Educreations
Educreations app
What is it?
“Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that's simple, powerful, and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what they know and help friends learn something new.” -www.educreation.com
Creating Your Account
Go to http://www.educreations.com and create your account there!
On the iPad, find the GEAR to take you into the settings, then tap Login and enter your information.
Getting Started
Creating Your Own Lesson
- Decide on an upcoming math topic that you would like to model.
- Open Educreations app on your iPad.
- Tap the + to create a new video. *Here is what it will look like: (first image is for old version; second image is for updated version)
5. You can either record while you are solving the problem or after explaining what you did to solve the problem. You can also pause recording at any time and resume it again later. (The video example recorded while they were working.)
If your students are making a video, we suggest you have them write it out and then record.
6. When you are finished, tap the Done/Export button and save the lesson. Name it, set to Private, select a subject and tap save.
7. To give a lesson to a class, you need to choose the class from "Lessons" and then add the lesson to the class.
Ideas for Use
- Students can solve their own math problems in Educreations and explain their thinking.
- Students can draw story elements and voice over explaining a story.
- App isn't limited to math! It has endless possibilities!
Educreations is best shared via iPads.
If you have students create videos (while logged into your account), you can log onto Educreations on your laptop at any time and view all completed videos! What a great way to check their center work!!
Sharing Educreations
You can share your lessons with others, but we do not offer a way for the teachers to add your lesson to their class.
There are a couple different ways to share lessons with people.
Sharing your lessons privately:
To share lessons privately, you can share a special link to your private lesson via email or other means. When you share this link with others, those people will be able to view your lesson, even if they are not logged into Educreations.
To get this link on the iPad, tap the share button on the My Lessons screen. Then either tap on the email icon to share a link to your lesson via email, or tap the gray link icon to copy the link for pasting elsewhere. To copy this link on our website, head to the lesson's playback page and look in the right-side menu. Note that you should not simply copy the URL in the address bar of your browser.
Sharing your lessons publicly:
If you want to share several videos at once, you may find it easier to direct people to your public Educreations profile page. To get to your profile page, log into our site and click on your name in the upper right corner. Simply copy your profile page's URL in your browser so you can share it.
Only your public lessons are visible on your profile to users who aren't logged in, so make sure to select the public privacy setting when saving your lesson. You can change a lesson's privacy setting by editing your lesson settings on our site.
Embedding your lessons on other sites:
You can also embed your lessons on an external website, like your blog. Only public lessons can be embedded, so make sure to choose the “public” option in your lesson’s privacy settings. If you’re using our iPad app, copy the lesson embed code by tapping on the share button on the My Lessons screen. Then tap the gray link icon for the video you wish to embed and select the "Copy Embed Code" option. To get the embed code on our website, visit the lesson playback page for the lesson you want to embed. On the right side of the page, you’ll find a link that says, “embed on the web.” Once you click this link, you’ll be prompted to copy an embed code that you can use to post your lesson anywhere on the web.