Today I experimented with Screencastify to do a tutorial on digital spacing charts for a dance class! It was really fun and easy to make, and considering that in this project students will need to use their devices and work individually, plus there are many steps, having a screen recording with audio that they can pause, play, and slow down as needed would be useful
Here is my tutorial:
One thing I learned about Screencastify is that you can also use your mouse to highlight things and circle them, essentially adding visual direction to the page. I chose not to implement this feature in my video after doing a trial run with it, because given that there is already quite a lot of graphics happening on the screen, it became a little overwhelming to watch back. Additionally, by not using those features, I was able to cut the video’s length in half (my initial run of the recording with the features implemented was over 30 minutes long).
Overall, I really like Screencastify for assignments that require students to complete digital work, and I will use it again in the future!