Take 5 for Tech

WCCC teachers have access to Edpuzzle a great and ever-changing tech tool that takes pre-made videos (or your own) and requires students to pause & respond to basic assessments and review talking points. Why Epuzzle?

• You can be off and running fast! It takes little time to figure out how to use it.
• Grading perks! It grades student work (even the open-ended questions)!
• Edpuzzle is great for review, concept introduction or even substitute lesson plans.
• There's an ever-growing library of premade video assessments including ones linked to state standards. Discover Edpuzzle Originals
• Teachers to control whether students can jump ahead, making it more likely that students watch the entire video.
• Teachers can present it live in class together while students answer on a device or complete the lesson individually. (How-To Video)
• Assignments are easily and quickly integrated into Google Classroom & Canvas.
• Students can create their own Edpuzzles. (Directions are below in this Smore.)

Hopefully I've given you a reason or two to entice you into giving Edpuzzle a shot! Still questiong? I've got a plethora of more information where this came from.

Teachers already on Edpuzzle: Those who have verified their email address and used the district's email domain @mywccc.org are already upgraded. They will see their "Pro-School" status when they click the circular user icon in the top right corner because the drop-down menu will say "Pro-School".

Teachers completely new to Edpuzzle: Click the button below to become verified as staff and get the link and directions to join!

EASIEST--

Of course the easiest way to get started is to:

• Use a pre-made video with questions

The next easiest way is to:

• Use an existing video, most likely on YouTube and then add questions.

EASY--

The most "custom way" to get started (that is still not hard) is to create your own video content.

• The easiest way to recorder your screen and make a video for your students is to record a Google Meet.
• Don't worry, no one needs to be in the Meet with you! Using Google Meets is a great work around to the number, storage, and time limits of other tools like the free version of Loom & Screencastify.
• This method allows you to show things from your computer or laptop or record a lesson from your document camera.
• This video footage goes directly into your Google Drive so it is a very intuitive method.

Edpuzzle is one of the easiest ways to make sub plans! Of course there's a lot of opportunity to continue learning and exploring what you're already doing in a unit of study, but it can also be a good opportunity to cover the things you want to or need to, but struggle to find the time when you're around.

Below is a list of real-world and life-skill type lessons that can come in handy!

• Financial Literacy Video Lessons (Next Gen Personal Finance, Edpuzzle Originals)
• Tracking Success: Teaching Executive Functioning Skills
• Digital Citizenship Video Lessons

• Test Prep Video Lessons (Organized by grade level)

With Edpuzzle, teachers have the ability to assign Edpuzzle creation as well as viewing. Students can submit a video they found on YouTube or one that they made themselves. This is a great opportunity to see what students learned in action and have them flex those creativity muscles. The ways to use this are ENDLESS!

Here are some ideas to get you started specifically with student projects:

• 7 Ways to Use Student Projects with Edpuzzle (Blog Post)
• Directions how to set-up a student project (Directions)
• Student Projects Walkthrough & Student View (Video)

Neverfear! A total list of all district apps for the 2024-25 school year is coming! Unfortunately with the changing of so many integral positions, presence ot so many tech help requests and other extenuating circumstances, we're behind on app integration .As soon as I've onboarded staff on all apps and updated the Doc to reflect the changes, I willsend it out. My apologies for the delay. In the meantime, if you have specific questions, please feel free to reach out!

• Edpuzzle's YouTube Channel (Channel of Edpuzzle Videos)
• Getting Started with Edpuzzle (Video)
• Setting up Edpuzzle Assignments in Google Classroom (Video)
• Setting up Edpuzzle Assignments in Canvas (Video)
• Edpuzzle Teacher's Guide with Canvas & GC Directions (Doc)