Module 2: EdPuzzle

Edpuzzle is an online educational tool that allows you to edit videos. It is not an ordinary editor, Edpuzzle allows us to make cuts in the video, insert images, and voice notes, make stops at the moments of the video that we want to give emphasis, and insert questions of various types (open, closed, half-closed). In addition, it prevents the student from advancing the video at will and not watching all the content.

Let's take a practical example of how to use Edpuzzle:

First, we must select a video about the content we are going to deal with. Edpuzzle allows us to select videos already created by other teachers, select videos from YouTube, or generate our videos, either by recording ourselves or by having the students generate their videos.

Once we have selected the video we want to use, it must be edited. As we have already mentioned, Edpuzzle allows us to trim the video, and insert images, audio, or questions.

The next step will be to insert questions in the moments of the video that we want. Then we must activate the prevention mode to prevent students from skipping the video and questions. In this way we will select where we want to insert the questions and in what form and type we want them to be. Edpuzzle offers different types of questions: Multiple choice, open, and Notes.

Once the questions have been designed, we must decide how to give feedback to the students. The tool allows us to do this in several ways:

Firstly, through a numerical grade where no feedback is given on the questions.

Secondly, using a numerical grade, with feedback associated with the question. Thus, when the student answers, he/she will not only see the grade but also the correct answer to the question or the comments on the question that the teacher wants to provide.

Also, we can dissociate the grade, so that the grade is not shown automatically. Showing the student the correct answer without a grade.

Finally, the feedback is provided in the classroom and dissociated from grades.

Edpuzzle - Practical recommendations:

One of the great advantages we consider of this tool is the simplicity it gives us to reverse the class (flipped learning). In such a way, we can work on key content in face-to-face classes, while other content can be worked on outside the classroom, either as a review or as new content.

It also allows us to encourage spaced practice. Since the content is recorded, students can divide the knowledge or skills they need to learn into smaller learning moments to prevent cognitive overload, thus making more decisions about their learning.

In addition, puzzles can be a very powerful tool to enhance collaborative work, allowing students to design a project. For example, generating as a final product a video through which questions are asked and the teacher monitors the activity through the tool.