How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways:
1. You create simple movies of my movements on the computer screen.
2. You let me add sound via a microphone so that my audience may have verbal instructions and the opportunity to appreciate the melodious sound of my voice.
3. You impart instant understanding and world peace.
Well, two outta three ain’t bad.
Captivate is a software program that is simple to use. In one hour we were able to install it and start recording files of our movements on the computer screen. First we had a lot of fun, then we got down to the nitty-gritty of creating something practical for our teachers. Our district has a help button on the computer desktop that one of our technicians created. It gives end users the ability to notify the I.T. department of technical difficulties. It’s a wonderful tool, chock full of useful links.
But how do we get our not-so-savvy computer users comfortable with the application and help them understand it’s use?
Instructional sheets are a super idea, but teachers don’t read their mail.
Instructional emails are good, except we have a large population of teachers that don’t know how to check their mail, and others who don’t read their mail.
Going door-to-door and showing teachers would be fabulous, except we are but a simple band of five small technology coaches in a district of 140 schools.
However with Captivate, we can create a bank of common trainings and post them on a website, wiki, or blog and then teach teachers how to click and learn!
I’ll have to share some here on the blog once we really get going.
Fabulous
=^)
