Use of screencasting to increase student engagement and learning: Ingredients for success

Abstract

Screencasting, the recording of video with content from a computer screen and instructor narration, is an essential element of online and flipped pedagogies. This Quick-Hit provides a detailed description of methods for designing and implementing screencasted productions. Considerations for hardware, software, storage, and accessory specifications are identified. Specific pedagogical considerations, such as concept-based lesson design and a short running time, which are critical to ensuring repeated viewings, are also discussed. Numerous potential applications are reviewed, including merging video, screencasted narrations, and other modalities through basic editing techniques.