T21-6 Implementation

When using flipped learning, it would be unrealistic to think that you can find a video for every aspect of the work needed for a class. There will be times when you need to create something yourself. You could use one of the techniques we examined in our digital story telling module, but there is another method that might be quicker than making a video - using Powerpoint or Keynote with narration.

First you create the Powerpoint or Keynote presentation as you would for a regular class. Then you add the narration, saying what you might otherwise have said in front of the class. When you give the document to sudents they run the slide show and they see the slides and hear your voice. If you do it right, the slides automatically advance, but in any case they can use arrow keys to go forwards or backwards through the presentation.

Your Assignment

1. For this week's Implementation assignment, you are to create a lesson segment with the slides and narration. To save time, feel free to start with a Powerpoint or Keynote presentation that you have used previously in your class. A few minutes narration will suffice for this class but if you want to use it a real class, you may need to go longer.
2. To share your lesson segment, you can attach the presentation to your forum post. It will be a fairly large document, so be prepared for some waiting time when you attach it. If you use the optional extra method shown below, just include a link to where you put the file, or embed the presentation in your forum post like you did for the Mr Winkle video a few weeks ago.
3. In your message for the Implementation forum, comment on your experience in doing this and also respond to the posts of at least two other class members.

Tutorials

Here is a YouTube tutorial recording narration with Powerpoint 2007.



Here is another one for Powerpoint 2010.



Here is a YouTube tutorial to show you how to do the same thing in Apple Keynote.

Optional Extra

1. You can distribute your tutorial as a Powerpoint ot Keynote file, but an alternative and elegant method of distribution is to upload it to Authorstream. This will convert it to a Flash video format which does not rely on the viewer having either Powerpoint or Keynote. (Unfortunately, it will not be viewable on an iPad.)
   
   You can login to Authorstream using Facebook credentials or you can create an account using links at the top of the page. Uploading is quite intuitive and once it is uploaded and converted you will see where you can get the embed code. 
   
2. If you did your assignment in Keynote woud find it simpler to Export the file to Quicktime format. Then you can upload the Quicktime version of your assignment to Blogger. (There is an icon for Insert a video next to the one for Insert an image.) Video files are fairly large so you might want to do something else while the video uploads.
   
3. Powerpoint (on Windows only) can also do a direct export to a video format - Windows Media Video or WMV which keeps your narration. Choose Save as ... and in the file type at the bottom you should find Windows Media Video. It will be a fairly large file but you can upload it directly to your blog post using the same icon mentioned in the previous paragraph.