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Hi, today I will show you how to create a video to help students construct knowledge of a text. I chose Edpuzzle for this task as it creates interactive videos that can be used on any device. Also, Edpuzzle can be used by students without a connection to the platform, which makes it easier to use with students of all ages.


First, I'll connect to my Edpuzzle account using the Google Sign-In with my professional email. Once I'm in, I'll find the YouTube video I'm looking for. In my case, it's called "The Secret Resistance." I'll try to find it like this. On YouTube, I'll find the correct video and choose it. Once I'm ready, I want to edit this video. I could watch it if I needed to beforehand, but since I've already watched it, I know I want to edit it. 


I could cut some parts of the video if I wanted to. I could also do a voice-over. Some videos allow for voice-over, but this one doesn't. Or I can ask questions. I don't want to generate questions with AI because I don’t want my questions to be key elements to find; I really want my questions to be discussion questions among my students, for them to discuss together as a group and build their understanding of the text and better understand the background information of the topic we’re addressing. So, there will be open-ended questions.


To put an open-ended question, I will first watch the video and find the moment where I want to ask the question. For example, I want to put my first question here, so I'll stop the video and add the open-ended question. I want the students to reflect on the possible topic of the video. I’ll ask them, using the title of the video and this quote, can you predict what the video will be about?


Ideally, the students would do this in a team because we want them to discuss and construct their meaning together. You could ask them to do it individually first so they can have a couple of ideas written down, but the main event is the discussion between the students. I will save this answer and continue playing the video until my next question.


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(Voice from the video) “In 1943, Allied aircraft swooped over Nazi Germany, raining tens of thousands of leaflets on people below. Written by anonymous Germans, the leaflets urged readers to renounce Hitler, to fight furiously for the future, and to never give up hope. Their call to action rippled through homes and businesses, and news of their message even reached concentration camps and prisons.” 


I'll add another question here: what do you find interesting or surprising about the leaflets?


As you can see, my questions are not questions that have a right or wrong answer; they’re really discussion questions for the students to talk about. I'll save this question. Let's pretend my quiz is finished. I'll click on "Finish" right here. I have my video, and if I want to assign it to a class, I could assign it to a class.  But if I want my students to be able to use it, I don’t really need to record their answers because they’re not right or wrong answers, they’re discussion questions. So, I will only share this preview. 


I will copy this link right here and share it with my students. The video is public, so anybody can see it. It’s called “Share Preview” because you can do it but it doesn't record your answers. If you want the students’ answers to be recorded, you'll have to assign it to a class. For this task, we don’t want to assign it, so we can share the preview. You can either give the link to your students on your platform, such as Teams or Google Classroom, or you could create a QR code for them to scan if they have iPads.


I hope this was helpful. Thank you.

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