edTPA: Video Recording and Video Editing

As the year comes to a close, Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education students are putting the final touches on one of the last assignments they submit before becoming teachers: edTPA. This final assignment is as complicated as it is important -- it requires students to record themselves teaching in a classroom, and will determine whether they will move onto having a classroom of their own.

Teacher Education students come into the edTPA process with various levels of video skills. Some students have had extensive experience recording videos, while others have never touched a video camera. To help students out, Ed Tech provides students with a handful of video recording and video editing workshop throughout the weeks leading up the the edTPA submission deadline, and offers them various handouts and videos for students to reference during submission.


Here are some of those instructional videos, so that you, too, can become a video guru!

(The camera used in the edTPA process, as well as the following tutorials and handouts, is a Canon Vixia HF R500)

Importing Video

Uploading Video

Importing AVCHD Videos

Google Calendar Appointment Slots - Perfect for Office Hours and Advising Appointment Sign-ups

Google Calendar's Appointment Slots makes it easy to create an online appointment sign-up sheet. Simply select days/times on your calendar you want to make available on your sign-up sheet and click Appointment Slots. Fill in details such as the length of each individual slot to create your own public appointment calendar. Email or post the link to your calendar appointment page and students can start booking appointments by clicking on available appointment.

For step-by-step instructions, see Google Help  Don't use Google Calendar? You might want to give the Moodle Scheduler activity a try.  

Social Bookmarking: Still a Thing

While Twitter is a great place to discover new things, and RSS readers are excellent for following the things you've already found, what about the things you don't want to forget? Social Bookmarking has been around for years, (Delicious was one of the first in 2003), and it's still the best way to keep track of anything with a URL.

Both Delicious and Diigo are ways to keep an organized index of both the resources you've read and those you're still waiting to get to. You can even share URLs with one click using the browser plugin.

Virtual Desktop on Oculus Rift: A Review

Context

VR technology has been available for several years at this point. From lightweight smartphone-based solutions like Google's Cardboard to desktop-integrated solutions like HTC's Vice or the Oculus Rift, there are many points of entry for perusing VR content. Much of the content has focused on games, media, or digital art. While those uses are entertaining, they are often not inherently productive.

Image from https://techgage.com

Virtual Desktop is an application available through Steam and the Oculus store. It brings your desktop to a virtual environment, where it is rendered as a stand-alone screen of nearly any size. One of the common complaints about VR, is that there is not enough content. Virtual Desktop addresses that issue by allowing you to run any application you can otherwise run on your computer, in VR.

But, why?

Virtual Desktop is interesting because it allows you to selectively focus and magnify your activities. With virtual screens larger than your field of vision, you have the opportunity to fill your view with single focused intent. The Oculus Rift headset has built-in headphones which, when paired with audio input, allow you to further separate yourself from your physical space and immerse yourself in your chosen digital space. With multiple virtual monitors, you can relegate different tasks to different spaces that become available with the turn of a head.

So, you're too good for switching Spaces/Desktops now?

In reviewing the functionality of Virtual Desktop, the comparison to multiple workspaces was inevitable. On MacOS, Linux, and Windows, users have to ability to create separate workspaces (called Spaces, or Desktops, or Workspaces) for whatever workflow advantages might be had from such a delineation. The primary advantage of Virtual Desktop is that switching between desktops is as smooth as turning your head. Even with a trackpad or mouse configured to switch between Spaces with a gesture, the hard break between screens can be jarring. Something about shifting focus naturally through looking elsewhere reduces that disruption and makes fast-switching better.

Caveat Emptor

If you are motivated to explore virtual possibilities, there are a few things to bear in mind. Firstly, while VR technology has come a long way, it is still an imperfect tech. Currently, text rendering on the Oculus Rift is crude at best. On a white background, text tends to display a yellow shadow or echo. On a related note, VR headsets operate with the expectation that you will move your head to look around. This means that looking with your periphery generally yields low-quality visuals. Text input also suffers in VR. While Virtual Desktop includes an interface to allow input from controllers, it is time-consuming to enter large blocks of text. Even for users adept at touch typing, having a headset on makes it difficult to verify that your hands are properly aligned with your keyboard. Putting a headset on in a work environment can present other unexpected non-technical issues. A user will find themselves generally less aware of the physical world around them and, more importantly at times, the other people in it. Bystanders often find themselves having to resist the urge to take advantage of a VR user's lack of awareness. And finally, the more immersed you are in virtual space, the more jarring it is to finally decouple and enter the physical world.

