Blog Post #4: Scribe
Scribe
One tool that I enjoy using in my classroom is Scribe (link: https://scribehow.com/). Scribe allows for the user to capture their screen to create tutorials. Users can either create one from the website or download the extension to their web browser. Once you create an account, you can record your screen and the website will create a visual and written tutorial based on the steps you took in the recording. Click the link below to see what a Scribe looks like.
You can also download your Scribe as a PDF.
How to Use and Create a Scribe
To create a Scribe, you must first create an account. Next, you will click the home button on the left-hand side of the screen to ensure you are on the dashboard. Once you are on the dashboard, you will see a grey box with a plus sign in the middle. Click on that and you will select which tab you would like to use to create your Scribe. It will begin to capture your screen and when you are done it will generate a document outlining the steps you took while recording.
Linked here is also a new user guide with useful tips and Scribes to help users navigate the platform: https://support.scribehow.com/hc/en-us/articles/8951146003741-New-User-Guide
The Benefits
Hopkins (2004) asserts that “appropriately selected AT [assistive technology] helps people with disabilities to provide or access information or perform a task more independently and efficiently” (p.15). The products that Scribe produces for students are useful in many ways and allows for all students to perform tasks independently. Spina (2017) states that one part of the framework for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is “representing their content in multiple ways, for example through a combination of text, images, multimedia content, and more.” Scribe allows for this to occur by using visuals and text in the guide. I enjoyed using this because after giving a live tutorial of using Discus, my students could use the Scribe that went over the exact same steps if they needed help later and I was not around or I was helping another student.
Also, the document will allow for hyperlinks to be linked within the document. Teachers can use this website when doing an activity that might have multiple steps or be slightly more complicated. Many students get overwhelmed with tasks that seem large or with too many steps. Breaking everything down step by step and with visuals can ease this stress and allow for all students to complete the assignment. Using Scribe to create guides and instructions allows for all students to be independent because they are not relying on a teacher instructing them through each step and they can always go back to the document to ensure they are doing the assignment correctly.
Ultimately, we want our students to be as independent as possible. Taking the time to create an instructional guide using Scribe promotes independence for all students.
References
Hopkins, J. (2004). School library accessibility: The Role of assistive technology. Teacher Librarian, 31(3), 15–18.
Spina, C. (2017, May 5). How universal design will make your library more inclusive. School Library Journal. https://www.slj.com/story/how-universal-design-will-make-your-library-more-inclusive
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ReplyDeleteCaroline,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing Scribe with us. This sound like something that I could be using NOW in my classroom. Very often in my instruction there are components that involve using different platforms or applications for assignments or parts of the lesson where students have to login or navigate to certain places where they may exist. This is especially difficult at the beginning of the year when the use of these different resources is new to them and they are not yet familiar with how to access them. I can use this to post a tutorial on how students can get to these locations on their own and also share with parents. I like that it has the capability of printing out a pdf paper version as well that can be sent home to assist in using these different platforms. Again, thank you for sharing!
Carol Gurrieri
Caroline,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Scribe before so thank you for introducing it to me. I am teaching a new subject, Math and I am creating slides with notes everyday so this would be a great resource for me to use for my students. This would also be benefical when we have eLearning days and when students are absent. I am going to look into this resource and start to incorporate it in my planning.
Kristin