The benefit of screen recorded summaries in feedback for work submitted electronically

Abstract

We show that using screen recording with simultaneous commentary can be successfully delivered as feedback on a large undergraduate course. We found that it was most appropriately delivered as a summary given at the end of conventional written feedback. In this way the strengths, weaknesses and options for remedy could be delivered to the students in a way that might be more engaging than if the same information was written. Students rated the overall quality of feedback more highly if it were in video form. Some markers had great facility with this method, but others found that they needed more practice. The system worked with Microsoft products, Excel and Word, and was integrated with screen recording software (Camtasia from Techsmith) in a seamless package that launched with button clicks.