Before you don’t remember review content and possibly give a more descriptive name so searching in the future is easier, especially Guest Lectures.
Microsoft Teams has tweaked the desktop app to improve your meeting experience. Most of the updates, like pop-out meetings, can be switched on now (see steps in the above link)
Other features are being fine-tuned and will launch within the next few days.
Webex launched the new 40.9 in-meeting experience, and updates the interface through several optimized and improved features.
The audio selection menu has been moved to a more prominent position over the Join Meeting button. Now you’re less likely to forget checking audio settings BEFORE joining your meeting.
Also, the larger preview window lets you actually check your “meeting face.”
From https://ecu.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1409/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=67559
Make sure you apply the appropriate viewing permissions when uploading a video. Permissions at the video level allow you to control who can see your video, who can own and edit it and assign access from within groups and channels. When you upload a video into Stream, you have the option to select, Allow everyone in your company to view this video. Any users with an ECU Microsoft 365 account can see the video and add it to their groups and/or channels. The Shared with field is where you select who can view/own your video and in which groups/channels. Use the drop-down to search and select viewers.
Recordings can be uploaded to Mediasite or Studio to maintain a repository for future use.
You are enrolled as a student in the Canvas Kiosk of Information (formerly BB Kiosk). There is a lot of information there but this course can give you the real feel of being a student. There is information on Canvas and other technologies we are all using now, Teams, WebEx, Polling, Mediasite. There is a Turning Point quiz that you can give in class but also schedule remotely, check it out. If you want to see how something works and it is not there let us know and we can try it out, like groups???
We have been having Socialization chats twice a week, more and more folks are popping in and it’s a great way to share during this stressful time. As we enter the last two weeks of the very
different (to say the least) Spring 2020 semester set up a socialization time with your class, not a Q&A, not a lesson, not a teaching moment but a time to check in and really see how they are doing and for some it will be the last time for those that are graduating.
As we all adapt to this new wave of teaching/learning it is also time to think ahead to Summer Classes. All to be delivered by alternative delivery.
Your summer courses for 2020 are available in Canvas and now is the time to make the move rather than waiting until the Fall deadline. There are lots of Canvas resources at it’s homepage. Online trainings will be available as well as the many tutorials at this site.
This office is available for virtual trainings to assist with this transition with a group and/or individually, send a request.
As a long time advocate for online delivery and knowing that many are not comfortable with this delivery system I am going to share some simple tips.
First – accept my Team invite as your colleagues may be some of your best resources.
Second- Keep it Simple, you know your content so deliver it. If Mediasite Desktop Recorder or Studio or YouTube are intimidating you can create a voice-over PowerPoint for deliver.
Third – Keep in touch with your students whether by email, chat, try webconferencing for real time communication and there is always the phone.
Fourth – if something doesn’t work, take a deep breath, try again or put it aside and work on something else.
Here’s a new link with a crash course for smaller classes, labs and assessment from the North Carolina School of Science and Math is a leader in providing synchronous education. They’ve opened up some of their training to others in the UNC System.
Review last week’s blog for contingency planning.
Check out this office’s Recording Essentials Blog for all things involving recording and webconferencing.
9 Resources for When Coronavirus Moves Your Course Online
Contact this office for assistance in any of these technologies.
Mid-semester, spring break and still a lot to learn!
Quizzing mid-video to measure progress, Polling to see if they understand in real time. Students can also comment and discuss during the recording and then annotate with additional comments and dialogs. Additionally students can email questions directly to you. Create a collection of video tutorials, topics etc with channels and showcases.
A Student Engagement article from Mediasite can be found here
You can also use Studio in Canvas to complete many of the tips introduced.
WebEx – access directly from ECU hamburger menu or the app, schedule a meeting or start directly once you access. Recordings can be recorded and shared.
Teams –
Microsoft Teams boasts many more convenient messaging features, like
Big Blue (Canvas) – The Conferences interface is displayed using BigBlueButton’s HTML5 conferencing system. Conferences interface to moderate and participate in the conference. Any user who starts a conference or an instructor who joins the conference will be given moderator permissions. Moderators can demote other moderators to viewers.