Online Class 2 @One!

Building Online Community
with Social Media

Unit 2: Tools for
Humanizing your Course  

This week, we learned about screen capturing tools and videos that’s can assist us in enhancing the development of online community.

We reviewed:

1.  Snagit https://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html
2. Jing https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
3. Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com

I love Jing because it is free and very easy to use! However, it’s a beginner tool so if you are looking to do more in screen capturing, you might want to invest in Camtasia.

I have many ideas of how to create my videos and lessons for my classes!

LOVE IT!!! 

 We also discussed the students’ privacy and we were encouraged to review the FERPA policy for our college. Some suggestions to consider while creating our course are:

• Clearly review the FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) policy at you institution and discuss it with your students
• Inform the students about who will have access to their work: projects, essays, etc. For example: only students in the class, students in this and future classes, aides, other instructors, administrators, etc.) 
• Identify the social media tools that will be used in the class. For example, google docs, YouTube videos, etc. and clearly explain how to make them private whenever appropriate.
• And always remember to have clear goals and explain “why” you are using a certain “tool or site”. If possible, share previous students’ samples or comments.