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Audiovisual feedback

Video or audio feedback can be motivating and effective, and make it easier for teachers to be more precise and nuanced. Students also appreciate it, as it is easier to highlight positive parts of their work verbally than in text.

The most common type of audiovisual feedback is a combined screen recording and oral review of students' work. The teacher then sends their feedback to the student or group as a video. In this case, it refers to asynchronous video feedback, that is, a recorded video. 

Accessible and efficient

Giving feedback using video and audio can sometimes make it easier for you as a teacher to be more precise and nuanced. In this way, feedback given by video can be easier to understand and to absorb, not least from accessibility aspects, which can ultimately contribute to better student performance. Recording your oral feedback with a video is also often less time-consuming than if you formulate the feedback in text and write long reviews. In addition, it usually takes less time than writing long reviews. Teachers also tell us that this method reduces subsequent questions from students, saving time.

Below are some more benefits of providing feedback with a recorded video:

  • You can easily show and insert examples from other sources or situations.
  • You can visually emphasize aspects of the feedback as you describe them orally. 
  • Increased accessibility for students with different disabilities.  
  • It can be easier to be spontaneous and personal when recording feedback.

Motivates students

 It can be is easier to give more detailed feedback in spoken form than in text, especially positive feedback. Several students have expressed how they also hear what is good about their assignment when this method is used, which is motivating. It is harder to describe positive parts in writing when you send texts filled with red markings or corrections back and forth to each other.

Audiovisual feedback via video is suitable for both formative and summative feedback. However, the formative one is more common.