Types of Video Productions
Three major types of video productions are commonly used at Swinburne:
- Screen recordings
- Short videos <15 mins
- Long videos/lectures
Screen Recordings
Screen recordings refer to the recording of the actions that occur on a computer screen. These are typically used for demonstration or instruction and are a very effective tool for teaching. Common tools used for screen recordings are Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio and Capture, Apple’s Quicktime, Adobe’s Captivate and Telestream’s Screenflow, just to name a few.
Pros:
Pros:
- Excellent for instruction
- Can be used with multiple operations systems (eg, Macintosh, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android etc)
- Relatively simple to use and produce professional looking resources
- Final videos can be created with quizzes and some interactivity
- There can be a learning curve with some software
- Setting up your computer for optimum results can sometimes be tricky
- Not all the tools are free
Short Videos <15 Minutes
Short videos are often recorded using a video camera, webcam, digital still camera with video recording capabilities, mobile phone or a device intended to record realtime video. These videos are sometimes used for introductions to an online unit or program or where you wish to add a ‘personal’ touch to your teaching materials.
For online teaching such as OUA or Swinburne Online, short videos are a useful way to ‘give a face to a name’. These videos can be informal or scripted and they’re a good way to connect with your audience.
Pros:
For online teaching such as OUA or Swinburne Online, short videos are a useful way to ‘give a face to a name’. These videos can be informal or scripted and they’re a good way to connect with your audience.
Pros:
- Provides a personal touch to online units and programs
- Can be easy to produce using tablets, smartphones and notebooks equipped with webcams
- Files can be relatively small (file size wise) and of high video quality
- Often requires the use of editing software to produce the final result
- Potential to create poor quality video resources
Long Videos/Lectures
Longer videos are in many respects produced in the same way as short videos. These videos tend to be recordings of lectures or seminars and are often recorded using camcorders, Echo360 or professional recording equipment.
These types of recordings are useful for unit and program materials but they are also becoming more widely used in MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses). As these resources are recordings of actual lectures or seminars, the material contained may date or lose relevance.
Pros:
These types of recordings are useful for unit and program materials but they are also becoming more widely used in MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses). As these resources are recordings of actual lectures or seminars, the material contained may date or lose relevance.
Pros:
- Full lecture recordings
- Very useful complement to teaching materials
- File sizes can be very large, depending on the quality of the original recording
- Larger file sizes require longer and greater downloads and this may disadvantage students who do not have large internet quotas for personal use
- Recorded materials can go out of date
- Depending on the quality of the presenter, the length of the session may ‘disengage’ students