EdPuzzle
Topic: Flipped Classroom
EdPuzzle is great because you can use it in different contexts. It can be the main lesson or as a supplemental text to help boost understanding. I like that a 20-minute science video with lots of fluff can be distilled down to the key points pertinent to the topic while also providing interactivity and feedback. I personally like the flipped classroom potential as there have been many times when I wish I could revisit a lecture. This allows my students that opportunity.
While I see this as primarily a teacher's tool, I do think that students could use this for presentations. They can become mini-teachers and create the lesson and questions they think they should ask to assess understanding.
Since this has a built-in grading system, student assessment is easy. The multiple choice questions grade themselves while the open-ended questions should be easy to revisit. This would pair nicely with other assessment strategies when doing live lessons.
EdPuzzle is an awesome tool to help create a flipped classroom. Instead of a live lesson, students can watch/rewatch recorded lessons or videos. The teacher can insert questions or notes throughout the video. This can help the student learn at their own pace since not all students learn equally.
Steps to use EdPuzzle:
Create an account/log into EdPuzzle
Type a video description or copy/paste the video link in the search box at top
One can see the EdPuzzles created already from the video or one can click on "YouTube" to find the original video and edit yourself (these instructions follow the latter).
Click on the desired video to open it and click Edit when it loads.
This takes you to the cutting room where you can cut out undesired portions (intro/outros, promotional offers, etc.)
Push play to start the video then push Add cut when you find the start time of the piece to remove. Click Add cut again to set the end time.
To remove the whole clip, simply click on the white pill at the edge of the clip and drag it to the other end until the trashcan appears.
You can also move the clip start/end to keep the desired portions.
Voiceover is only allowed for personal videos that you upload due to YouTube's Terms of Service.
After cutting the video, you can add questions and notes. These will automatically pause the video for the student to interact with.
Multiple-Choice is self-explanatory, but it does provide immediate grading and feedback. You can write different feedback for each option too.
Open-ended are essay questions that you will have to grade later. You can still provide general feedback regardless if the answer is correct or not.
Notes do not illicit a response from the student, but can help annotate key pieces of the video. Notes can have voice overs.
All three options allow for images, links, and include an equation editor.
When done writing the question/note, click Save and continue to the next portion to add another question/note as desired.
When the video has been edited and all questions asked, click Finish in the top-right corner. From here, you can assign the video (you can set up classes on EdPuzzle), Edit or Duplicate, or Share the video. EdPuzzles can be embedded or a hyperlink can be created. Ensure that the privacy settings are correct. They can be found below the Share Preview.
Example views of what the user sees
The main screen after one logs in
(Below) Entering Questions
