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Presenter notes COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Dear ambassadors, To support you in teaching others to use TouchCast, we’ve prepared a guide on how to create a presentation for you, the ambassadors. The goal of this document is to help you to construct your presentation through sharing our insights from our experience presenting. In addition, we are trying to ingrain unified workflows and terminology among our users. You may use these slides as they are or adjust them as you see fit. If you have the ability to reflect your iPad on a big screen, you should do so as it is better than using our screenshots. While we’d like you use our guidelines, it is important that you share your personal experience and examples, as they will be most impactful. So, here is a little about our experience - having a green screen in our presentations always increased the engagement and excitement levels of the audience. When we started asking the audience to participate in the demos, they liked it even better. The resulting amusement and laughter took over the room and participants wanted to start creating their own examples. From there, we added a guided activity, brought a few extra green screen stations, and allowed our audience to play with the iPads. They were excited about learning to use a robust tool in such a short amount of time. These slides are for your own use only. Please don’t forward them to other users without asking for our approval first. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions, TouchCast Edu Team Presenter notes TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS: This presentation comes in handy when you are holding one of the following training sessions. 1. BYOD workshops - when participants can learn and interact with the TouchCast iPad Studio App during the session. 1. An introduction session - a 30-60 minute presentation that allows enough time to show what TouchCast is and to demonstrate the various features of the platform. 1. Training sessions for small groups - even if you don’t intend on presenting in front of a large group or using a screen for your presentation, this document can give you guidelines to help make your presentation flow better. This document has all the proper TouchCast terminology and will help you follow the best practices. In all types of presentations, you should include and highlight your own personal experiences and examples of using TouchCast. Let’s start ! TEACHER’S PRESENTATION What is TouchCast? And how do educators use TouchCast? TouchCast Uses in Education: 1. Students’ interactive video presentations 1. Students’ digital stories with role-playing 1. Teachers flip lessons with interactive video lectures 1. Newscasts by students and teachers 5. Teacher’s assignments to students 6. Teachers professional development COMMENTS ABOUT SLIDE 3: What is TouchCast Whether you decide to use these examples or other examples, it is most effective to begin by highlighting a few basic TouchCast features: ● What is an interactive video ● What are vApps (video Apps) ● How do viewers interact with vApps ● How to utilize the Green Screen ● How and why to include titles and whiteboards ● The benefits of using TouchCast for learning TouchCast Uses in Education/ Students presentations More examples of Students presentations: Chemistry Talks http://www.touchcast.com/chem_talks/Radioactive-2 Fish don’t care about boundaries http://www.touchcast.com/smalcolm17/fish_dont_care_ab out_boundaries_ Titanic Touchcast Part 1 http://www.touchcast.com/s507099/7c8dc14219 TouchCast stem inner engineer project http://www.touchcast.com/ludi/touchcast_stem_inner_eng ineer_project_ EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN http://www.touchcast.com/17kcook/0ac1e0fe63 ● ● ● ● A student report about Malala Yousafzai. Includes the following interactive materials: maps, web pages, a Ted talk, PDF and images. Uses the teleprompter to convey script. Uses the green screen effect for a relevant background. TouchCast Uses in Education/ Students digital stories with role-playing More examples of Students role-playing with the green screen: Transcontinental Railroad - Final http://www.touchcast.com/heatonshints/transc ontential_railroad_final News on Yugoslavia http://www.touchcast.com/dmslibrary/news_on _yugoslavia FOUNDING OF ROME http://www.touchcast.com/stlnn/founding_of_rome_part_2 Highlights: ● Students can travel in space and time. ● Students demonstrate flexible thinking and creative problem solving. ● Encourage collaborations and reinforcement of executive functions. TouchCast Uses in Education/ Flipped Classroom presentations by teachers More great examples of Flipped Learning related TouchCasts: Cell Intro http://www.touchcast.com/lawler1/cell_intro Forces http://www.touchcast.com/stcscience/d51376 1cbe Julius Caesar http://www.touchcast.com/kr_ela/julius_caesar All ABOUT EARTHQUAKES http://www.touchcast.com/stcscience/earthquakes Highlights: ● Liz Meredith teaches a flipped science lesson. ● She includes TouchCast assessment tools like the Question vApp, a google form and Quizlet. ● She uses the video vApp to add more content. TouchCast Uses in Education/ School Newscasts by students More great examples of Communication related TouchCasts: Laker Sports Wrap-up http://www.touchcast.com/laker_live/laker_sports_wrap_up Vianney Daily News http://www.touchcast.com/vianneystl/vianney_daily_news April 15, 2015 http://www.touchcast.com/ghnn/april_15_2015 ACDC NEWSCAST FINAL http://www.touchcast.com/acdc/acdc_newscast_final Highlights: ● Students use the virtual News-Cast Studio to report the weather and demonstrate their science learnings. ● Creative use of the green screen effect. ● TouchCast inside TouchCast is added to expend on a topic. ● Demonstrates great team work. ● Most importantly - students are engaged and enjoying a learning process. TouchCast Uses in Education/ School Newscasts by teachers More great examples of Communication related TouchCasts: Flipped School Board Meeting http://www.touchcast.com/greenwood/flipped_school_ board_presentation The New School Year is Here! http://touchcast.com/peter_dewitt/The-New-SchoolYear-is-Here Parent Conferences 2014 http://www.touchcast.com/bosch/parent_conferences_ 2014 1st-2nd Grade AL April 2015 http://www.touchcast.com/fetu_tv/1st_2nd_grade_al_april_2015 Highlights: ● Students use the virtual News-Cast Studio to report the weather and demonstrate their science learnings. ● Creative use of the green screen effect. ● TouchCast inside TouchCast is added to expend on a topic. ● Demonstrates great team work. ● Most importantly - students are engaged and enjoying a learning process. TouchCast Uses in Education/ Educator’s professional development More great examples of Educator’s development TouchCasts: 2016 Ambassador Video-Saracini http://www.touchcast.com/ambassadors/2016_ambassador_ video_saracini TouchCast Ambassador Dr. Brad Gustafson http://www.touchcast.com/ambassadors/73972ca6dd TouchCast Ambassador Gardner: How to make an awesome TouchCast http://www.touchcast.com/dmslibrary/touch_cast_ambassador_gardner Highlights: ● TouchCast ambassador Laura Gardner shared her favorite four TouchCast features. ● Laura applied her favorite features in the creation of this TouchCast. ● Laura shared copyright friendly resources with educators in this TouchCast. TouchCast Uses in Education/ Before we start... TouchCast is: ● an iPad App ● a free authoring tool And it can be download in the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touchcaststudio-annotate/id603258418?mt=8 COMMENTS ABOUT SLIDE 9: Before we start It is important to mention at this point that the app works differently on older iPads. The main differences between iPads are: - Older iPads do not support “video import” (now called “annotate a video”) - iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad mini first generation do not support “video import”/“annotate a video” features - iPad 4, iPad mini Retina and newer support “video import”/“annotate a video” features (This includes video backgrounds, “add vApps” and “edit vApps” in editor) - iPad Air and newer support the Multi-Camera feature (using the TouchCast External Camera app) Remember, it is important to update your TouchCast app and your iOS when updates are made available. TouchCast Uses in Education/ Step by step basic workflow Step 1 Plan your TouchCast On a planning sheet write your script, which includes: narration in the teleprompter, vApps-to-be-added, whiteboard interactions, etc. Step 2 Preparation before recording Paste or type the narration into the teleprompter. Bring vApps