Teach with Moodle

Videos are very popular with students. They can help with revising content seen in class, point at content available on the internet which you have not covered in class, or only briefly, or even 'flip' your teaching so as to present your content online and use your face-to-face time for consolidaring key aspects which you want to make sure students will assimilate.

You may decide to record your own lectures and then upload them onto Youtube or Vimeo (or other), or you may want to use video which has already been published. In which case you need to embed this video into your module.

Alternatively you could record footage which you can integrate into an existing Powerpoint presentation and publish it to a server (see Topic 24). 

 

What can I record with?

There really are a lot of user-friendly tools to choose from. Here are only three options which will are good enough for most of us, and often coming with the option to upload straight into YouTube:

1. Flip Video Ultra High Definition Camcorders (commonly known as flip cams)
2. Screencasts: I like to use Screenr, but you are limited to 5 minutes of recording. You can then embed your video into your module.
3. iPads or iPhones: A lot of us own one nowadays. They have their appeal and you could experiment using the camera function and upload straight into a YouTube account, then embed into your course.

 

Enquire within your institution; there may be other options.

 

What can I make simple video edits with?

If you are using a PC use youtube.com/editor. If you are using a Mac you could use iMovie which is similar.

Camstudio is also reported to be a good tool for recording and editing, and is free.