Evidence-Based Guidelines for Recording Slide-Based Lectures
Kurzweil, D., Marcellas, K., Henry, B. et al. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Recording Slide-Based Lectures. Med.Sci.Educ. 30, 1611–1616 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01032-w
Kurzweil, D., Marcellas, K., Henry, B. et al. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Recording Slide-Based Lectures. Med.Sci.Educ. 30, 1611–1616 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01032-w
He documents some research stating length anywhere from 3-15 minutes.
Link to article from Quality Matters.
TOPkit Digest from the University of Central Florida
June 2021 issue: Permeating a Teaching Culture of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
If you are creating a new course and/or creating materials for an existing course, the following are some things to keep in mind to assure that any materials are accessible to all of our learners.
This UVM Public Health Course Quality Rubric Tool is used to review all new and existing public health courses as part of the Public Health program. The rubric is adapted from the SUNY OSCQR rubric. All courses are reviewed on a regular basis as defined by the program. The review process is collaborative in nature. The faculty member and instructional designer independently review their course, come together to discuss, and identify any action items to be addressed prior to next offering of the course. This tool can also be used when designing and developing new courses.
ALLY is a tool that is automatically integrated into all courses in Blackboard. It provides faculty with feedback about how accessible their files are and creates alternate versions of the files that are accessible to students with a variety of needs or preferences.
You may see small meter icons next to all of the documents in your course. Those meters are automatically generated by ALLY.
Tips and techniques for checking your course ALLY score and making documents accessible.
Any time an image is added into your content materials it is required to have alternative text (ALT text). The ALT text serves as an image title or brief description of the image for visually impaired learners. What is written in the ALT text is what a screen reader will read for visually impaired learners.
Tips and techniques for writing Alternative Text.
If you are creating PDF documents from MS Word documents, it is recommended to always run the accessibility checker on your MS Word document prior to saving it as a PDF.
Tips on how to run the MS Word accessibility checker
Tips on how to run the PowerPoint accessibility checker
Any video that is in a course needs to be captioned.
If it is a video that you created, the recommendation is to upload the video to the UVM streaming server where it will be housed. Once uploaded to streaming, you can obtain a URL link and/or the embed code to add into your course. The Caption Request Form can then be used to request a .SRT file only, that will be sent back to you for linking to the video.
If is a video from another source (YouTube or vimeo), if it is not captioned, you can submit the video to be captioned using the Caption Request Form.
When adding weblinks to your course, it is recommended to add the link via Link Text.
So important but often overlooked.
Some tips that may be helpful when setting up groups in large online classes. They recommend group size of 8-10 students.
Link to Humanizing infographic developed by Michelle Pickansky Brock.
https://create.piktochart.com/output/5383776-how-to-humanize-your-online-cl
From Wiley Education Services
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