The Future is Now

If you're someone who is consistently looking for ways to enhance your focus, give Virtual Desktop a try. New hardware is being developed constantly to address the issues identified above. Also, there is nothing quite like writing a blog post on a ten foot screen.

Zotero Updates for 2019

Zotero is a combination of software and online service that helps researchers collect, manage, and cite research sources. At Lewis & Clark, we recommend and support Zotero.

Why Zotero? 

• It's free and open source
• It's easy to use and works on your web browser
• It supports collaboration
• It is powerful, flexible, and has a robust developer community

Getting Started

Zotero helps new researchers organize sources and supports popular bibliographic styles used at Lewis & Clark. Zotero can automate the process of creating a properly formatted biography which can be a big help for those working on a thesis or other large research project with extensive citations. For those looking to get started, check out our Getting Started Check List or contact us to schedule a consultation. We're also happy to schedule and tailor a workshop for your class or groups of five or more.

New for 2019

We're most excited about Zotero's Google Docs integration which is now built-in to browser connectors.  The Zotero community has also been working to make it easier to find and download freely available PDFs for scholarly articles. For a complete list, see the Zotero changelog.

2018 Faculty Technology Showcase Recap

It's been a couple months, but it's never too late for a recap! On December 6th, Educational Technology once again hosted the annual Faculty Technology Showcase. The 2018 event featured thirteen presenters (eleven faculty!) showcasing the variety of ways they have incorporated technology into their instruction and research. This was enough to give us a few challenges space-wise, a 'problem' we're more than happy to have! A full list of our presenters and descriptions is available at the Showcase website.

In addition to showcasing the efforts of our faculty, Educational Technology had plenty to share as well. In our second year highlighting our virtual reality systems, we included two VR demo stations. The second featured mathematics faculty Everett Sullivan demonstrating the immersive vector-mapping program CalcFlow. Our student employee Keegan Milburn demonstrated 3D models of campus buildings, which could have a variety of applications including Virtual Campus Tours and Facilities Diagrams. We displayed these diagrams using our recently-acquired ClearTouch interactive smartboard. Lastly, we saw the return of our lightboard, which made its debut at last year's event. Philosophy faculty Joel Martinez demonstrated how he's utilized the lightboard as a resource for creating instructional videos for his Formal Reasoning course.

It is always a pleasure to host this opportunity for our community to get together, celebrate success, swap ideas, and, of course, win prizes! We hope to see you all (and more) again next year!

Zoom Updates for Spring 2019

Don't be surprised if the next time you launch Zoom you're prompted to update - this isn't a routine bug fix update, but instead is full of new useful features. Highlights include a streamlined client for scheduling meetings and more options for meeting hosts such as virtual backgrounds, options to manage participants' screen shares, annotation enhancements, and more. For a full list, check out the release notes. We'd love to hear what you think of the new Zoom!

Google Ending Support for Google Drive Desktop May 12th, 2018

Google will officially shut down Google Drive Desktop on May 12, 2018 and has offered two replacement options: Google Backup & Sync and Google Drive File Stream. 

IT recommends that users who wish to continue to have desktop access to their lclark Google Drive use Google Drive File Stream. Google Backup & Sync is the recommended option for personal (gmail.com) Google accounts.

Google Drive File Stream is a flexible sync tool designed for G Suite for Education users. Similar to using a network share drive, it makes your Google Drive available through mounting your drive, giving you access to your entire drive while you're connected to the internet. If you're concerned about not having internet access, you have the option to make specific folders available offline. To do that, once installed, you would navigate to the folder on your computer, right-click the file or folder you wish to make available offline, and select Drive File Stream > Available Offline.

Uninstall instructions are available here for Google Drive Desktop. Google provides help documentation for Google Drive File Stream, but feel free to reach out to the IT Service Desk if you have additional questions.

2017 Faculty Technology Showcase Recap

On December 7th, Educational Technology once again hosted the annual Faculty Technology Showcase. The 2017 Showcase featured twelve presenters showcasing the variety of ways technology is being integrated into instruction, curriculum, and research. This was enough to give us a few challenges space-wise, a 'problem' we're more than happy to have! A full list of our presenters and descriptions is available at the Showcase website.

