Edpuzzle

Edpuzzle is a free online tool which allows the user to access online videos to then create interactive videos. Rather than the tutor playing a video then clicking pause to enable students to discuss a certain point or take notes, with Edpuzzle the video can be cropped where you want it, audio voiceover can be inserted, and even open ended and multiple choice questions can be embedded.

It makes the video more interactive for the student and they can control when they want to view the video and answer the questions.

My areas of professional practise is in catering and agriculture, two disciplines which are practical based subjects and can rely on a visual approach to teach. For example, should I wish to demonstrate the process of making a cake, then I able to crop the video at a desired point, I then have the option of including an audio voiceover where I can explain to the students the process, or I can include questions to assess their knowledge.

I find this tool very useful because it makes the lesson visual and interactive. It allows the students to rewatch and able to work at a pace which suits them. Edpuzzle is useful because it can be shared with Google Classroom, which is what I have used as a platform for my VLE.

I used Edpuzzle in my VLE as a teaching aid to emphasize points by using the voiceover feature and by inserting multi choice questions. However, Edpuzzle does offer the option of a flipped classroom. Students can edit videos and include comments about a taught subject and this can be reviewed by the tutor who can then add his own comments or the students video can be played to the class where all the students can comment.

When you open Edpuzzle you can select a video from a number of outlets, for example Youtube and Khan Academy; however the user does have the option of selecting a video that has been edited by someone else as I have done for my brief on Colostrum feeding to calves. The video had been edited and questions inserted prior and I then used this video as part of my course.

By using Edpuzzle for interactive videoing, it does allow differentiation of teaching because students can work through the video at their own pace and rewatch the video over and over.

I like this program and think it works very well as an educational accessory.

The one issue I have with Edpuzzle is that it can be affected by Broadband speed so if like me you live in the sticks then you may find it slow to download once the video is inserted in your Google Classroom VLE.