Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Multimedia

Moodle 2011

Multimedia guidelines

5 min. video to accompany book chapter

The goal

Create a 5 min. instructional video explaining the main problem and relevant theory and research, with examples, based on your chapter.

Overview

This assessment task involves creating and publically sharing a multimedia overview of your chapter:

1. Chapter overview: Explain and summarise the chapter's problem, key points, and take-away messages.
2. Style: The style is very open - it could be in third person but you may also wish to use first person examples or share your viewpoint.
3. Format: You could use a screencast or slidecast e.g,. via http://slideshare.net or http://prezi.com) with slides and voice recording (e.g., via http://screenr.com or BB FlashBack Express or a webcam presentation (e.g., via http://youtube.com). Alternatively, you could shoot video off-line using a digital camera, edit (e.g., in Windows Movie Maker) and upload it. If you're not sure and want to keep it simple, the recommended approach is a screencast using http://screenr.com
4. Location: Multimedia should be posted for public viewing e.g.,
   1. video hosting website (e.g., http://youtube.com)
   2. streaming/recording site (e.g., http://ustream.com)
   3. video/animation site (e.g., http://animoto.com, http://www.muvizu.com)
   4. slide-hosting (http://slideshare.net)
   5. public archive (e.g., http://archive.org or Wiki commons).
5. Equipment: You will at least need a computer connected to the internet and a microphone to create the multimedia recording.
6. Length: 5 min. maximum. No minimum.
7. Copyright: Clearly indicate a copyright license (e.g., in the credits and/or meta-data). Ideally, put the recording in the public domain or apply a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia license in order to allow the multimedia to be used and re-mixed in this and other open education resource projects.
8. Attribution: Provide appropriate acknowledgement e.g., in a list of references/credits at the end and remember that you should have permission for re-use from the copyright holder or claim to be making use of the image under "fair dealing".
9. Links: Link to your multimedia presentation from your online textbook chapter. Also provide a link from the multimedia file(s) back to the textbook chapter.

Marking criteria

Three key criteria will be used in marking the multimedia exercise:

1. Structure and content (25%): Well-designed, organised, logical content which provides an effective overview of the chapter content
2. Communication (50%): Clear, well-paced, interesting, creative communication of key ideas
3. Production quality (25%): Clear picture and sound. Easy to find and watch on the web. Clear title, description, tags etc.

How this assessment exercise addresses the learning outcomes

Learning outcome	Description
Students will be able to integrate theories and current research towards explaining the role of motivation and emotions in human behaviour.	The multimedia exercise requires concise communication about key psychological theories and research for their specific topic. Visualisation of concepts and examples are encouraged, to help illustrate how relevant theories and research apply to understanding human behaviour.

How this assessment exercise addresses the generic skills

Generic skill	Description
Communication	This exercise involves oral, visual, and multimedia communication skills to record and openly share a presentation of the authored book chapter. The exercise involves producing and publically sharing a self-recorded video, and included learning how to prepare, script, record and share a screencast or webcam video using simple tools.

See also

• Lecture 10b: How to make a multimedia recording
• General feedback about the multimedia presentation exercise (2010)

External links

• Multimedia and copyright licensing (Moodle thread, 2010)