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Description of the teaching or assessment challenge<\/h2>\n

The workflow is awkward when you have to turn a lecture into a series of short recorded videos, and, on top of that, it\u2019s hard to record videos in PowerPoint that flow naturally from slide to slide.<\/p>\n

Further, sharing your screen on Zoom\/Teams is very handy, but does make it difficult to quickly juggle between showing different elements (for instance, starting with your head talking, then switching to PPT slides, then to an Excel sheet, then to a mix of your head plus the slides).<\/p>\n

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Solution: explain what you did to address the challenge<\/h2>\n

I created a workflow for smoothly turning a lecture into a series of short, organized videos, to upload for students.\u00a0 It also helps when on Zoom or Teams if you want to change what content you are sharing with the participants.<\/p>\n

I’ve created a step-by-step walkthrough, which you can follow on this Spark Page (below).\u00a0 It includes everything you need to start using this method – with full video instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I explain breaking up your lecture into smaller great looking videos, how to smoothly switch between your presentation and other content while presenting in Zoom\/Teams, and discuss the issues with recording video with PowerPoint.<\/p>\n

I also include an FAQ with troubleshooting tips on audio etc.<\/p>\n

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Results: how do you know that your idea\u00a0was effective?<\/h2>\n

It made my life much easier in recording high quality videos.\u00a0 The class got rated 4.7 – that’s probably not all down to just these backstage production tricks, but it certainly helped.<\/p>\n

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Students found the class very engaging, and I got nominated for teaching awards at the University and student union…
but, again, they don’t see the backstage ways I was making these videos.<\/p>\n

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With this workflow you can:<\/p>\n