Policies
Intellectual Property
At these colleges, faculty own what they do unless the college has separately paid them to develop materials for reuse
Recording retention policy
Both schools have a 2 year policy and will help faculty archive if needed
One college is doing 6 weeks after the term and asking faculty to move things they want to save to the private classroom. This prevents clutter and makes faculty think thoughtfully about what they want to retain, particularly since most recordings don't need to be retained. Might be really short given grade challenges and incompletes. One person asked about whether it might apply for legal discovery.
May need different policies for student recordings and test proctoring recordings. Pam from Tegrity reminds us that Tegrity allows the downloading and re uploading of content. There is also a 3rd party product that will download groups of recordings from the cloud
Student consent to be recorded
Syllabus statement informing students that they are being recorded; noting that faculty may redistribute but students may not
Other college says that if the recording contains readily identifiable students, then they need to get student permission before using the recording outside the class.
Slu.edu/capture - policies driven from the pedagogy - what kinds of classroom interaction would be appropriate for recording. Think about educational records and FERPA, for example.
UWT uses the blanket release form that everyone has to sign at the beginning of the quarter.
What about guest lecturers ? Ask ahead of time and get written permission from them in writing. Make sure they know that the information will be shared with the public via a public link.
Recording location scheduling - neither college has a policy since most recordings happen outside the classroom. ((idea - identify the best rooms for Tegrity and give scheduling priority in those rooms for faculty using the tool)). Most not using the remote administration, can be dangerous for all.
Recording access - both colleges manage access through the LMS
Download options - instructors make this determination, and to be responsible to consider copyrighted material. They should link to copyrighted material rather than recording it. Neither college monitors compliance with copyright .
duplication/ redistribution by students : students may make recordings unless prohibited by the instructor. However, students cannot redistribute without express permission of the instructor.
Closed captioning/ transcription - both colleges do on demand because the cost is prohibitive. At one college it is paid for by the disability services office. One way to manage is using old recordings from a previous quarter and send it to the transcriptionist. One person asked if the recordings are suppressed until the transcript is produced. May not need to think about the suppression issue of the recordings are not a requirement. If the recording is not in lieu of class time, then not required.
Ue for student assessments
Flipped classroom - both colleges permit
DVD distribution - one college only does it if a student is in a low bamdwidth area.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Demonstrating the impact of Tegrity
This is a dissertation presentation. As a former doctoral student, I feel compelled to attend support other doctoral students, even though the presentations tend to be dry.
This presentation presented some interesting data about the impact of Tegrity on the students at the college. Essentially, he found that students who are highly motivated do way better in classes supported by Tegrity than traditional students. This says to me that we could find some great outcomes with using Tegrity with our professional technical programs, where students are highly motivated to achieve to improve job prospects.
This presentation presented some interesting data about the impact of Tegrity on the students at the college. Essentially, he found that students who are highly motivated do way better in classes supported by Tegrity than traditional students. This says to me that we could find some great outcomes with using Tegrity with our professional technical programs, where students are highly motivated to achieve to improve job prospects.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Student feedback using Tegrity
Instructor who teaches Microsoft Access and Excel. She often needs to give contextual feedback for students, showing them how they made mistakes in the database, etc.
She opens the student submission and records in Tegrity, using her private classroom. She then generates a class link and pastes that into the ANGEL comment box. Remember when generating the link, remember to uncheck the authentication so students can easily view from email etc.
She only makes the video when significant comments are needed - for other students
Block the students name out and re use the video as instruction for future students or create a special recording for students in general
Lots of time saved, faster than typing and reduces student visits and questions. Usually her videos are only 1-2 minutes long. Students can watch it over and over. Personalized feedback makes the student feel like she is more connected to them, can feel like an office visit for students.
She has surveyed students. She has found that they view the classroom Tegrity recordings more than they did before.
To stay in motion, she keeps Tegrity open in one tab and ANGEL open in another tab so she doesn't wait for it to upload, she keeps on grading and goes back to Tegrity later to grab the link.
She opens the student submission and records in Tegrity, using her private classroom. She then generates a class link and pastes that into the ANGEL comment box. Remember when generating the link, remember to uncheck the authentication so students can easily view from email etc.
She only makes the video when significant comments are needed - for other students
Block the students name out and re use the video as instruction for future students or create a special recording for students in general
Lots of time saved, faster than typing and reduces student visits and questions. Usually her videos are only 1-2 minutes long. Students can watch it over and over. Personalized feedback makes the student feel like she is more connected to them, can feel like an office visit for students.
She has surveyed students. She has found that they view the classroom Tegrity recordings more than they did before.
To stay in motion, she keeps Tegrity open in one tab and ANGEL open in another tab so she doesn't wait for it to upload, she keeps on grading and goes back to Tegrity later to grab the link.
Student success via video recording
My former Cascadia colleague Colene White, a communications faculty, presented on doing student recordings. She records students in the classroom doing public speaking. She has students handle the cameras and records a separate recording for each student. She has the students review the video and critique it. She can review them as well.
Other suggestions:
Have foreign language speakers give feedback on accent
Give students feedback using Tegritys instructor notes. Could also record self commenting on the speech as it is playing.
