Credit: Haley Sankey © Penn State is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
HALEY SANKEY:
Hi Everyone, ah, I just wanted to take a minute to tell you how much I really enjoyed lesson seven and lesson eight.
You guys knocked it out of the park with both submissions and the videos, in particular for lesson 8, were
fantastic. I think you all did a really good job preparing for your discussions, which is what I'd hoped; you learned a
little bit about a different technology, and also got to know one or more of your classmates, which I think is great.
You can see my RV there in the background. We're boondocking in Central Florida right now;
boondocking is a type of camping where you're completeley self-sufficient and you're not really plugged into anything.
In my opinion, it's the best kind of camping because you're in the middle of nowhere.
You can see these gorgeous trees behind me, here. Anyway also I want to tell you about lesson nine - it's about
study habits and how to be successful as an online student. I think that there's some really good tips in the lesson, so
please be sure to read through it. Do your best to really give me an honest
schedule when you submit the schedule that I've asked you to submit. You know, everybody's got a ton going on.
School, work, kids, family responsibilities, coaching the best way to to hold off stress is to plan.
So you're gonna be a lot more successful than somebody who's just kind of winging it and says, "Well, I'll figure
out, like, when I'm gonna do my classwork as the week goes," you're gonna end up procrastinating. And I'm sure several
you've experienced that already this semester. Anyway, if you have any questions about this I might get in touch with me,
and I hope you're all doing well, and we don't have a whole lot of time left in the semester so I hope that you're
getting more comfortable with the technology and with each other, and also you do not have your summer
or your fall classes scheduled yet do that ASAP.
All right. bye!
In this short, weekly announcement video (2:30 minutes), the instructor provides a good deal of pertinent information for her students.
In addition to the content of the announcement, the instructor is allowing the students a glimpse into her real life, as she is working remotely from a campsite in Florida. In other videos, she is in her office, at the Nittany Lion Shrine, etc.
This video is effective because it’s concise, casual, and positive, was easily produced, and models appropriate communication and sharing behaviors.
Considerations
Accessibility
- When referring to visual elements, mention or describe what students are looking at so that students that can’t see the video know what you are referring to.
- Videos must have closed captions and transcripts. For short videos, the YouTube auto-captions are fairly simple to edit and convert to a transcript.
Other
This example could also be created using Canvas, Kaltura or Zoom.