Unleash the Fun in Organization with Google Sheets!
Google Sheets is known as a replacement for Excel. Did you know Google Sheets has various features beyond Excel feature that help you stay organized? I created a short tutorial using Screencastify on how to use Google Sheets as a Travel planner. A travel planner is a fantastic tool for managing your travel itinerary and allows you to easily share it with your travel buddies! A travel planner has the positive effects of fostering creativity and engagement among others.
Mayer’s Principles and Challenges while creating Screencast
While creating my screencast, I conscientiously considered social cues, particularly the personalization principle and voice principle, as these cues help learners manage intrinsic cognitive load. Following Mayer’s principles, I made an effort to use conversational language and other expressions, such as ‘I,’ ‘It’s,’ ‘might like,’ ‘might prefer,’ and ‘we’ to cultivate a sense of comfort and politeness.
Moreover, since I am someone who pays close attention to details, sticking to the redundancy principle was quite challenging. I often find myself repeating things for emphasis, not realizing it could be a distraction for learners. It is fascinating how the choice of tools plays a crucial role in multimedia learning!
*******People learn better from graphics and narration or graphics and text than they do from graphics, narration and text!!!
Targeted Audience
When deciding on a topic for my screencasting exercise, I aimed for something I’m familiar with and consider myself an expert in. Given my inclination towards organization and planning, I envisioned my audience sharing a similar style. Being detail-oriented, I prefer working with pre-made templates that I can customize to suit my preferences. Additionally, I opted for Google Sheets as my medium of choice, considering accessibility—acknowledging that not everyone may have access to Microsoft but likely has a Google account. I considered the technical aspects to align with the needs of my audience.
Here is my Screencast Video!
Hey Katie! Great blog post this week. I really loved how you used the platform of google sheets and took advantage of its innovative features people might not know about! I think your screencast presentation effectively used Mayer’s principles, and I noticed that I remained engaged throughout the video because of your use of personable language and friendly tone of speech.
Thank you, Amira, for your kind words! I am glad you stayed engaged while watching. After rewatching my video, I wish I had zoomed the screen in more; it is slightly more zoomed out than I intended. Google Sheets offers such a wide range of features!