By Xiaokai (Katie) Jia
CELT Instructional Consultant/Designer
Have you ever
assigned students an instructional video but wondered if they have watched it? Have
you found an excellent online video but wanted to quickly customize it (e.g.,
add narration, crop it) for your own instructional purpose? Do you want to
direct students’ attention to a specific part of a video? Do you want to quiz
your students while they watch a video? If you answered “Yes” to any of the
questions above, EDpuzzle (www.edpuzzle.com) might be a great solution
for you.
EDpuzzle is a
free online tool that allows you to fully engage your students, either
face-to-face or online, by integrating interactive features such as adding
quizzes and comments. For instance, a foreign language instructor can insert
quizzes into a video on grammatical rules to check students’ understanding and
have them engaged. You can also empower active student learning by having them
create their own video projects (e.g., teaching certain topic) and present to the
whole class or even the whole world.
The main
features of EDpuzzle include uploading/searching for videos, cropping video,
adding audio track and audio notes, and adding questions. You can easily
monitor students’ progress by viewing their study status. EDpuzzle also automatically
grades multiple-choice questions and generates summary of students’ responses
for you.
In short,
EDpuzzle provides great features for teachers to engage students with videos.
All you have to do is to pick a video, add your magical touch, and then track
your students’ progress and understanding. What’s even better? EDpuzzle is easy
to learn. Check out four short online
tutorials from YouTube to get started. If you are interested in learning
more about EDpuzzle with a CELT consultant, please request for
services online.
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