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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Creating Captions with Panopto


Captioning Panopto Video

The captioning option is not available in Canvas at this time.
Go to:  emporia.hosted.panopto.com and sign in with your ESU username/password.
Search for your course folder in the Search box. Click the Edit option next to your video then choose Captions in the upper left. (This works for videos recorded using the current Panopto Recorder).
If your video was recorded using an earlier version of the Panopto Recorder, follow these steps:
  • Click Settings next to your video.
  • Choose Search in the upper left menu
  • In the Speech option, click Process.

Speech
 
The process is queued and will finish at a later time.
When the process is finished, follow the steps above for captioning.
1.    Click Edit next to the video and choose Captions.
2.    Click Import Captions and choose Import automatic captions.

Captions


The captions are displayed at the left. You will need to edit the captions to correct mistakes. Each individual caption can be edited by clicking the pencil icon next to the caption. The icon appears when you hover the cursor over the caption.

Import captions


Make your edits to the caption and click Save.

Edit Caption


When you are finished, click Publish above the video.
Publish


The CC icon will appear in the video toolbar. Click the icon to open the CC toolbar.

~Mark

Virtual Reality Applications

Community,

Over the past year our team has been researching and trying software to develop virtual reality applications. Virtual Reality allows you to see imagery in three dimensions and we feel that it has great potential in the classroom. To prove this, we have been working with Dr. Joyce Thierer, Professor of History. We wanted an opportunity to record a video with a 360 camera and then transform it into a Virtual Reality application that could be used for a class. Dr. Thierer agreed to participate in our research study and invited us to a history performance where she would be performing as Mary Fix, a Kansas woman who was an early settler in the Flinthills. Dr. Thierer was gracious enough to invite us to her ranch for the performance. The weather was perfect and the location was beautifully set in the Flinthills near Emporia, Kansas. Here is a list of equipment that we took with us that day:
We are also utilizing InstaVR for the development of the applications. Andrew Woodberry has been an excellent resource for us and provided a tremendous amount of support for our project. http://www.instavr.co.

Once on scene, we recorded the performance and then downloaded the footage to InstaVR. From there, the editing time took a total of four hours; however, that's mainly because we were new to the software and were working through some of the tutorials while developing. Take a look at the final product!

The work we have done with Virtual Reality has been incredible. We have since created a VR application for the One Button Studio and the MakerLab, also found on our website. We are now partnering with the library to develop an application. Demand and growth continue. At semester end, we will know for sure how this has impacted students retention and their success in the courses they submitted VR applications for.
Our work has gotten some national attention, too. Take a look at these articles recently published:
If you have considered a VR application, please send us an email or comment below for more information. One of our Instructional Designers will contact you to make arrangements.

~Anna

Friday, November 3, 2017

7 Things You Should Know About Zoom



7 Things about Zoom

Mark Summey, Instructional Designer

  1. Lecture Capture
    Flip your face-to-face classroom or just post your lectures for students to review. Canvas uses several integrations to post your lectures in the course. Panopto, Kaltura (My Media), and Zoom are all integrated to seamlessly provide video for students. Since these applications are not part of the Canvas platform, the video file storage will not count against the file storage limit for your course. You can even set your Zoom recorder to automatically upload to your My Media space. Contact a member of the Learning Technologies team for an introduction to these services.  
  2. Screen Capture
    Do you rely on screen capture for instruction? Set up a Zoom meeting (just don’t invite anyone). Record the meeting and select Share Screen. Proceed with the demonstration and provide voice-over. Save the recording to your My Media space and deploy into a Canvas module.
  3. Video Conferencing
    Get together with your online students in real time. Connect your face-to-face class with a guest presenter or even another class in another country. Zoom is the conferencing solution that is easy to set up and use. Offering higher definition and better flexibility than Skype, Zoom allows you to communicate with up to 50 participants in one meeting.
  4. Video Assignments
    Allow your students to submit Zoom videos to assignments. Music instructors can watch and evaluate an instrumental or vocal performance. Art instructors can review student video creations. Educators can review student teacher examples. The list goes on and on. It’s simple to set your assignments for video submission. The video appears in the SpeedGrader the same as a file submission. 
  5.  Assignment Comments
    Want to make your assignment comments a little more personal? Use your computer, tablet, or phone to record comments to your students in the SpeedGrader. 
  6.  Announcements
    Make your announcements to the class ‘in person’ if you can’t be in the classroom or if the course is online. Student survey responses consistently indicate that students feel more engaged when instructors use video as a way to communicate with the class, both as a group and personally. Zoom is only one option for video recording. 
  7. Grading with Zoom
    Did you know you can use Zoom to do markups and give feedback in SpeedGrader? Students get to hear and see your markups as you critique their submissions. The engagement is almost like a face-to-face meeting. Students get to see and hear exactly what you are talking about as you grade their submissions.


Contact any member of the Learning Technologies team (Anna Catterson, Kristy Duggan, Mark Summey) for more information or a tutorial on any of these Zoom options.

Accessibility, what's the buzz?

It's the right thing to do; an Instructional Designer perspective from Dr. Catterson...

Good Friday afternoon, all. As you may or may not know, there are some updates coming to Section 508 called, Section 508 Refresh. (Read about that here) This refresh applies to electronic and information technology procured by the federal government, including computer hardware and software, websites, multimedia such as video, phone systems, and copiers. It also applies to all electronic documents, which includes courses and websites. This also includes videos and all types of multimedia - yes, videos and audio files included.  Making documents, websites and technology accessible is not something new; Learning Technologies has been encouraging that as a best practice for years (we even offered three professional development opportunities last year). What is new is that instead of us choosing if we want to make something accessible, now, we are required. Not only is it required BUT, it's the right thing to do. 

I've been doing some research on accessibility with my team and Dr. Gibson. We've taken several certifications through the Department of Homeland Security as well as Montana State University; they have a great MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).  The point is, we are learning too. Have we made documents accessible? Sure. Do we know how? Of course. Do we have resources to make captions? Yes. Even with all of that, we are still learning the best process and practices. There are several ways that faculty record videos and there are different methods of captioning and providing alternative media formats. While we are not experts in ADA, we are learning and trying to determine the best possible solution for our faculty, staff AND students. Yes, students will also need to make their submitted content accessible which includes all of the same mediums and we will have to provide them the same opportunities to learn how to ensure content is accessible.

While the law takes effect January 1st, that does NOT mean that we have to have everything converted by then - goodness! However, we will need to work actively, together, to develop a plan so that we can offer our content in multiple formats. How do we do that? I'm proud of our progress thus far. We have taken some great strides in providing tutorials, videos, presentations and education thus far and we have many plans to continue our progress. In fact, if your department is interested, we would be happy to present at  your next faculty department meeting on the changes.

If you have not visited our newly updated website, I would encourage you to review it and click on the Accessibility tab. There are some good resources and videos to help you learn more about the upcoming change. Follow this link to go to the website to learn more.

As an Instructional Designer, designing courses that are accessible is critical. Addressing students needs and meeting different learning styles is practical, regardless of disabilities.

It's the right thing to do.

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Anna J. Catterson, Ph.D
Educational Technology Coordinator
Emporia State University


For more information or questions, please email me at acatters@emporia.edu.