Tutoring with videos: Animaker

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The educational system is always in need of new methods to make lives easier for teachers and also help in gaining student’s full attention. Now, there is a tool to help tutors to enhance the learning experience for their students. I would like to introduce to you a cool tool called Animaker. Their website gives some interesting facts about how animation can have an impact on kids’ brains and how a video can be an effective educational tool.

Animaker is a Do-it Yourself Animated video making app that helps educators to create their own educational video.

A friend of mine had introduced me to this app which is a breeze to learn. Within a few minutes I could start working on it. This could change the way the tutors teach and the students learn.

Animation can turn any playful child’s attention towards it. This tool has pre animated characters and assets and all you need to do is just drag and drop. Let me explain how it works,

1. Sign up for Animaker and open a new project

2. Keep the concept in hand- could be a chapter in the book or just a concept

3. Write it down as a story i.e the script

4. Choose your character, background and properties and drag and drop them on the workspace

5. Include text wherever necessary

6. Timeline helps you control the time of the entry and exit of the assets and also the animation

7. Now add some music from the library

8. You can also record a  voice over if you want

9. You can also upload a pre recorded voice over

10. Now, export your video

Now that you know how to create a video. (Detailed Tutorial Here) Let’s see how a video can make teaching better

Making complex concepts simple

There is always this one tough concept with which the student could not relate to and struggles to understand. Tutors can choose such topic and explain it with visuals. Applications of concepts can be best explained this way.

Gain full student attention

Animated videos always gain attention and it is difficult to ignore. A video with all the dynamic movements could generate enough interest in the student and the student could do nothing but pay attention to it

Resource kept for later use

This resource can be shared with the student that he can watch it whenever he wants to. A permanent record of the class.

Fun way to teach and learn

It is a tool not only for the tutors but also for the student. Video assignments can be given to the students to improve their creativity and also develop better understanding by visualizing the concept in hand

Improve student-teacher relationship

Introducing audio visuals in teaching would make the student less intimidated and more open to learning.

Try the tool and share your experience.