1. Just a scoop of video, please.
Studies and research have shown that effective videos should be short, focused, and tied to outcomes. This points us toward learning to effectively and quickly edit our recordings, as exemplified in Zoom: Use Zoom to Chunk Video for your Canvas Course Site or Kaltura: Manage Chapters and Slides
2. Share Canvas Content with Peers
This idea comes from Mags David, Social Sciences Librarian at the Kathryn A. Martin Library:
- When I share my library instruction modules with the instructors I'm working with I use the “Send To…” function that appears as a choice at the three dots on the module header. It's so simple for me and the recipient.
This is just one of the many ways to share lesson plans, and settings, and assignments with colleague(s) or with your department, and can be a way to start conversations about teaching and collaboration. Learn about other methods of sharing and distributing ideas at Canvas Community Forums.
3. Sharing Feedback
"Don't bring in graphics except those with a substantive connection to what you are trying to teach. Pictures for pictures' sake make your lesson prettier, but less effective”
― Flower Darby, Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes (Available as an ebook from the Kathryn A. Martin Library)
Share Often, Share Widely
#3ThingsWorthSharing is curated and created through many conversations with many instructors and support staff from the UMD Teaching and Learning community. This edition is written by Adam Brisk, UMD ITSS Academic Technologist, and Karen Jeannette, UMD ITSS Instructional Designer.
- Join us on April 26, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm in Kirby Plaza for conversation and snacks
- Share your own Thingworthsharing with us.
- Explore prior posts in #ThingsWorthSharing