Loom is among the instruments that I recurrently suggest when I’m requested to suggest a video device for creating educational movies. This week Loom introduced two new options that might show to be fairly useful to academics and college students.
The first new function to notice is a floating speaker notes device within the Loom desktop app for Windows and Mac. The speaker notes are principally sticky notes that you should utilize to jot down a script or simply some speaking factors to make use of to maintain you on observe whereas recording a screencast video with Loom. You can transfer the notes round whereas recording. The better part is that when you can see your speaker notes whereas recording the notes aren’t seen within the last recording that you simply save.
The second new function of notice in Loom is the choice to create and set defaults for the entire movies that you simply file. You can set defaults each for what seems in your movies and what viewers can do along with your movies (reactions, downloads, responses).
Applications for Education
Whenever I lead a workshop or webinar about classroom video initiatives I all the time suggest that college students create a script or no less than an inventory of speaking factors earlier than recording. Doing that helps college students concentrate on the primary level(s) of their movies and it provides them one thing to discuss with whereas recording. The new floating sticky notes in Loom could possibly be very useful to college students whereas they’re recording in order that they keep on observe whereas recording.
Setting video defaults could possibly be a time-saver for academics who’re creating quite a lot of educational movies.