At Friday’s Teaching Academy session, we had a lively discussion on using video in your course.  There are a few VCU resources that may be of tremendous help to you as you are planning to add video content.  They are:

  1. VCU Kanopy Streaming – a resource from VCU Libraries which gives you access to thousands of videos that you can embed directly into your Blackboard course.
  2. Use the YouTube Mashup Tool on Blackboard if you happen to find a good video from YouTube and want the video to be embedded within your course.
  3. Roy Brown’s video page.  He includes great links to NEJM videos, the Lippincott Nursing Health Assessment Video Series VCU Libraries subscribes to, PBS Frontline videos and more.
  4. Kaltura – which you can use to create a presentation, create a webcam recording, have students download videos, or create a video quiz.

Additionally, here is an interesting faculty publication that describes the use of films in a nursing course.  Cinemeducation: Teaching Family Assessment Skills Using Full-Length Movies from Wilson, Blake, Taylor and Hannings of Kennesaw State University.

Categories Learner Engagement, Teaching Tips

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