into the vApp tray. Pick your background/s, if using a green screen. Prepare titles and whiteboards. Step 3 Record your clips Tap the record and pause button to create clips. Add your vApps, whiteboards, titles and effects after pausing the recording. Step 4 Edit your TouchCast video Your clips can be edited, trimmed, duplicated, or deleted. Step 5 Export and Publish When you are done, export your TouchCast and publish it to your channel. You can also choose to save it locally on your iPad. TouchCast Uses in Education/ An alternative workflow for iPad 4 and faster using “annotate a video” Step 1 Plan your TouchCast On a planning sheet write your script, which includes: narration in the teleprompter, vApps-to-be-added, whiteboard interactions, etc. Step 2 Preparation before recording Paste or type the narration into the teleprompter. Bring vApps into the vApp tray. Pick your background/s, if using a green screen. Prepare titles and whiteboards. Step 3 Record your clips Tap the record and pause buttons to create clips. Create only pure clips, which are clips with no vApps. Step 4 Edit your TouchCast video. Your clips can be edited, trimmed, duplicated or deleted. You can now “add vApps” to pure clips (clips with no vApps) and re-record them in the Studio with the vApps. You may also add titles, whiteboards and effects at this point. You can import videos from different resources or a previous project or you can go back to the studio and record more. Step 5 Export and Publish When you are done, export your touchcast and publish it to your channel. You can also choose to save it locally on your iPad. STEP 1 / PLANNING YOUR TouchCast Things to consider when planning your narrative with TouchCast: ● Script (teleprompter) ● Background (green screen) ● Highlight (whiteboard or titles) ● The supplemental materials (vApps) you would like to include (a web-page, images, pdfs videos). ● What type of interactivity you would like to promote. Different vApps allow different type of interactivity (view only, download or feedback) TouchCast RESOURSES/ PLAN YOUR TouchCast VIDEO URL:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_eciZ63-glfmqTQMjnJ5g64JkebndhB9XtBwDBkgDo/edit Main Features: Teleprompter, Whiteboard and vApps Control the setting of your cameras and the teleprompter in this panel. Add vApps so your TouchCast video is interactive. Type or draw on your video with the Whiteboard tools. Preparation before recording/ Getting familiar with the camera screen Read your script from the “Teleprompt”. This text doesn’t show on the final video. Tap anywhere in the camera view to set the focus and exposure then tap “Lock” to keep it set. Tap record button to start recording Tap to set a picture or a video as your canvas. (The camera will be off in this case.) Preparation before recording/ Use a teleprompter Tap to edit or to paste text Adjust the speed of the teleprompter Preparation before recording/ Add vApps vApps: Interactive elements that live inside the video with which the viewer can interact while watching a TouchCast video. The most popular and usable vApps in education are: WebPage vApp, Google Map vApp, Photo vApp, Video vApp, Poll vApp, Question vApp, list vApp. vApp options/ The Web Page vApp Enables users to browse the web while watching the video. vApp options/ The Poll vApp Users will interact with the poll to vote and then view the total votes as a bar graph. vApp options/ The Question vApp The question vApp allow viewers to self reflect on their knowledge. Users receive an immediate feedback whether their answer is correct or false. vApp options/ The List vApp Preparation before recording/ Organizing the vApps vApp Tray “Next vApp” cycles through vApp tray Change vApp orientation Preparation before recording/ vApps placement vApp orientation - set to adjustable ● Note: Make sure not to place vApps on presenter’s face Preparation before recording/ vApps placement vApp orientation - set to Full Screen Preparation before recording/ vApps placement vApp orientation - set to Split Screen Preparation before recording/ vApps placement vApp orientation Picture in picture/ Silhouette Mode Preparation before recording/ vApps placement Picture in picture/ Silhouette Mode with Green Screen Effect To turn on Silhouette Mode, first click “Effects”, then click “GREEN SCREEN” to turn on