An overview of making short video lessons for those interested in "flipping" their classroom.

1. Create Flipped
Class Videos…
Like a Boss!
Presented by: Ed Hitchcock
(@SciTeacherEd)

2. Intro – about me
• High School Science teacher (Physics, Biology, General
Science)
• Background in Paleontology
Hobbies include
•Wasting time on Facebook
• Long walks in a dark forest
• Staying out late on cold dark nights
• Operating the largest telescope in the country

4. Sequence
•Why?
•What?
• How?
•Q&A

6. Why do you want to make flipped-class
videos?
Good reasons
• Free up class time for
interaction
• Generate lessons for missing
students
• Focus the lesson
• Let students review lessons
at home
• Go full-flipped
Bad Reasons
• Because everyone else is
doing it
• So you can slack off

7. Why make your own?
• Lots and LOTS of great videos on YouTube
• Making your own generates a connection with your
students
• Present the information how you want
• focus your lessons

9. What is a flipped-class video anyway?
• Short Video Lesson
• Addresses one or two specific topics
• Can be used as a lesson, or to supplement a lesson
• Can be made by the teacher, or someone else entirely

10. Types of lesson video

11. Chalk & Talk
Eg Khan Academy
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=lQ-dvt3V4yQ

12. Narrated Slide Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=H_TcL0rB1nk

13. PiP Slide Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=iEfQn6hi0ig

14. Documentary/Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=Gg6Mw60pwBI

15. Lecture
Eg Crash Course
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=jZKIHe
2LDP8&index=6

16. Illustrated Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=s6hr-
Gt4gRk#t=234

18. This the part you probably came
for…

19. How to make a lesson video
Things you will need:
• Ideas
• Camera and/or screen capture software
• Editing software
• Enthusiasm
Bonus:
• Pen enabled tablet (for Chalk & Talk style)
• Remote mouse/clicker

20. Ideas
• know what you are going to say. This is important - it
is easy to ramble, but you want to keep it short &
sweet!
• know what you are going to show
• Plan to keep it to 10 minutes or less
• Use existing lesson presentations as a starting point!

21. Camera
• Any camera will do.
• Digicam
•webcam
• cell phone
• camcorder
• DSLR
• Tripod is useful too.

22. Screen capture software
• Camtasia – powerful, but not cheap
• CamStudio (http://camstudio.org/) – free but limited
• Open Broacdaster (https://obsproject.com/) – free, full featured
• Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html ) - Web based, also from
Techsmith, limited to 5 minutes
• Screencast-o-matic (http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/) free
version has watermark
• Screencastify – Chrome plugin
• Educreations (https://www.educreations.com/ ) - for chalk & talk
style

23. Video Editing Software
• Adobe Premiere / Premiere Elements
• Magix Movie Edit Pro
• iMovie (Mac or amore limited version on iOS)
• Windows Movie Maker (free, but loathsome)
•WeVideo (works with Google Drive)
•Camtasia Studio buit-in editor

24. The Process
• Decide on a format
• Spend some time up front planning your video lesson. Know
what you are going to say, know what you want to show.
• Edit your PowerPoints (if doing that style of video) to
minimize text, maximize imagery - include animations!
• Record your video – you may need to do a few takes, but
don’t worry if it’s not perfect
• Edit
• Publish

25. Chalk & Talk style
• Can be done on an iPad using Educreations or ShowMe
• On Windows touch-screen computer using OneNote ow
Word and a stylus
• On non-touch PC or Mac with a pen tablet
• Run the “white board” medium, run the screen capture, and
record.

26. Narrated Slide Show / PiP slide show
• Record the slide show with voice-over narration.
•Camtasia integrates with PPT to facilitate this
• For picture-in-picture style, run a webcam video
preview in a small window while recording - Some let
you keep the window always on top (eg AmCap)

27. Illustrated Lecture
• Let me explain in video form:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7GANsAtx8

28. Editing considerations
• If it’s not necessary, cut it. Be harsh.
• Cut out “ums” and dead space
• Doesn’t have to be beautiful
• Images can be overlaid as PiP or floating
(“greenscreened”) with multitrack editors
• Use the “zoom” tool frequently to allow precision
edits efficiently

29. Publishing your video
• YouTube – public or link only
• GAFE – now unlimited storage for schools
• Sharing directly with students

30. Overall Considerations
• Find a style you’re comfortable with and works for you
• dont worry - quick & dirty is better than nothing, or many
hours making it “perfect”.
• jump cuts are perfectly fine
• Keep it tight, under 10 minutes if possible. If longer, consider
splitting into parts
• have fun with it!

31. Ninja Level: Special Effects
• Animations in ppt overlaid on live view
• Animated titles
• Slow or fast motion
• Cutting effects (see Georges Méliès) – transporter
effect, dropping from the sky
• Split screen effects – talking to yourself

32. Community support
• Flipped Learning Network
http://flippedclassroom.org/
• YouTube
• Forums and discussion groups
• G+

33. I would love to see what you are doing!
If you make a video lesson, tweet me, tag me, let me know!
Twitter: @SciTeacherEd
Blog: http://www.teachscience.net/
Email / Google+: e.c.hitchcock@gmail.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BudgetAstronomer

34. Making a
lesson video?
Nailed it!