In addition to highlighting our faculty, Educational Technology brought in some new hardware we're hoping to see make its way into more classrooms in the near future. We featured a VR demo station, where which provided a hands-on look at theVive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, and Google Cardboard systems. We also gave our laser engraver a live test run as well with promising results, and Chemistry faculty Casey Jones shared how she'd incorporated the classroom iPad set to better leverage online instructional demos.

Also seeing its debut at the Showcase was our freshly constructed lightboard. A lightboard is an DIY illuminated glass whiteboard used for recording video lectures while allowing the presenter to face their audience while presenting. Now that it's complete, we're looking forward to creating opportunities for faculty to create instructional videos.



Last, but certainly not least, we were glad to again offer an opportunity for our community to get together, celebrate success, swap ideas, and, of course, win prizes! At the end of the event, three lucky winners walked away with wireless headphones, a water-resistant Bluetooth speaker, and Amazon Echo Dot. All in all, a fun afternoon. Hope to see you all (and more) again next year!

Zotero 5.0

Zotero, Lewis & Clark's recommended bibliography and citation management software, received a major upgrade in July. Here are the hightlights!

Unified Zotero Experience

• Zotero is moving to single standalone app for all users. Mozilla is discontinuing support for extensions and Zotero has created a new standalone version - Firefox users will be automatically upgraded to the new browser connector and can download the standalone version.
• A new My Publications feature that allows you to create and share a list of works on your Zotero.org profile page.
• Improvements to connectors for Chrome and Safari. Chrome will now detect institutional proxies and in Safari you can now save PDFs directly to Zotero.

For a complete list, see the Zotero changelog.

Useful New Updates to Google Slides and Sheets

While Google continuously announces new updates to G Suite, there is often a delay before these updates appear on our lclark.edu domain. Here are a couple recent Google updates that have recently gone live that may be of interest to our users!

Create custom headers and footers in Google Sheets (10/10/2017)

“You can customize the headers and footers in your Google Sheets documents with the text of your choosing. In addition, you can select from many more pre-defined options (for date, time, etc.) and move those options around within your header and footer. Simply choose “EDIT CUSTOM FIELDS” from the Print settings menu to get started.”

New Updates in Slides Designed to Make You Look Good (9/27/2017)

Google has introduced slew of new updates designed to improve the ease of getting data into slides and keeping it up-to-date. These include:

• Linking slides between presentations so updating one slide updates the same slide used in other presentations
• Easily importing information from Google Keep note-taking application.
• More options for images using add-ins for Shutterstock and Adobe Stock

New Google Slides Integration with PearDeck Chrome Extension  (10/12/2017)

After introducing PearDeck over the summer as our new supported polling solution, there have been questions about it's integration with other presentation tools. As of last week, PearDeck has introduced an extension for Google Chrome that enables integration of PearDeck polling features.

DuckDuckGo: tracker-free search (assuming you want that)

A little while ago I read about DuckDuckGo, the tracker-free search alternative to Google. While I could call myself a generally satisfied Google customer, I am not so satisfied that I'm not willing to look at a pro-privacy alternative, and DuckDuckGo stands firmly on the idea tracking—or any type of account or sign-in whatsoever—is not a necessary ingredient for a good search engine.

I decided I'd take the DuckDuckGo challenge myself. Rather than simply using it a few times, I opted to go full-bore, changing my browser's default search engine setting so that typing terms into my address bar generates a DuckDuckGo search rather than a Google search. As you might imagine, I've had several people sharing a screen with me ask "what's DuckDuckGo?" or, more commonly, "That's not Google!"

In addition to providing a private, ad-free search experience, a notable DuckDuckGo feature is its use of "bangs" to create shortcuts to searching specific sites or services directly from the DuckDuckGo search bar.  DuckDuckGo includes a number of preset bangs and also allows for user-created ones as well, enabling instant search for specific websites. For example, including "!g" before a search conducts an encrypted Google search, using Google's search engine and, unsurprisingly, about of half of my searches started with it. The reason, however, was not as straightforward as I expected.

