Creating Engaging Instructional Videos: Harnessing Kaltura, Zoom, and PowerPoint for Dynamic Teaching

Kaltura Capture, Zoom, and PowerPoint offer powerful options for creating instructional videos, from Kaltura’s screen recording and editing tools to Zoom’s live teaching and PowerPoint’s narrated slide decks. Each tool is best suited for different teaching needs, ensuring flexibility and engagement in educational content creation.

To create instructional teaching video content at Okanagan College, Kaltura, Zoom, and PowerPoint each offer distinct functionalities that can be leveraged to suit different teaching needs.

Kaltura Capture

• Screen Recording & Webcam Integration: Allows you to simultaneously capture your screen, webcam, and audio. This is ideal for creating instructional videos with visual demonstrations, tutorials, or narrated slides.
• Easy Editing & Hosting: After recording, Kaltura Capture integrates seamlessly with Moodle, where you can edit videos and directly upload them to a media repository for easy sharing with students.
• Analytics & Accessibility: Kaltura offers analytics to see how students engage with the videos and has accessibility tools like automatic captions.

When to use:

• For tutorial-style content where you need to walk students through software or tools.
• To record lectures or presentation-based content with the option for post-editing and sharing through an accessible platform.

Watch:

• Record Slides and Video using Kaltura Capture in Moodle 4.1

Zoom

• Live Teaching & Recording: Zoom is highly effective for live lectures or interactive teaching sessions. It allows real-time interaction through polls, chats, and breakout rooms.
• Recording Sessions for Later Use: You can record live sessions and repurpose them as instructional content by editing and uploading to your LMS or another platform.

When to use:

• For live class sessions, guest lectures, or workshops that you want to record and make available for later viewing.
• When you need interactive elements such as Q&A or live discussions as part of the instructional content.

Watch:

• Remove Sections from a Lecture or Recording in Zoom

Kaltura Classroom

• Lecture Capture for In-Person Classes: Kaltura Classroom is designed to record and live-stream in-person lectures. It integrates seamlessly with classroom hardware, capturing video, audio, and screen content in real time.
• Automated Upload & Sharing: Once recorded, the video is automatically uploaded to Kaltura’s platform, making it accessible to students for later viewing.
• Analytics & Accessibility: Like other Kaltura tools, it provides analytics to track student engagement and offers accessibility features like auto-captioning.

When to use:

• For recording and live-streaming in-person classes, ensuring students who miss class or prefer to review later can still access the content.
• When a high-quality, multi-camera lecture capture setup is needed, with minimal post-production required.

Watch:

• Add Kaltura Classroom in Moodle 4.1

PowerPoint

• Slide Decks with Narration: PowerPoint allows you to create rich slide presentations and add voiceovers, turning them into video lectures. It is a straightforward tool for explaining concepts visually.
• Export as Video: You can export narrated slideshows directly as video files, which can then be uploaded to Moodle for student access.
• Analytics & Accessibility: When you upload your PowerPoint created video to Moodle using Kaltura it will automatically be captioned.

When to use:

• For structured lectures or lessons where visual aids and slide-based content are essential.
• To create concise video lectures where students benefit from the integration of images, text, and narration.

Summary: When to Use Each Tool

• Kaltura Capture: For software tutorials, detailed walkthroughs, or when multi-camera/screen content is needed.
• Zoom: For live sessions with recording for future use, especially when interaction and real-time feedback are important.
• PowerPoint: For formal, narrated slide-based lectures or content requiring visual aids.
• Kaltura Classroom: For recording and streaming in-person classes, providing automatic uploads for easy access and review.

These tools together offer a versatile approach to creating dynamic, engaging teaching content across various learning environments.