green screen effect. Preparation before recording/ The Whiteboard Create multiple boards and switch between them. Start a new board. Change the surface. Use glass for the camera view. Pick instrument from pen, eraser, text, arrow and rectangle. Tap anywhere on the screen to start typing or drawing. Export a whiteboard as a vApp. It will then act as a vApp. Preparation before recording/ Whiteboard Example Record your clips/ Record and pause Click record and pause to create multiple clips Record with the green screen effect/ Step by step tutorial 1. Tap on “Effects”; 2. Tap on “GREEN SCREEN” Note: You need a green screen in your background to use green screen effect. 2. 1. Record with the green screen effect/ Step by step tutorial 3. Tap the image icon on the right side of the screen to select a background picture. 3. Record with the green screen effect/ Step by step tutorial 4. Now you have a new background. Move around to be in the ideal position. Edit your TouchCast Video/ Clips Clips can be manipulated. Users can delete, copy, and duplicate clips. They can also change the order, add vApps to clips and add transitions between clips. Clip Tray Toolbar Edit Your TouchCast Video/ Adding vApps to clips (requires iPad 4/ iPad mini Retina and newer) Select the clip that you want to add vApps to, then tap “Add vApps”. Add vApps, and tap the Record button. Wait until the re-recording ends. The re-recording will stop automatically. Now the vApps you just added are burned into your clip. Edit your TouchCast Video/ Clips 1. Use the playhead to determine where to trim a clip. 2. Tap the scissors icon to cut a clip. 3. Select the part of the clip you wish to delete (in blue), and tap the trash icon. Edit your TouchCast Video/ Adding more footages Users can add more video clips in the editing stage. They can go back to the TouchCast studio to record more; import a video, or add a clip from a different project. Last Step/ Export & Publish 1. After finishing your project, click “Export TouchCast”. 2. Set your video’s thumbnail. 3. Set your privacy setting to “Only me” or “public.” Public sharing allows sharing a link or embedding your TouchCast in a blog. 4. Tap share. Guided Activity A great way to demonstrate TouchCast is to ask a few volunteers from the audience to help create an example using the green screen in front of the audience. For a successful demonstration/activity, you need to have a green screen and a tripod for your iPad. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ FIRST ■ Click on “CAST SIDE” ■ Select your theme and click on “CREATE NEW” SECOND ■ Plan your recording: Script (Teleprompter), Whiteboard, vApps ■ Record your video (optional Green Screen) ■ Click on “Done” → Select Clip and “Trim” as desired THIRD ■ Select the clip and click on “Add vApps” ■ Select your “vApps” to use at certain times. ● 1 Webpage vApp, 1 Video vApp, 1 Image vApp ■ Re-Record the whole video with vApps by clicking them on/off ■ Click “Done” FOURTH ■ Click on “+Add Clip” → “Record in Studio with Camera” ■ Click on “Whiteboard” - select board type & writing utensil (or typing) ● Prep your whiteboard ■ Record and click whiteboard on when you want it to appear ■ Click “Done” LAST ■ Click on “Export TouchCast” ■ Add Title, Select “Public”, Click “Share” An example guided activity created by our 2015 ambassador Crystal Kirch. TouchCast Resources/ TouchCast Educator Guide Get a TouchCast Educator Guide: http://guide.touchcast.com/youtubegeneration/#getthebook STUDIO IN A BOX everything you need to transform your class to a film-studio Order here: www.touchcast.com/studioinabox/ TouchCast Resources/Resources for Training TouchCast Tutorials Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/TC_Tutorials/ Social Studies Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/TCSocialStu/ STEM Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/TCEduSTEM/ ELA Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/TCEduELA/ School Newscasts - http://www.touchcast.com/edunewscasts/ Higher Ed Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/HigherEd/ TouchCast Ambassadors 2015 Channel - http://www.touchcast.com/tca2015/ Touchcast ideas and inspirations - http://www.touchcast.com/TCInspire/ Class management ideas: http://bit.ly/21A7Yii Lesson Plans: http://www.touchcast.com/lessonPlan/ Happy TouchCasting !