Screen cast videos can be used for all types of on-line learning. Here are some tips and ideas on how to make them engaging. For a free, voiced over presentation of this, please visit elt-training.com

1. Top tips for making great
screencast videos

2. BYOD?
Feel free to follow along

3. What is a
screen cast
video?

4. Blended
courses
Flipped
classroom

5. Blended
courses
Flipped
classroom

6. I’m no expert…..

7. Things
to bear in mind…

8. They require very
little technical
expertise…

9. It’s still a form of
teaching…

10. You need to
engage your
learners…

11. A short example….

12. What in this video helps
to engage interest?
http://elttraining.mdl2.com/mod/page/view.php?id=235

13. Six
Steps
and some top
tips..

14. Step 1
Choosing a
programme

16. • Free
• Easy to use
• Limited ability to edit

22. • Easy to use
• Can be edited
• Can be made private
• Not free – Education
package £131

23. Step 2
Audio

24. Top Tip
Get a good mike

25. Close
the
door

26. Turn off the phone

28. To script….
Or not……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMV_Rga6Edg

29. Step 3
Visuals

30. To appear…
or not?

31. A good PowerPoint …
..is a good place
to start

32. Use great pictures
Top Tip

33. Use great pictures
Top Tip

34. Use great pictures
Top Tip

37. ClipArt
with a caveat…

43. Combining pictures
and text

47. Now just add text

48. Here?
Or here?

49. Text can act as
a visual, too.

50. Think about
font

51. And
colourAnd
colourAnd

52. Backgroun
d

53. Backgroun
d

54. Backgroun
d

55. Backgroun
d

56. Backgroun
d

59. Step 4
Text

60. Top Tip
Minimise text

61. I think it would be true to say that we have all been to
talks where the presenter has a large amount of text on
their slides, often in quite a small font and they have
chosen a really funky design to put around each slide.
There are often nice bullet points, too, and they read
everything that’s there, despite the fact that:
• You can read them for yourself on any normal day
• You forgot to bring your glasses today, so you can’t see
anything anyway
• You thought that you had come to a ‘talk’ not a ‘read’

62. Two Top Tips
Avoid PowerPoint
‘Design’ like the plague

63. Limit the
…on each slide

64. ..and have more slides!

65. This talk..
45 minutes
82 slides…
Average words/slide..
4

66. Step 5
Movement

67. Top Tip
Keep it moving

68. Static
images
are dull

69. ..but

70. Everything
in
moderation

81. Step 6

82. Quick Quiz
Can you remember:
6 steps?
7 top tips?

83. G
c !

84. Any questions?
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85. Thank you!
jo.gakonga@elt-training.com