Strategies for Increasing Viewership

Navigation - Channeling Students Through the Video

  • Some students will skip your lectures and jump directly to your assignments. Consider embedding the lecture video within the assignment prompts. 
  • Use Canvas Module Requirements Links to an external site. to force students through your modules. You can make a student "Mark as Done" to acknowledge that they've seen a specific page, before they can reach other parts of the module. 
  • Reduce your course navigation to Modules, Grades, Announcements, and Syllabus. By removing Discussions, Assignments, etc, students will have to use modules to move through the content in a linear fashion. They would be less likely to navigate your course through the Assignment tool. However, this strategy doesn't stop students from using the gradebook, calendar, orTo-Do list, to navigate your course. 

Assessing Viewership

  • Develop assignments to go along with the video content. Students could simply submit a summary of their notes from the video, take a short quiz, use the 3-2-1 method (three things they learned, two things they found interesting, and one thing they have a question about). You could also develop quizzes within the videos with Panopto.  This assessment not only lets you ensure who is watching the materials, but allows you assess student learning and provide feedback. This quote, "unless it's graded, students aren't going to do it" is often stated. While not always true, there is plenty of experienced faculty who share this sentiment. 
  • Connect assessments to lecture content. In your assignment explanations, reference/link to lecture content that could be used to support student learning. 
  • Use Panopto Analytics to see who's watching and who isn't. Reach out to those not watching and remind them the behaviors of successful students.
  • Student facing analytics - explain to students the behaviors of A/B students. "In past experiences, students who watch the complete lecture, generally receive a 35% higher mark on ...... than students who fail to watch the lectures" teach students the behaviors of successful college students as many of our students don't know those behaviors.