Presented at LILAC 2022

1. Stephen Penton
Copyright Librarian
Julie Dutton & Fiona Paterson
Senior Information Assistants
Using educational technology
to convey complex IL topics:
animating OSCOLA referencing
and copyright

2. Rationale
■OSCOLA is a method of
referencing used for legal writing.
■In 2018 members of the IL
group were asked to create
a video resource to help
teach students how to do
OSCOLA referencing
■Stimulus: complexity makes teaching OSCOLA time
consuming both for in-person and distance students

3. Requirements
Engaging
short video
Quiz
elements
Interactive
Self-guided
OSCOLA basics:
citing and referencing,
avoiding plagiarism
…to test
understanding

4. What did we do?
The Law representative
in the IL group led the
project.
The idea was taken to LEaD
(Learning Enhancement and
Development); recommended
Powtoon for animation and
H5P for interactivity
The project was designed
around the current training
sessions led by Law subject
librarians.

5. Why/how we did it
■Research has shown students find animation an engaging
method of instruction (Poggiali, 2018)
Storyboard and quiz
elements created by
library staff
Video
content created and
quizzes inserted by
Educational
Technologist
Videos hosted on Library
Guide and YouTube
(without quizzes)

6. Powtoon
■Easy to use animation software
■Free and institutional accounts
■Allows anyone to create
professional looking animations
■It is possible to insert elements such
as screen captures or quizzes
■Easy to export and share in various
ways (e.g. can be embedded)

7. Our experience
■Storyboard your idea alongside look/theme, scene and
character limitations
■There are many ready-made templates or you can build from
scratch using drag and drop
■Different backgrounds, props, characters; text, graphical
presentation, characters explaining, having conversations etc.
■Characters and props have associated actions. You may
have a choice of action but are restricted in
performance/pose/transition/manifestation/stance

9. Evaluation
■Success!
Around 48 000* views of all three videos together on YouTube
Some very complimentary comments on YouTube
Questions received by Law School library staff have become more
complex and focus less on basics
YouTube comments
*as of 14/03/2022

10. Building on success
What to
do next?
■Upskilling
■animation created by library
staff rather than LEaD
■Copyright
■Making readings available to
students using the CLA licence
■Finding free-to-use images online
■Fair dealing
■Wider range of technology
employed
■video using Camtasia
■infographic using Venngage
■‘branching’ using H5P

11. Storyboard
examples

12. Examples of characters (video)
This video is available to view on YouTube: Examples of characters in Powtoon

13. Examples of props etc. (video)
This video is available to view on YouTube:
Powtoon - examples of non-character elements available

14. Using Powtoon with other software tools
■Camtasia - screen capture
■Venngage – infographic
■H5P – branching

15. Images/fair dealing video

16. Venngage

17. H5P
■H5P uses HTML5 to create interactive content
■You do not need to know how to program to use this tool
■You can create interactive videos (hotspots), presentations,
games and branching scenarios
■Interactive content can be added to your Moodle or
Powtoon creations with the H5P plugin

18. Our experience of using H5P
for branching
■Branching logic can be easy or complex
■You should plan your pathways in advance (storyboard)
■Allow plenty of time to complete your projects
■Support (online/in-house)? We experienced technical
problems

19. Branching video

20. Our experience of using H5P
for branching

21. Example of how branching video works
This video is available to view on YouTube: H5P branching video example

22. Considerations
■Accessibility – transcript, speech bubbles, closed captions,
keyboard navigation for interactive elements especially.
Have this in mind from the beginning!
■Actors (for voiceover)!
■Feedback from Educational Technologists
■What technical support is available – voiceover recorded and
added by LEaD
■Time – can be time-consuming

23. Finding images for use in
lectures and presentations

24. References (1)
■ Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (2012) OSCOLA: The Oxford University Standard for
Citation of Legal Authorities, 4th edn. Oxford: Hart. Accessed 21/04/2022. Published under a
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 UK: England & Wales licence.
■ Morrison, C. (2015) Copyright the Card Game. ALISS Quarterly. 9 (2). Accessed 21/04/2022
■ Morrison, C. & Secker, J. (2019) Copyright the Card Game. Available from the UK Copyright
Literacy website. Accessed 21/04/2022. Published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
licence.
■ Poggiali, J. (2018), "Student responses to an animated character in information literacy
instruction", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-12-2016-
0149 Accessed 21/04/2022
■ Tools
■ Powtoon
■ H5P
■ Venngage
■ Camtasia

25. References (2)
■ Videos by City, University of London Information Literacy Group
■ OSCOLA videos on YouTube (all accessed 17/03/2022)
■ Citing and referencing using OSCOLA – part 1
■ Citing and referencing using OSCOLA – part 2
■ Citing and referencing using OSCOLA – part 3
■ Copyright (on City Library Guide – accessed 18/03/2022)
■ Finding images for use in lectures and presentations
■ Images on slide 3
■ Books and question mark: Vector clip art of green and blue books in color with question mark. Accessed from
publicdomainvectors.org on 18/03/2022
■ Question mark: Question Mark Sign png images transparent background free download. Accessed
from proofmart.com on 18/03/2022

26. Stephen Penton
Copyright Librarian
City, University of London
Email: stephen.penton@city.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7040 5639
Twitter: @PentonLibrary

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