Recording Video or Audio Feedback (Instead of Written)

Online learning tends to lean heavily on the written (typed) text for content and feedback. In some instances, I’ve turned to using audio or video feedback to give my hands and wrists a break. This works best when I’m giving formative feedback on student work – drafts of projects or ideas that don’t require me to provide line by line feedback on a written text.

For example, I give an assignment early in the semester that asks students to provide the first draft of an outline the major components of a project that they’ll be working on throughout the semester. In this early stage, their draft outline asks them to engage with a model that they’ll need to understand in order to complete the project. So, my feedback revolves around their understanding of the model and the concepts driving their use of the model, as well as their concrete ideas for how their project might unfold.

Rather than type all my feedback out, I’ve used screencapture software like Panopto, Screencastomatic, or Jing, to provide a short (no more than 5 minutes) video plus PowerPoint with my feedback on their ideas. On the PowerPoint slide, I highlight their main takeaways. Students like this format because they’re able to see and hear my affect – I’m able to be more encouraging than I would come across in a written text.

Tips:

• use a PowerPoint slide to focus your feedback main points
• record only 1 take! that keeps it efficient
• make an individual video for each student and send the video link to the student

SUBMITTED BY SARAH LOHNES WATULAK

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