Media Room Best Practices 7

On the Day of the Recording

           

Picture of a script page with different colors notes and a flash drive

Bring your outline or script. It will be very useful especially if the subject matter is long or complicated
Bring your slide presentation
Stick to your script
Write down your actions on the script step by step to guide yourself
Practice your lines, make an effort to speak clearly to engage your audience.
Record a couple of times until you feel the lines come naturally.
Varying your tone will make your speech more engaging

Things to avoid
The sound of paper shuffling
Narration that contains “umm”s and “ahh”s
Repetitive statements
Improvisation
Long pauses
Hesitation during the recording
Working in a hurry

Media Room Best Practices 4

Preparing your Content

To prepare for your screencast know what you want to do. Consult with the Instructional Designer to select the methodology that is more effective for your lesson, and to learn about the tools available.

Have a plan of action

Diagram of connecting concepts inside a module and connecting modules inside a lesson

Have a solid, well-developed lesson plan. 
Pay great attention to the structure of your lesson. 
Write clear goals with sequential level of understanding building on each other. 
Create a navigation strategy. 
Divide your lesson in modules that explain individual concepts and provide plenty of opportunities for understanding.  
Make individual presentations to demonstrate step by step processes. 
Make each module part of the specific lesson, and each lesson part of the whole class. 

Students should be able to move on after 
they achieve an objective or master a concept