Learn how to use educational videos found online with added interactive elements to make them more engaging for students. This course focuses on adding questions, voice annotations, and text annotation to videos that address content standards in order to highlight key points and/or assess student understanding.
Use search guidelines to find high-quality standards-based videos
Add interactive elements to videos
Learn to create and assign lessons to students and review student work
Experience Edpuzzle as a learner. Be prepared to share your thoughts with the group about the difference in using Edpuzzle vs. video by itself.
Easily trim away unwanted portions of videos
Include audio and text notes about content in the video
Add questions in multiple formats throughout a video to check for understanding
Find quality digital content with questions and notes already included from the Edpuzzle community of educators
Create custom content by uploading existing videos created by the teacher using Screencastify, Loom, or other video tools
Edpuzzle is easy to learn how to use. Edpuzzle support tutorials relating to basic navigation, posting assignments, and linking to Google Classroom are available on demand from the site. When entering Edpuzzle, indicate the user type (Student or Teacher). Users can log in using existing credentials from Google or create an account from scratch.
Steps For Getting Started in Edpuzzle
1. Log into Edpuzzle using Google Account (CMCSS Teachers)
2. Find videos by using the Edpuzzle Curriculum area. (Figure 1 at right)
3. Navigate using the options shown in the upper right corner of the Edpuzzle window. (Figure 2 below)
a. Search content - enter keywords to locate videos
b. Content - contains all the videos saved by user
c. Gradebook - shows grades for classes and can be drilled down to individual students
d. My Classes - lists the classes linked from Google or created in Edpuzzle
e. Help icon - access to videos on common topics and the help center
f. Profile icon - manage account, password, and school settings
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The icons below are links to the site, teacher resources, and online professional development that covers topics like basic to advanced use, flipping the classroom, personalized learning, and more. Take some time to explore the Teacher Resources and the Online Professional Development offerings.
Edpuzzle can provide a platform to flip the classroom. This video explains in detail how to use Edpuzzle showing both the teacher and student perspective with a focus of flipping content to allow more time in the classroom for face-to-face interaction.
Learners can use search guidelines to find high-quality standards-based videos
Learners can add interactive elements to videos
Learners know how to create and assign lessons to students and review student work
Increase student learning and mastery of standards - Edpuzzle uses online content to supplement instruction and provides feedback to students and teachers about learning.
Create and sustain conditions that foster increased productivity in a single class period. - Edpuzzle allows for the classroom to be flipped when appropriate. Teachers can create content and post assignments for students to access when and where they want.
Build the capacity of students to demonstrate mastery of the standard through multiple modalities - Edpuzzle is one of many digital resources that teachers can use with their students to deliver instruction and gather data as well as provide feedback.