
LTSE Online Teaching Tools Capturing Media Introductory videos
Introductory videos for subject sites
- Courses
- Future Students
- Current Students
- Research and Teaching
- Partners and Community
- About JCU
- Celebrating 50 Years
- Anton Breinl Research Centre
- Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre
- Living on Campus
- Advanced Prawn Breeding Research Hub
- Advanced Analytical Centre
- Applying to JCU
- Alumni
- AMHHEC
- Australian/NZ Students
- Australian Lions Stinger Research
- Boating and Diving
- Australian Tropical Herbarium
- ATSIP
- Careers at JCU
- Association of Australian University Secretaries
- Careers and Employability
- Australian Quantum & Classical Transport Physics Group
- CITBA
- Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology
- Chancellery
- CMT
- CASE
- College of Business, Law and Governance
- College of Healthcare Sciences
- College of Medicine and Dentistry
- College of Science and Engineering
- CPHMVS
- COVID-19 Advice
- CSTFA
- Cyclone Testing Station
- Daintree Rainforest Observatory
- Diploma of Higher Education
- Discover Nature at JCU
- Division of Research and Innovation
- Division of Tropical Environments and Societies
- Division of Tropical Health and Medicine
- Staff Intranet
- Economic Geology Research Centre
- Elite Athletes
- Estate
- Fletcherview
- Foundation for Australian Literary Studies
- Gender Equity Action and Research
- GetReady4Uni
- Give to JCU
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- Information for JCU Cairns Graduates
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- JCU Ideas Lab
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Mediasite Recorded Lectures
- Auto-captured lectures
- Recording with mobile devices
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- Upload existing media
- Create Vodcasts and Podcasts
- Edit with the Mediasite Web-Editor
- My Mediasite Dashboard
- Make your recording 'Viewable'
- Edit titles, descriptions and tags
- Adjust recording permissions
- Access the Web-Editor
- Manage your storage space
- Mediasite Analytics
- Publish recording to LearnJCU
- A catalogue for your auto-captured lectures
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Video Guides
- 1. An Academic's User Guide
- 2. An introduction to Learning Analytics at JCU
- 3. How to run a Level 1 report in LearnJCU
- 4. How to access and run level 2 reports
- 5. An introduction to Learning Analytics reports and how to read the data
- 6. Overview of the Report - Subject at a Glance
- 7. Overview of the Report - Activity and Grade Scatter Plot
- 8. Overview of the Report - Activity Matrix
- 9. Overview of the Report - Subject Submission Summary
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Subject orientation
— to connect and establish your presence with students
Ideally, we want our students to attend that first face-to-face lecture, but when that doesn't happen we can still capture their attention by adding an introductory video to the beginning of our LearnJCU subject sites.
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Keep it short and engaging ...and give it your personality
Try to make your videos no longer than 3 or 4 minutes. You don't want to overload the student with too much information.
Remember the first principle of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is engagement. Stimulate interest and motivation for learning by promoting expectations and beliefs that optimise this.
What belongs in an intro video:
- YOU! Show your personality, enthusiasm and give them a presence to connect to
- Keep it short and engaging
- Include your expectations for behaviour and participation
- Welcome any questions or concerns
- Refer students to the Subject Outline to:
- Advise when you are available and how you can be reached
- Direct them to where they can find help with technology or study support
- Advise how to get started in your course
- Note: if you omit any reference to dates you can reuse.
What doesn't belong in an intro video (you can point students to the Subject Outline for these):
- Specific course times and meeting places
- All the details of your contact information
- University rules
- Plagiarism and netiquette guidelines
- Grading policies
- Textbooks
- Specific assignment list and important due dates.
To help prepare your subject for the beginning of the study period, we would like to share a couple of great examples of Introductory Videos filmed in the Create Studio with the help of assistants.
If you would like something similar to this videos above, please book the Create Studio and make use of the various forms of assistance and advice.
Each video example is different but equally as good as the next
Example 1 - Calm and collected
Filmed in a green-screen room with the background edited in after the recording, the speaker has prepared a script and relays the information carefully and thoughtfully.
Example 2 - Strong and outgoing
Filmed in front of a backdrop, the speaker is at more of a distance from the camera which gives him plenty of room for body and hand gestures. It's an introduction for a public speaking course and you can understand his expertise in this area.
Example 3 - Quirky and funny
Filmed by a webcam, the speaker makes himself relatable to his students and commands attention at the very beginning of the video.
Example 4 - Reserved and thoughtful
Filmed outside and at close range, you engage with the speaker's eye contact and you get a sense that he is having a conversation with you.
Example Scripts
- Write a script or outline to keep your video brief and on-track
Get all your ideas down on the notepad and then discard any unnecessary parts. Be careful to keep it high-level; don’t go into too much detail here. You can also break it up into sub-headings and re-arrange the content until you think it is right. - Ideas on how you might break-up your video
- Humanise and connect - Introduce yourself and/or the subject
- Motivate - Highlight the purpose of the subject, the learning objectives, what will be gained from the subject, and how it can be put into real-life context
- A quick note about the subject design
- Teaching team and availability
- End with a thank you note and looking forward to future connections
- Go through a practice recording
Get a feel for it. Set-up a rough recording and review. Drop or add parts that you think necessary.Check you have good audio
- Get ready to record it! Ways you can record
- You can record using your smartphone on a small tripod. Find out some tips by the BBC on how to record on your mobile phone. Once you have recorded you can upload it to LearnJCU or Mediasite.
- Record via your webcam or Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR)
- Your college may have a green-screen room you can record in
- Coming soon in Cairns and Townsville, we have a new Create Studio (with recording equipment) that you will have access
- Ensure you have good audio
- Finally, review the video and publish.
- Create Studio - self-service recording studio
- Green Screen recording studios using Camtasia Studio [Vendor]
- Adobe Premiere for advanced users [Vendor]
- Windows Movie Maker [Vendor]
- Mediasite Desktop Recorder (MDR) - Capture your desktop, webcam and audio. [JCU Supported]
- BBC Academy created this video for journalism students, it is very informative about how to create a short video on your mobile phone.
- Mediasite guides - Lecture capture and media management, create, edit, manage and publish your media.
- Blackboard Help - Best Practice: Create a Course Introduction Video.
- Article - Use a lapel mic with your smartphone.
- Recommended Rode mic for recording at your desktop.
- Navitas - Sample videos made by teachers for their students.