How to provide student feedback using screen capture software
Date: 26 March, 2009
Location: Coventry University - GE619 (download map, pdf)
Event type: Workshop
Past event summary
The workshop will show tutors a new method of providing feedback on language students’ written work via wmv files, created using Camtasia screen capture software and other similar free web-based products and delivered to students’ mail within Blackboard Vista. The process of creating such files will be demonstrated and some of the practical and technical difficulties will be identified. Tutors will also have the opportunity to create their own feedback files.
This event is being organised by Billy Brick at Coventry University under the Subject Centre's Workshops to go scheme.
Workshop fee
There is no charge to attend for employees and students of publicly funded UK and Republic of Ireland educational institutions. The fee for employees and students of private institutions/organisations is £40. Lunch and refreshements will be provided. We reserve the right to charge a £50.00 non-attendance fee.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.30 - 11.15 | Introduction to screencasting
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| 11.15 - 12.30 | Hand-on session
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| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Hands-on session 2 |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Discussion and feedback |
Event Report: How to provide student feedback using screen capture software
by Billy Brick
The UK National Student Survey (since 2005), students have consistently reacted negatively to questions regarding the quality and helpfulness of the feedback they receive on their written work. A recent report (THES2008) stated that “the Higher Education Academy's assessment team has confirmed that it gets more requests for help to improve the system of feedback in universities than on any other issue”. A number of recent papers (e.g. Hyland and Hyland, 2001) have discussed students’ reactions to traditional written comments from the tutor, but little investigation has been carried out into how students may feel about supplementary spoken feedback or the influence this may have on student motivation. The workshop builds on the work of Stannard (2003), who looked into the possibility of using screen capture software to enhance communication between tutor and student. We suggest that feedback in the form of a media file may provide a richer learning experience for students by employing “dual-coding”, as defined by Paivio (1986), and may also provide new opportunities for lecturers to ‘model’ academic and professional behaviours.
The workshop will show tutors a new method of providing feedback on language students’ written work via wmv files, created using Camtasia screen capture software and delivered to students’ mail within Blackboard Vista. The process of creating such files will be demonstrated and some of the practical and technical difficulties will be identified. Tutors will also have the opportunity to create their own feedback.
