Sachiyo Shearman School of Communication shearmans@ecu & Michael B. Dixon

1. Abstract It so happens that I am teaching both a face-to-face and an online course on the same topic this semester. In my effort to converge two of my courses, I decided to transfer my face-to-face lectures into the online Blackboard course site. Our school does not have a MediaSite classroom which would allow us to do lecture capturing or event webcasting. My solution was to use a Flip Camera to video record my lectures, and then edit and save them in MP4 file format using iMovie software. The files were saved on ECU’s core or winmedia server and the link was attached to the Blackboard course site for online students. This presentation shares some of the tips that I’ve learned in the process of transferring face-to-face lectures into the Bb course site. Example#1 Sample Link – COMM2030 “Characteristics of Science” FtF to DE course: Transferring Face-to-face class lectures to the Bb course sites Sachiyo Shearman School of Communication shearmans@ecu.edu & Michael B. Dixon College of Fine Arts and Communication dixonm@ecu.edu • Using FtF Lectures for your Bb course site • PROS • FtF lectures that include your interactions with students can be more informative/approachable for DE students. • Efficient, especially if you are teaching both FtF and DE courses. • CONS • Not the best media at times (for example, use of Camtasia can be useful for hands on instructions) •  Selecting appropriate lectures • Too much interaction with students can be distracting •  Attempting to do short lectures at first and do activity later in class when video recording. Example#2 Sample Link – COMM2030 “Reliability and Validity” • Process & Tips - Three Simple Steps • Video record the lecture • Video record the relevant lectures that you want to share with your DE courses • As I did not have an access to a MediaSite classroom (which allows you to save your lecture), my solution was to use Flip cameras for recording. This is a low-budget yet efficient solution for the instructors who do not have access to the recording devices in the specific classroom s/he teach. • Edit and save in an appropriate format • Edit and save your lectures using video editing Software such as iMovie or Quicktime Pro. • I simply cut lectures into 5-10 minute meaningful segments and then save it in a Web-friendly format (.mp4 files) for the students using Bb course sites. (Having longer lectures would take longer for you to edit or simply save it, and the file size also gets larger.) • Publish the file or the link on the Bb course site • Transfer the edited/saved mp4 files into your core server (core.ecu.edu) or winmedia server (winmedia.ecu.edu) space • Attach the link on the Bb course sites Example#3 Sample Link – COMM2030 “Sampling Concepts”