Students could reserve a study room in the library for recording, check out the equipment from the library. Can be a challenge in speech classes when students need an audience.
Student recordings of students doing PE activities . For example, showing that they could do 50 push ups.
Other suggestions:
Have foreign language speakers give feedback on accent
Give students feedback using Tegritys instructor notes. Could also record self commenting on the speech as it is playing.
Students could reserve a study room in the library for recording, check out the equipment from the library. Can be a challenge in speech classes when students need an audience.
Student recordings of students doing PE activities . For example, showing that they could do 50 push ups.
Tablets and Tegrity
Tablets and Tegrity
The room is packed, they had to bring in extra chairs.
The presenter teaches Chemistry, frequently at 8am. His reasons for using Tegrity are typical
-Commuter campus, classes often cancelled with late starts in the winter
-Students had very, very different skill sets coming into the class
-Lots of existing videos, but he wants tudents to see how he does it.
He recommends
-Tablet pc
-Wacom bamboo
-IPad and stylus (he uses a Wacom stylus)
tips to remember
-Important to have a script
Have a quiet location for recording
-Use a wired mic, not the one on the tablet PC for higher quality and sound consistency
Intermixed PowerPoint and writing the problems out - the mix works well for students
He connects his iPad to his computer, does the slide show and writing on the iPad, recording on the desktop computer in the classroom.
iPad roadmap
Create content ( PowerPoint)
Export in iPad friendly format . He puts his PowerPoint file into a PDF . He manages animations using ppsplit. - an add on that breaks out the animations into separate slides. Downside - files get very big
get content on the iPad - use Dropbox. Has an iPad app. Also recommends Goodreader app - he says it is better than the Dropbox app and it syncs effortlessly with Dropbox. Good reader is really good at marking up documents.
annotate the content during the lecture - how can you doodle on the screen - use the Airsketch app. Airsketch will take what is on the iPad and puts it in a browsers window, so does not require an install on the desktop. Get the paid version ($10) to have it read PDF . Requires a browser with HTML 5 (anything but Internet Explorer). iPad and lectern must be on the same network,
He notes that using the iPad in this way allows student interaction - he draws it and then can hand the iPad to the student hand have them do it. Allows him to wander around the class or sit down with the students
Full presentation at
Bitly.com/HtyAqy
The room is packed, they had to bring in extra chairs.
The presenter teaches Chemistry, frequently at 8am. His reasons for using Tegrity are typical
-Commuter campus, classes often cancelled with late starts in the winter
-Students had very, very different skill sets coming into the class
-Lots of existing videos, but he wants tudents to see how he does it.
He recommends
-Tablet pc
-Wacom bamboo
-IPad and stylus (he uses a Wacom stylus)
tips to remember
-Important to have a script
Have a quiet location for recording
-Use a wired mic, not the one on the tablet PC for higher quality and sound consistency
Intermixed PowerPoint and writing the problems out - the mix works well for students
He connects his iPad to his computer, does the slide show and writing on the iPad, recording on the desktop computer in the classroom.
iPad roadmap
Create content ( PowerPoint)
Export in iPad friendly format . He puts his PowerPoint file into a PDF . He manages animations using ppsplit. - an add on that breaks out the animations into separate slides. Downside - files get very big
get content on the iPad - use Dropbox. Has an iPad app. Also recommends Goodreader app - he says it is better than the Dropbox app and it syncs effortlessly with Dropbox. Good reader is really good at marking up documents.
annotate the content during the lecture - how can you doodle on the screen - use the Airsketch app. Airsketch will take what is on the iPad and puts it in a browsers window, so does not require an install on the desktop. Get the paid version ($10) to have it read PDF . Requires a browser with HTML 5 (anything but Internet Explorer). iPad and lectern must be on the same network,
He notes that using the iPad in this way allows student interaction - he draws it and then can hand the iPad to the student hand have them do it. Allows him to wander around the class or sit down with the students
Full presentation at
Bitly.com/HtyAqy
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Professional development training made easier with Tegrity
The main point of this session is to
think Beyond the traditional classroom in Tegrity implementation.
Make it simple to use
Give toys to those who like to play with them to foster innovation.
Make the ownership of the training the departments through a "train the trainer" model. Then IT can get out of the way. If and when the trainers need help, they'll let you know.
Trainings are often done in classrooms. These guys have many of their classrooms outfitted with microphones.
They also have campus wide leadership training
Every member of faculty and staff is in Tegrity and the LMS. Allows good use for HR required trainings.
Great tool for training new adjunct faculty on procedures for the college.
Use nuggets in the LMS to push out Tegrity trainings to Faculty, they show up in every class.
Spend the money on good equipment since the bad stuff costs twice as. Much to replace.
think Beyond the traditional classroom in Tegrity implementation.
Make it simple to use
Give toys to those who like to play with them to foster innovation.
Make the ownership of the training the departments through a "train the trainer" model. Then IT can get out of the way. If and when the trainers need help, they'll let you know.
Trainings are often done in classrooms. These guys have many of their classrooms outfitted with microphones.
