Video Blogging to Personalize Learning: November 2016

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About Video Blogging (Vlogging)

Video Blogging (Vlogging) offers an interactive and engaging experience for those seeking new and innovative ways to interact with students or employees. Teachers, managers, and facilitators can use video blogging to interact with learners in more personalized ways to help connect and build an engaging experience. Videos can be used as introductory tools to greet your class or team, to provide demonstrations, offer feedback, and provide updates and information. It is a tool that is fairly easy to use and can enhance online and blended delivery approaches. Videos provide an opportunity to step away from traditional delivery to reach tech savyy learners in ways they can relate to. Video blogs are more personal, creative, and interesting for accessing information, sharing, and learning. And realistically, students are more likely to watch a video than to read an instructional hand-out! Opportunities for video content and applicability are limitless! Let me help you get started!

Why Video Blog? And learn how...

Videos for learning can change the dynamic of your classroom and personalize the learning journey. You can use videos as an alternative to traditional teaching & learning. These tools offer students a unique experience and allow them to access content anywhere, anytime. Video blogs allow you to customize and personalize your material, are a flexible e-learning option, and is a more engaging approach compared to accessing another slide deck! Imagine sending a video to your class from the most beautiful beach near you or from an international conference you are attending-- how engaging would this be for your students or employees to view? Sharing yourself and your surroundings engages the learner in a more personal and meaningful way as students interact with videos that are customized and individualized for them!

Ideas for using Video Blogs:

• Introductions, welcome messages, and greetings
• Demonstrations and micro lessons
• Providing grades, critique, and feedback
• Discussion boards and chats
• Student recorded learning narratives
• Offering instructions, tutorials, and lecture series

Starting to Vlog is easy:

1) Record a video on your phone, tablet or computer. You may want a simple video recording yourself or you may want to try Screencastomatic if you want to give feedback or show your slides and desktop.
2) Decide where you want to host the video. We suggest uploading direct to Brightspace/ Brightspace Pulse or via YouTube by having your own channel.
3) Upload your video to YouTube and share the link or upload direct to Brightspace in the Announcements or Content areas.

Uploading to YouTube from your phone:

Open YouTube
Click on Library
Click My Videos
Click Upload Video
Select your video
Give it a name/title, then click the blue arrow in the right corner.
Once the video is ready, share the link with your students!

Uploading direct to Brightspace from your phone:

Open the Brightspace Pulse App from your phone
Choose your course
Click Course Homepage
Choose either Content or Announcements
Using Announcements requires you to create a new Announcement; give it a Title.
Scroll down to attachments and click Add a File.
Choose My Computer.
Click Upload
Choose Files or Photo Library
Choose your video; Click Done
Click Add and your Announcement is ready!

How to delete a video: simply click on the three vertical dots to the right of any video and select delete. We suggest deleting videos after 60 days to align with NSCC policies and practices.

Check out these links for additional Vlogging Tools & Steps:

Learn how to Video Blog (Vlog) in 9 Easy Steps:
http://m.wikihow.com/Be-a-Vlogger

For those who want to take vlogging more seriously:
http://www.vlognation.com/how-to-start-vlogging-youtube/

Screencastomatic Tutorial:
https://screencast-o-matic.com/