Exemplary Course Design: Hands on Refresh - Danny Monaghan
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The document outlines the essential components of creating effective online courses, emphasizing content creation, course structuring, and the use of rich media. It provides practical tips for incorporating various media forms such as video, audio, animations, and infographics while highlighting the importance of copyright compliance. Additionally, resources and tools for media production and content curation are suggested to enhance course quality.
Exemplary Course Design: Hands on Refresh - Danny Monaghan
- 1. Building Exemplary MOLE Courses Danny Monaghan| TEL Team, CiCS P
- 2. Overview ▷ What makes a good course ▷ Creating content easily ▷ Structuring a course ▷ Rich Media ▷ Assessment ▷ Hands on course refresh
- 5. 8 Ways to create rich media
- 6. 1. Word/PowerPoint ▷ Create simple banners using text tools in a package you use every day (Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc…). ▷ Get a screengrab of your banner and use it in MOLE
- 7. 2. Video ▷ Record a short video to vary content, give “flipped” material, or introduce a friendly face. ▷ Video can be recorded on a laptop, smartphone, tablet PC, camcorder, stills camera… ▷ Don’t worry about production value! Just make sure it’s clear and audible. ▷ Simple editing can be done on software you probably already have, i.e. Windows MovieMaker or iMovie. ▷ Always make sure it’s streamed (via YouTube, uPlayer etc.) rather than a download.
- 8. 3. Screencasts ▷ Recording what happens on your computer screen. ▷ Can be used to record presentations, software demonstrations, or slideshows with narration. ▷ Free software (e.g. QuickTime on Mac) or free web tools (Screencast-o-Matic). Also ExplainEverything on iPad (cheap). ▷ MyEcho Personal Capture also available to staff members.
- 9. 4. Audio ▷ Audio can be recorded on a number of devices, including a smartphone, tablet PC, laptop, desktop computer, mp3 recorder, etc. ▷ Good free software includes Audacity, and the Audioboom app. ▷ Again, make sure media is streamed, not downloads.
- 10. 5. Animation ▷ Difficult and time consuming to do from scratch! ▷ Luckily some great tools out there - e.g. PowToons on the web, Adobe Spark for iPad or web.
- 11. 6. Curating Content ▷ There’s a wealth of content at your disposal out there that can be used legally. ▷ Sites for videos include Khan Academy, TED-Ex, Box of Broadcasts, etc. ▷ Vast resources of Creative Commons images (Flickr, Pixabay, etc.) ▷ Remember to stay copyright compliant, and watch for dead links.
- 12. 7. Infographics ▷ You need serious design skills to create effective Infographics! ▷ Luckily plenty of websites out there that allow you to edit existing templates, including Piktogram, easel.ly, etc.
- 13. 8. Think outside the box… ▷ Interactive Timelines - Dipity ▷ Photo Slideshows - e.g. via Flickr/Flickrslideshow ▷ Visual stories from Twitter conversations at Storify ▷ Maps - Google Maps …and many, many more!
- 14. More Advanced ▷ Creative Media creativemedia@sheffield.ac.uk ▷ Training, support, cameras, edit suites, etc…
- 15. Assessment
- 16. Hands On