Instructor Tutorials
Here you can find a curated list of video tutorials and other Western resources:
- OWL Basics
- Recording and Sharing Lectures
- Sharing Lectures
- Creating Lessons or Learning Modules
- Organizing and Adding Content
- Communicating with Students
- Administering, Collecting, and Grading Assignments
- Online Office Hours or Drop-ins
OWL Basics
- Customizing your OWL course page (2 minutes)
- Tools to use (2 minutes) - David Thuss, King’s University College
- Adding the lessons tool (3 minutes)
- Adding content to the lessons tool (5 minutes)
Recording Lectures
Many instructors have been asking for recommendations for simple ways to record their lectures. The options here are listed from easiest to more complex.
Option 1: Record in PowerPoint
Option 2: Record in Zoom
- Powerpoint Voice Overs Using Zoom (2 minutes) - David Thuss, King’s University College
- Uploading Zoom Files to OWL (2 minutes) - David Thuss, King’s University College
Option 3: Record in Collaborate
- Recording a Collaborate Lecture (6 minutes)
Option 4: Recording your screen on a Mac
- How to record the screen on your Mac (web page)
Sharing Lectures
Many instructors find that uploading their videos to YouTube is an easy way to share content with students. YouTube videos can be embedded in OWL lessons pages.
- Creating a Youtube Account (1.5 minutes)
- Uploading a video to YouTube (4 minutes)
- Embedding a YouTube Video on a Lessons Page (2 minutes)
Creating Lessons or Learning Modules
- The Lessons Tool (15 minutes) - Western University, Education
Organizing and Adding Content
- Uploading Content to Resources (3 minutes)
Communicating with Students
- Setting up the Announcements Tool (3 minutes)
Administering, Collecting and Grading Assignments
- Creating an online assignment (6 minutes)
- The Assignments and Gradebook Tools (15 minutes) - Western University, Education. In this longer video, Devan Vanden Boomen walks through how to set up your gradebook and link to assignments.
Online Office Hours or Drop-ins
- Creating a Zoom Session (1.5 minutes)
- Using the Basic Features of Zoom (5 minutes) - David Thuss, King’s University College
- Creating a collaborate session (1.5 minutes)
