VideoArchives

Creating Video Lesson Archives Laura Beckham

Your AVerVision130 Document Camera and Windows Movie Maker provide you the opportunity for creating video lesson archives. This archive can be helpful for:

Absent Students Reinforcement of skills Re-teaching SpEd support Unit-end reviews

The best way to think of this instructional delivery is to provide only the “lesson nugget” -- each video should be no longer than 5 minutes, with the ideal length about 3 minutes. What you film should be the lesson core, the modeling of a single skill or process.

To begin, you will want to make sure that the AVerVision130 software is installed on your computer. You will need to see your campus tech for assistance. The steps are: START> CONTROL PANEL> ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS> ADD NEW PROGRAMS AVerVIsion SOFTWARE

When you start the program your document camera must be currently on and plugged into your computer. Note also that the light at CAMERA option is lit on the document camera. If successful you should now see on your computer a window with a feed from the document camera.

Now with the controls at the bottom of the camera feed click on “SnapShot/Video.” Below you should see VIDEO RECORD and SNAPSHOT. Let’s take a snapshot first. You will save the image on your computer to be able to use the the video lesson as you choose.

A snapshot is a way to freeze an image without the jostling of the low-grade video. You may consider this option to begin a problem, to allow a “long-look” before you begin your live demonstration, and again at the conclusion to mentally process the work.

Now, for a video snapshot. This time you must choose a SAVE location before the filming begins.

After you have the raw video files from your lesson, you can import them into WINDOWS MEDIA MAKER to add titles and a voice-over narration.

Once you have opened Windows Movie Maker -- it’s under ACCESSORIES -- you can import the video files you have filmed. Under CAPTURE VIDEO > IMPORT VIDEO and find the files you need.

Windows Movie Maker is a drag-and-drop program which makes it very intuitive to use.

Once your video files are in place at the “filmstrip bar” at the bottom of the screen, click on the microphone icon to record your narration. The video will play as you talk so that your comments are in sync with the video images. Save the file then click DONE, and you will see the application importing the audio recording.

Now you will see an audio track beneath the video filmstrip. Push play to check your work.

After you have completed the process of narrating your video, you can add transitions under EDIT MOVIE.

The last step, is to FINISH MOVIE. Decide how you want to share your video: as a file on your computer, on a CD, email, for the web...

We will look at how you can upload the videos you have created to a video web-hosting domain: TeacherTube.

When you choose to finalize the movie, you have the options of DIAL UP, ISDN or DSL. Think about the speed and quality you want for your file and make your selection.