Video-based online platform for assessing oral communication. Instructors can assign students a variety of video activities. Some of these activities take over the students’ webcam in order to create the video of the student speaking. Here are a few of the activities available:

• Question & Answer – Capture an authentic response in our asynchronous environment to any question including case discussion, interviews, oral exams, role-play, and checks for student understanding. YouSeeU software takes control of a student’s webcam in a one shot to answer scenario which cannot be paused, stopped, or re-submitted.
• Video Presentation – Enable students to deliver speeches and presentations including synchronized visual aides like power-point slides.
• Synchronous Activity – Students can schedule a real-time virtual meeting with classmates or individuals not enrolled in the course. These meetings can include up to 7 shared webcams.
• In-class Recording – For the traditional classroom or communication course lab where presentations and speeches are recorded for peer review, self-analysis and time-stamped feedback.

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Strengths

You can set up the class, add students as group members, define the objective, and evaluate the process. You can also have the students involved evaluate each other during the project.

Concerns

Although the educator account is free, there is a fee for students to use this resource. For students to use this tool, they need a webcam and microphone, although they could also use an iPhone or tablet.

Recommendations for Use

This can be a particularly useful tool for people teaching students to speak a language, because students can record conversations they have online with other students or with native language speakers.

The video below provides a quick overview of how instructors can use YouSeeU. It was created by Michael Acatl, a designer and instructional technologist in higher education.