I quickly found I typed searches into my browser less out of inquiry and more out of laziness. When I searched "Gallien Krueger bass amplifier," I already knew I wanted search results to include the Sweetwater or MusiciansFriend websites, the Gallien Krueger website, and maybe a couple reviews from major music publications. I was not actually searching but was rather requesting Google aggregate the things I expected to find.

Furthermore, when DuckDuckGo actually delivered me results I did not expect, more often than not my first impulse was to immediately type "!g" into the search bar and repeat the search. Google, after all, uses what it already knows about your past searching and browsing habits to tailor/improve/craft your search results specifically to you. I've had several instances where I searched for specific sites or organizations only to have their official site not show up in the first few results (or even at all). While that could be a possible flaw with DuckDuckGo, I also recognize that this often coincides with my typing the site name into my search bar rather than simply typing the web address and going straight there.

DuckDuckGo will deliver on its promise of a truly private, encrypted search, assuming that's what you actually want. On the occasions when I truly did not have a search result in mind before typing my query (recipes, general subject inquiries, etc.) I had no issue with DuckDuckGo's search results. I do recommend others give DuckDuckGo a try.

...assuming, of course, you are actually searching for something new.

Gamify Classroom Response with Kahoot!

Kahoot is a free web application that makes it easy to create game-based quizzes, polls, or discussions that students can play using any device that can access the web (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) The games you create and play are called Kahoots.

Once you create your free account, it's easy to get started by using an existing Kahoot or creating your own. The create Kahoot site walks you through the steps of creating your own game which can be customized with videos and images. Students do not need to create accounts to play.

How you might use Kahoot

• Introduce a topic or discussion
• Formative assessment
• Check for understanding
• Anonymous polling
• Gamify class sessions and engage students with individual or group competition
• Quizzes for self-paced study or in class test prep 

Considerations

• The Copyright/Trademarks section of Kahoot's Terms and Conditions gives Kahoot! property rights to all created content.
• Those playing a Kahoot can enter anything as their identification.
• By default, Kahoots you create are publically shared and resusable.
• Kahoots! require internet access.

More Information

Collins, Katie. “Kahoot! Is Gamifying the Classroom.” WIRED UK. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/kahoot-gaming-education-platform-norway

Singer, Natasha. “Kahoot App Brings Urgency of a Quiz Show to the Classroom.” The New York Times, April 16, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/technology/kahoot-app-brings-urgency-of-a-quiz-show-to-the-classroom.html

Wang, Alf Inge, and Andreas Lieberoth. “The Effect of Points and Audio on Concentration, Engagement, Enjoyment, Learning, Motivation, and Classroom Dynamics Using Kahoot!” In Proceedings From the 10th European Conference of Game Based Learning. Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2016. http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~alfw/publications/ECGBL2016-Effect_of_points_and_audio_in_Kahoot.pdf

You can check out Kahoot at https://getkahoot.com/

Get a Custom Fit with Scan Tailor

So a student came to me asking about how to scan a chapter of a book so she could read it on her phone.  My first thought was, "Sure, we've got scanners--go for it."  Of course, my inner Sisyphus said, "No, no, no.  Let's see if there's a new way to do this--and not use scanners...

I had been using an app called Genius Scan for a while to take photos of receipts, convert to .pdf and save on Google Drive.  This works fine--it's a great app--except for the ads.  So, I went looking for something free and open source, and without ads.  I found Scantailor on Github and decided to give it a try.  Here's the rub on what it is:

Scan Tailor is an interactive tool for post-processing of scanned pages. It gives the ability to cut or crop pages, compensate for skew angle, and add / delete content fields and margins, among others. You begin with raw scans, and end up with tiff's that are ready for printing or assembly in PDF or DjVu file.

Anyway, we tried it. It worked fine, and the student had what she needed. The only major drawback, was that Scantailor doesn't aggregate your scans into a multipage document.  

Pros

- FREE
- Open Source
- Lots of features
- Customizable options
- Easy to use

Cons

- Not updated very often

Summary

Best Fee DIY Book Scanning Post-Processing Software (although that's really not saying much)

Using Pear Deck for Interactive Presentations

For the Spring 2017 term, IT is evaluating interactive presentation software PearDeck as a possible permanent polling solution. During this trial period, PearDeck is available to all users in the lclark.edu domain, which includes students, staff, and faculty. PearDeck may be accessed either via the web through the PearDeck website (sign in with your LC Gmail credentials). You may also access PearDeck from within Google Drive by either opening an existing Google Slides presentation directly into PearDeck (right-click > Open With > Pear Deck) or selecting the New button and selecting PearDeck from the list. PearDeck presentations—both imported and created from scratch—are saved in the user’s PearDeck home screen as well as within Google Drive.