They also have campus wide leadership training
Every member of faculty and staff is in Tegrity and the LMS. Allows good use for HR required trainings.
Great tool for training new adjunct faculty on procedures for the college.
Use nuggets in the LMS to push out Tegrity trainings to Faculty, they show up in every class.
Spend the money on good equipment since the bad stuff costs twice as. Much to replace.
Building a strong Tegrity house and vision
This presentation is about rolling out Tegrity successfully on campus. Since we are early in this process, I thought it would be good to attend.
The first member of the group spoke of program implementation in a nursing program. She noted that the faculty were very old school and implementing technology resulted in panic for eventual people. Since they did it program wide, everyone had to be on board with doing it. They addressed this by having someone with them when they recorded for the first time. the department decided to record every single class. Students have grown very dependent on it- they love it.
They noted two kinds of recordings. One is the typical lecture, but the other is skill sets- how to start an IV, etc. these sessions were done with a camera and are carried forward from quarter to quarter. Students review it before the lesson, then practice it in the lab and then they can watch again later. They have seen greatly improved outcomes in the student clinical experience. Enabled students on maternity leave to persist.
Learning areas - they had to learn how to be effective with the microphone- for example when they go to the bathroom. Another thing was knowing to repeat the questions asked by students do that when students watched, they knew the questions being answered.
For the skill sets, the IT folks added giant hdtv sets so that students in the classroom could get a really close up views. They used a video camera operated by a fellow faculty member.
In the college of education, they had an expectation for online faculty to have at least 1 Tegrity recording, generally the course introduction. They also had the faculty share best practices with each other in small groups. Also having students use Tegrity recordings for eportfolios and job applications.
Goal to use for all campus open meetings.
The first member of the group spoke of program implementation in a nursing program. She noted that the faculty were very old school and implementing technology resulted in panic for eventual people. Since they did it program wide, everyone had to be on board with doing it. They addressed this by having someone with them when they recorded for the first time. the department decided to record every single class. Students have grown very dependent on it- they love it.
They noted two kinds of recordings. One is the typical lecture, but the other is skill sets- how to start an IV, etc. these sessions were done with a camera and are carried forward from quarter to quarter. Students review it before the lesson, then practice it in the lab and then they can watch again later. They have seen greatly improved outcomes in the student clinical experience. Enabled students on maternity leave to persist.
Learning areas - they had to learn how to be effective with the microphone- for example when they go to the bathroom. Another thing was knowing to repeat the questions asked by students do that when students watched, they knew the questions being answered.
For the skill sets, the IT folks added giant hdtv sets so that students in the classroom could get a really close up views. They used a video camera operated by a fellow faculty member.
In the college of education, they had an expectation for online faculty to have at least 1 Tegrity recording, generally the course introduction. They also had the faculty share best practices with each other in small groups. Also having students use Tegrity recordings for eportfolios and job applications.
Goal to use for all campus open meetings.
Tegrity updates
Since we are fairly new to using Tegrity, the updates are not as powerful for us. However, I will note a few things of interest.
- Tegrity Tweets, allows students to subscribe and get a tweet when a new lecture pops up.
- interesting note 45%of students view Tegrity using a tablet or mobile device. In response, Tegrity will now allow faculty and students to record lectures using the Tegrity app. They seem to think faculty won't use this- the primary audience is students.
- android apps will cache recordings for offline viewing.
- improved functionality for the Mac.and iPad.
- audience question about cheating - students using two screens - Tegrity responds that it is obvious when watching the eye movement of the student. Also, including the requirement of audio enables hearing odd sounds that indicate cheating.
- Tegrity Tweets, allows students to subscribe and get a tweet when a new lecture pops up.
- interesting note 45%of students view Tegrity using a tablet or mobile device. In response, Tegrity will now allow faculty and students to record lectures using the Tegrity app. They seem to think faculty won't use this- the primary audience is students.
- android apps will cache recordings for offline viewing.
- improved functionality for the Mac.and iPad.
- audience question about cheating - students using two screens - Tegrity responds that it is obvious when watching the eye movement of the student. Also, including the requirement of audio enables hearing odd sounds that indicate cheating.
Improving Student Outcomes across Washington
The conference is kicking off with a panel discussion with several of my colleagues from eLearning departments t the Washington community colleges including Connie Broughton from the SBCTC, Ann Garnsey-Harter at Shoreline, Renee Carney from Lower Columbia and Jerry Lewis from Columbia Basin.
The information was mostly stuff I knew, about how Tegrity is being implemented in Washington State. In the end of the session, though, was good, with some mentions of how folks are actually using on their campuses. For example, Lower Columbia has outfitted 20 rooms with Logitech orbit cams, with great success. All reported a high level of satisfaction from faculty, students and eLearning staff.
Stephanie's Conference Blog
I really love going to conferences. It is great to have the chance to hear the perspectives of others and to bring new information back to my campus. As part of the "bring information back" piece, I am starting this conference blog. I will try and make at least one post per presentation of each conference I attend.
This week, it's Tegrity. The nice part about this is that, hopefully, I will have links to the presentations and you'll be able to watch them for yourself.
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