I’ve been out of academia for a few years now, but lately I’ve been watching a lot of random Coursera courses. One meta-thing that’s become apparent is that presentation technology has moved forward since I stopped teaching. So far I haven’t been able to figure out exactly how these courses are put together, and Coursera seems surprisingly tight-lipped about exactly what they’re doing. In particular there are three parts:
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1. What presentation software and hardware are the instructors using? Most seem to be using something like Powerpoint or Keynote; but many of them, especially in the sciences, are drawing on the screen as they speak. How are they doing that? Are they using a Wacom graphics tablet, an iPad, or something else? And what software are they using to do this? (It’s possible there’s more than one answer here.)<\/p>\n
2. The lectures seem to be recorded in real time. What screen recording software are they using for this? (Again, different instructors may well be using different software.)<\/p>\n
3. Some of the lectures mix video of the lecture with the Powerpoint slides. What’s the editing software used to do this? <\/p>\n
Has anyone done this? Any suggestions? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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