Instructional Continuity- Pedagogy + Recording Options/Considerations

Pedagogues of Care;

Open Resources for Student Centered and Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher Ed Landscape

Ideas for design, assessment, collaboration,  and teaching from West Virginia Press

Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Playbook for improving course design, teaching and learning online.

Several faculty have asked about using Zoom and other recording options.

This post addresses:

• options for using Zoom and other recording products 
• pedagogical considerations for several scenarios 
• options for posting 
• equipment needed 
• resources

Pedagogy is like oxygen for #teachingmethodsgeeks

From Wikipedia
Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning

Pedagogy in Times of Disruption
This is a comprehensive resource for pedagogical considerations for moving classes to online.

The Pedagogy in Times of Disruption includes:

• considerations for synchronous and asynchronous teaching
• tools available in Canvas
• Zoom
• Shifting classes to online
• Option 1- Live class with Zoom
• Option 2- Pre-recording Lectures
• Option 3- Skipping the Video
• Using Zoom for Office Hours
• Student Presentations
• Uses for Canvas
• Other resources

Note: This document is tailored for Stanford. As time permits I will edited it so the information applies to SCC,

For now it is a start.

What's Needed for Recording?

• a good reason for recording
• an understanding of the process and workflows for recording and uploading recordings
• a real computer/laptop 
• thin client computers are not reliable for Zoom recording or for meetings
• webcam 
• microphone
• reliable internet connection
• software or a service for recording

What are SCC's recording options:

• Canvas
• Using Studio feature
• Zoom
• Zoom Pro account recording to cloud
• Zoom Basic account recording to local computer
• TechSmith Relay

Scenario 1: Using Studio feature in Canvas

• Refer to this: How to record a Canvas Studio video with a webcam in a course
• After recording closed captions can be generated and edited for the video
• Then the video can be uploaded to Canvas, YouTube, SCC LectureCast Server
• for more information contact Tammy Hobbs

Scenario 2: Using Zoom

• All faculty should have a Zoom Basic or Zoom Pro account named the same as you SCC email account. (contact Bruce Huddleson for additional clarification
• Zoom can be used for:
• live meetings
• recording your presentations
• office hours
• When I record where can I find my recording
• If using Zoom Pro account- record to the cloud
• share the links to Canvas
• If using Zoom Basic account- recording will be to your local computer
• the mp4 video file can then be uploaded to Canvas, YouTube, SCC LectureCast Server
• Getting Started with Zoom 

Scenario 3: Using TechSmith Relay

• Install TechSmith on the computer to use
• Using TechSmith Relay to Record Presentations
• covers how to request storage space for your recordings as well how to record

For more information contact:

Bruce Huddleson x5080 bhuddleson@scciowa.edu

Clay Huston x5081 chuston@scciowa.edu

Resources:

Pedagogy in Times of Disruption

How to record a Canvas Studio video with a webcam in a course

Getting Started with Zoom

How to Zoom
Short YouTube videos for most of Zoom's functions.

Using TechSmith Relay to Record Presentations