Lecture capture

Lecture capture is necessary for quality online teaching.  While there are many resources already available, lecture capture allows a good teacher to put his on personal touch on online learning.  I am using lecture capture for my current course.  I'm not doing anything fancy, simply filming myself and using Youtube Editor to make some minor changes.  Here is an example of a video I have made.

I may also use Snagit to do screencasts.  They can sometime be useful, but I usually find screencasts to be boring.  I do however use some other peoples screencasts in my teaching from time to time.  Here is a Paul Hewitt screencast.

Using lecture capture in my fully online class allows me to give my personal style to my instruction.  I have also started using lecture capture to provide "flipped" instruction in my regular classroom and to give extra instruction for students who need more.