I love this idea of flipped learning. You set your students a tonne of resources, they go home and by the next lesson have learned everything and all you have to do it sit back and enjoy the fruits of their hard work as they set about applying that knowledge to a real-world project.
Except it doesn't work like that. For a start, compiling resources that are accessible to our students is hard work. Then there is the fact you need some way to check they have done the work. This is even more work. Before you know it you have spent over an hour creating a single homework task. Fear not - ChatGPT and Microsoft Forms can help.
In this example, I am going to use the excellent Craig n Dave videos on YouTube as a pre-lesson learning resource. Students will watch the video in their own time and we will use ChatGPT to create a multiple choice quiz in Microsoft Forms to check their learning. This could be done as a starter task in the next lesson.
Step 1
Find the video you want the students to learn for homework
Step 2
Beneath the video, scroll down and click on the Show Transcript button. The transcript will appear in the top right of the screen. Click the three dots and Toggle the timestamps to remove them.
Step 3
In ChatGPT Use the following prompt and then copy and paste the YouTube transcript.
I am going to give you the transcript for an information video. Please write 10 multiple choice questions based on the transcript without bullet points but still providing the answer.
Step 4
Use the following prompt to export the questions to Word
Now export this to a Word document. Number the questions and format them as Heading 2. Format the answers as Normal.
It might be the case that you exceed the limit of using ChatGPT-4 or the advanced features. In this case, use the Copy option in ChatGPT (see red circle below)
Paste the answers into Word and then change each question to Heading 2. (This takes a minute) Save your Word document.
Step 5
Finally, import the Word document into Forms
You now have a Forms Quiz ready to go to assess how effectively your students studied the video.
WARNING
By itself, this is just an administrative process. If you tell your students to go home and watch a video, chances are most won't and those that do will not be able to remember much from the video. I would therefore recommend that time be spent modelling how to watch the video and make notes. For example:
Provide a structured worksheet that provides boxes that must be handed in e.g. key words, key definitions, summarise the main learning points etc.
Practice watching a video in class using the Cornell Note taking method. Check students are making effective notes before allowing them to try at home.
If you do this frequently, as students become better at understanding, get them to make their own structures to record their notes.
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