When creating Poll Slides for your PearDeck presentation, audience interaction options include multiple choice, drawing, draggable indicators, and free text response, as well as some variations of each of these options. At the beginning of a presentation (as well as in the bottom corner during the presentation) PearDeck displays a code users may use to enter the presentation via the site peardeck.com/join. PearDeck requires participants to log in with Google credentials. Keep in mind that if you plan to use it for a presentation that may include non-LC participants, some users may not have a personal or professional Google account.

PearDeck is available to all users within the lclark.edu domain. Please feel free to try this polling tool and please take the time to send us feedback on your experience.

G Suite - Winter 2017 LC Update Highlights

It's been a little while since our last update, but here are G Suite Updates that are now available to our users. For a look at what's on it's way, you can check out the G Suite Updates Blog or the G Suite Launch Release Calendar (we're on the Scheduled Release track).

Link to Cell Ranges in Google Sheets (02/13/2017)

With this new functionality, you can create a “table of contents” for your spreadsheet, direct others to specific content within your spreadsheet, and retain links to cells when you import spreadsheets from other applications. To link to cells in your spreadsheet, simply go to "Insert link" > "Select a range of cells to link" and type or highlight the desired range.

Quickly and Easily Cite Your Sources with Explore in Google Docs (12/05/2016)

Google has enabled quick and easy citation through the Explore feature. Users may now directly add citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago formats from within the Explore window.

Save time with new custom templates in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms (11/16/2016)

As you've probably noticed, templates are now available from the Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms home screens. Not only can you utilize existing emplates, you may also submit new ones of your own.

New iterative calculation settings and more in Google Sheets (12/06/2016)

To prevent the errors that sometimes plague complex calculations, today we’re launching a new setting in Sheets on the web (File > Spreadsheet settings > Calculation > Iterative calculation) that allows you to set the maximum number of times a calculation with a circular reference can take place.

Mobile App Updates

Trash view and more in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides mobile apps (11/29/2016)
Notifications and more in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android (11/09/2016)
Gmail and Google Calendar get a whole lot better on iOS (11/07/2016)

2016 Faculty Technology Showcase

In December, faculty, staff and students convened at Smith Hall for the annual Faculty Technology Showcase. The showcase is an opportunity for Lewis & Clark to present technology related projects and initiatives that have aided their instruction or research in the past year. This year's event saw an increase in both presenters and attendance as compared to the prior year, with all three of Lewis & Clark's campuses presenting.

New topics this year included an emphasis on the R programming language for Statistics, The Law School's new lecture capture and video repository system - Panopto, and the wireless classroom projection pilot. A full list of presenters, along with descriptions of their presentations, can be found here. EdTech also demo'd several new products, including the HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens, and the 2016 MacBook Pro. Enjoy the photos, and hope to see you at next year's event!

Options for Cloud-based Polling

While "clickers" have been a staple of the large lecture hall at colleges for years, in the last few years, there has been a pronounced shift from a physical device to the cloud. With the great majority of students now coming to class with some combination of laptop, smartphone, and tablet, there are several companies providing polling options that leverage these devices. Even companies like iClicker and Turning Point, which have long specialized in producing physical polling devices, are jumping into the web arena. For the purposes of this blog, we've highlighted four different options for entirely web-based polling.

Socrative, a product of MasteryConnect, prides itself on providing fun, effective classroom engagement. Featuring a simple, clean interface, the free version allows instructors to create and administer either a standard quiz, an exit ticket, or a gamified, team-based challenge called the Space Race. Quizzes can consist of a multiple choice, true/false, or short answer, with more options available in the paid "Pro" version. On the back end, it features several styles of reporting to give the instructor insight into both class and individual performance.

Top Hat may very well be the most robust web-based polling system currently on the market. Whereas most polling software is meant to assess understanding in class, Top Hat aims to be a central hub for all student assessment. Instructors can launch quizzes in class, or assign questions for homework or review. Another unique feature is the ability of the instructor to present slides over the app, effectively providing a student the opportunity to view live content remotely. However, all of this comes at a great cost, as students must each pay for a $36 a year license to access the software.

