In this second week, I was able to dive a little deeper into EdPuzzle. According to the EdPuzzle Website, the company was founded in 2013, is in 70% of schools, has over 8 million lessons, and services 35 million students. Jawed et al. (2019) suggest that 65% of the population are visual learners, making EdPuzzle perfect because participants can watch a video, do work, and answer questions during it. Though I believe the main market is for education, I see how there could be a benefit to other markets, especially when training videos are involved. Oh, and I failed to mention that there is a FREE and a PRO version, so anyone can use it!
Here is the EdPuzzle Video I created for you to learn about EdPuzzle.
Below is a little more information about creating content.
1. After you create a free account, you can add content. You can discover already made content and use that in your classroom, or you can upload your own video (like I did). You can upload through a file, or if the file is too big, you can upload through YouTube. Students can do projects too, and soon you can record on EdPuzzle, which would be great for me, but it reminds me of Kelly's becoming stage because it's a little improvement on the day before.
2. I chose to upload my own video. I had my video saved to my desktop. I'm looking forward to reading some of your blog posts about Video programs since I just used "Screengrab" on my Mac and saved the video that way. Another nice integration feature is the ability to upload from your Google Drive.
3. Now that I've uploaded it, I wait for it to upload.
4. Once it's uploaded, you can cut out parts you don't need. This is particularly important if you choose a YouTube video or content created by another user. You can add voiceovers to remind the students to pay attention to something. You can also embed questions to the lesson to see if people are paying attention.
5. You can then assign it to a class. I don't have any classes since I'm out of the classroom. But these are ones that I used many moons ago. I can choose who to assign it to, and it would connect directly to Google Classroom. Then, I could track my student's data to see what they understood or did not understand.
In my Twitter Post, I commented on how two programs I like to use are Gmail's schedule an email feature and Powerpoint. As you might surmise, I used PowerPoint to create my EdPuzzle. I am sure I could have used programs like Canva to create prettier PowerPoints, but I am waiting to learn more about that. I could also use the Gmail feature to send students or other participants that my video was uploaded and how they could best watch it. For example, I finished creating this at 9:15 PM. I would not want to send an email to my students right now. Instead, I would type out my email while it was in my head but schedule it to go out tomorrow morning to not wake my (hopefully) sleeping students.
Many of my students who are K12 teachers really liked EdPuzzle during the pandemic, as it added a layer of engagement that they had previously provided in the physical classroom. I agree with you that while the market is education, corporate trainers could also be using this tool.
ReplyDeleteGood post here, but your link to the sample EdPuzzle was not working - "...Sorry, this class is archived. Your teacher needs to reactivate it for you to be able to join."
Aloha e Dr. Watwood,
DeleteThank you for letting me know the link did not work. I just updated it and I think it should be better this time!
Nice to hear your voice - you turned this blog into a vlog!
DeleteI have never heard of EdPuzzle before. This is an excellent tool; we have an LMS that our clients can use. This could be an excellent tool for us to use. I like how it allows you to interact with students during the video. Thanks for the tutorial video; as a visual learner, that was very helpful! I thought your protopian reference to Kelly (2016), that only minor things have been changes had been made in the past few years, was curious. Do you think that is opening the door to competitors? Are there other tools like this you would recommend?
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Reference
Kelly, K. (2016). The inevitable: Understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future. Penguin Books.
Hi Cameron,
DeleteI meant to look up competitors this week before posting because I knew this question would be coming. I, of course, did not. I asked some of my teaching friends from other states. One friend who works in a Washington, D.C. says her school uses PlayPosit (https://go.playposit.com/platformoverview). She told me she still prefers EdPuzzle. It looks fairly similar to EdPuzzle but not as well known. Since I did not know much about it, I searched for a comparison.
In 2018, blogger Amy Roediger (http://aleverandaplacetostand.blogspot.com/2017/10/edpuzzle-or-playposit-which-should-i-use.html) compared the two platforms and provided a chart. From what I can see, EdPuzzle has more limitations in question types (Multiple Choice, Free Response, Reflective Pause), but PlayPosit has more options if you upgrade from the free verision (Fill in the blank, multiple select, and poll). Both platforms allow you to crop from the beginning and end of the video, but PlayPosit allows you to crop from the middle too, if you have the premium version. There looks like there are more apps that can use EdPuzzle (Chrome, iOS, Android) and the feedback I read is that PlayPosIt does not work as easily with Chromebooks. This blogger suggests EdPuzzle is the better option, especially since there are more options to the free versions.
Another blogger, Adri Michelle (https://teachstylelivefaith.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/edpuzzle-or-playposit/) also reviewed the two platforms. Since her review, PlayPosit has updated their platform which she has not reviewed. She also prefers EdPuzzle as her tool of choice due to grading. PlayPosit commented on her blog and said they had upgraded their grading (bulk grading vs individual) but she has not used it.
Though I still have not used PlayPosit, I think I would still lean towards EdPuzzle based on the feedback from my friend and these two blogs.