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How to Use a Lightboard and OBS Studio to Effectively Teach Online

Thursday, March 3, 2022
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Using a lightboard is one of the best ways to engage your students in interactive presentations. Join us for an upcoming webinar to learn how to capture (and keep) the attention of your online students.

A lightboard is framed glass illuminated with LED lights. You stand behind the glass, writing notes, teaching concepts, drawing diagrams, solving equations and problem-solving using florescent whiteboard markers. When combined with OBS Studio (a free and open-source software for mixing media) you can add in your PowerPoint slides to create an engaging, interactive learning experience for online learners.

Webinar host Michael D. Justason, Assistant Professor at McMaster University, explores:

  • The setup and use of a home or office lightboard
  • The most relevant features of OBS Studio for teaching with a lightboard, including combining webcam view with MS PowerPoint slides or images, scene transitions, the use of hotkeys, colour-correction filters, screen capture and camera settings
  • How to apply the techniques to produce recorded content
  • The main takeaways from a recent research project that investigates the effectiveness of lightboards for live-synchronous teaching

Host:

Michael Justason
Assistant Professor, Program Chair (Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology), Curriculum Chair (Business and Management) in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University

In his 18-year career with Bermingham Foundation Solutions (now Soletanche-Bachy Canada), Michael travelled to more than 40 countries, working on major civil engineering projects on six continents.

In 2019, Michael won the President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning — McMaster’s highest honour for teaching and learning. He has been using the lightboard to teach since 2016, and is currently the lead investigator on an eCampusOntario-funded project researching the effectiveness of lightboards for live-synchronous teaching. Michael also co-founded the McMaster start-up LightBoard Depot Inc.

He teaches geotechnical and foundation engineering, engineering economics, communications and senior design project courses at McMaster, and is currently a McMaster PhD. candidate in civil engineering, focusing on earthquake engineering.

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