Pear Deck is a web-based application for enabling participants to follow along with interactive presentations on their personal devices and respond in real-time. Presenters sign in with their Google Apps account and can either create slides from scratch or import Google Slides presentation, adding interactive elements such as multiple choice questions, drawings, and  images. Additionally, presenters can isolate individual answers or even display multiple user responses overlayed on top of each other. Designed for K-12, Pear Deck’s features are limited, but the interface is designed to be clear, intuitive, and engaging for users of all ages and learning levels.

PollEverywhere is a longtime player in online polling. A presenter has an address from which their presentation may be broadcast. Users may respond to polls by visiting the site using a smartphone, tablet, or computer or, for certain types of questions, by SMS text (standard data rates may apply). There are six different polling question types which may be distributed as either real-time Q&A or as a survey to be taken by users on their own time. The free version allows for up to forty participants, while the full version includes additional features such as registered participants, detailed reporting, increased moderation features, and a larger number of users.

G Suite - Fall LC Update Highlights

Biggest announcement first: Google Apps has been rebranded as "G Suite". While this, in itself, does not mean big changes for functionality, it does mean we'll be thumbing through our documentation to eliminate all traces of "Google Apps." It is important to know that whenever you happen to see "G Suite", it is referring to what was previously known as "Google Apps."

As a reminder, the updates listed below represent those currently available on Lewis & Clark's domain. If you're interested in what has been announced and on-the-way (like the way cool Google Drive for Teams), check out the Official G Suite Update Alerts.

Now for the updates:

Explore in Docs, Sheets and Slides makes work a breeze — and makes you look good, too - 9/29/2016

For Google Slides, this means design recommendations to make your presentation more engaging and dynamic.In Google Sheets, you can type plain English inquiries about your data and get answers based on your Sheet data. Finally, for Docs, Google recommends related topics, images, and content to bolster your documents. All these are available using the "Explore" feature found in the bottom-right corner.

Use regular expressions to search in Google Docs - 09/27/2016

Need to find a specific pattern of text, numbers, or words in your document? You can now use "regular expressions" when searching. 

For more information on how to use this feature, as well as example of the syntax used, check out the Google Support article for Find and Replace.

See a snapshot of information about a file in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides - 8/29/2016

If you need some quick information about a document you're currently working on in Google Drive, you can view the details including it's location, owner, date last modified, and date created. To do so, select File > Document Details.

Add images to questions and answers in Google Forms - 08/17/2016

This update went live in August, but in case you haven't seen it yet, you're now able to add images to questions and answers in Google Forms. 

Mobile Updates

• View deleted files with the latest Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps - 9/29/2016
• Save time with Smart Scheduling in Google Calendar - 9/29/2016
• Save time with Quick Access in Google Drive - 9/29/2016
• Your emails, optimized for every screen with responsive design - 9/21/2016

The Possibilities of Adobe Spark

Need to tell your story online in a compelling way? Adobe Spark makes it easy to do just that. Introduced early last summer, Spark consists of a Web app with three main tools—Post, Page, and Video—each with companion mobile apps. The three tools create social memes, mini websites, and narrated tutorials, respectively. Spark can serve as a valuable tool for small businesses, bloggers, marketers, and students who want to get a message out with style. Oh yeah, and it's free.So what does it look like?  Here's an example of a Spark Post:

Pretty simple, right?  It's just an image that you can customize and add text.  It's a snap to create and share in just a few minutes.  

The next gem in the Spark trio is Video.  The creation process is similar to Post in that you start with an image and add text.  It get's exciting from there, because you start to link multiple images, narration, and text to create a video complete with music.  Take a look:

I made this at home with my iPhone's camera, microphone, and the Adobe Spark Video app.

The last member of the Spark team is Pages.  With pages, you can create a dynamic web page that tells a story or gives a lesson.  Here's a link to one on wolves:

I really recommend giving Adobe Spark a try.  You might surprise yourself with the quality of the content you'll create.  If you're a teacher, consider one of the Spark apps for an assignment that will engage students and bring out creativity.  Seriously, try it!  Adobe Spark.