>> Hello class.
Today we're going to go over presenting your speech online.
Now, this is a new chapter in the textbook for the 13 edition.
So, this recording is actually happening quite a bit of time after the previous recordings
that you will see; it's still me doing it, but what you will notice is my hair is much shorter
and a little older here, so hopefully that won't distract you too much.
So, when we're talking about presenting your speech online, the first thing we need
to be aware of is the online environment.
It's a little bit different than in the face-to-face class.
So, there are elements of the Internet that influence online speeches
and those can be simple things like the noise, the noise in the room
where you're recording your speech or delivering your speech, but also the noise in the room
or the distractions for your audience while they're sitting at home.
So, if you look around right now, I'm sure you could find some distractions
as you're watching this video.
It also includes a more remote audience online.
Obviously, they're not in the room with you, and we start to bring in things like technology
that you don't really have to worry about all that much
in the classroom unless you're doing some visual aids,
but when you're presenting it online, do you know your technology?
Does the audience know their technology?
Are they able to navigate that and listen to it in a meaningful way?
So, all of that comes into play with online presentation.
So, there's a special nature of the online environment.
One of the things is you have a distinct relationship with the audience.
When you're in a classroom face-to-face or delivering your speech out in the real world,
you get to see the audience, you can make eye contact with them,
you see if they're engaged or not.
In the online environment, that's not necessarily the case.
You can't really see what they're doing at the time, you can't see if they're engaged or not
and that brings in different dimensions of the speech communication process.
The other consideration is you're really only seeing the speaker from the waist up
or from the chest up, so things like posture,
what you're doing with your feet don't necessarily matter as much
in the online environment as they do say in the face-to-face environment,
but other things like what you do with your hands matter a little bit more,
because they take up a bigger portion of the visual frame if you're online
versus if you're standing up in front of a podium or behind a podium I guess it would be.
Okay, a couple of different types of online speeches that you can do;
you can do recorded online speeches and that's like what we're doing right now.
You can also do real-time online speeches.
So, we'll kind of break those both down for you.
So, recorded online speeches, pretty simple; it is a speech that's delivered,
recorded, and uploaded to the Internet.
So, think YouTube or Canvas what we're doing right now.
So, with recorded online speeches, you'll see them used in blended or online courses
or what would call hybrid courses, so for this particular class, you're watching,
this is the lecture so you're seeing a recorded lecture of the course material;
online courses, we do the same type of thing.
So, what you're getting the content is similar to what you would see in a speech class,
but slightly different because the pacing is different, so we'll what that looks like.
Other examples from the real world, things like TED Talks; they are recorded live but there's,
obviously when they're recording it they know that it's going out to a lot more people.
Okay, real-time speeches are slightly different.
A lot of times they're delivered with special specific software.
So, it allows people to login in real-time and you can present your information
or your speech to the audience there.
You don't necessarily need to record it, although, with most software you can.
That remote audience gathers for that live viewing.
So, things like online job interviews, so more and more companies are allowing people
to interview for jobs remotely by logging in, and you would think
that that would make it easier, but it actually doesn't.
So, just some general guidelines for speaking online;
you need to control the visual environment and we'll talk about that means
in a little bit, a little bit later.
You need to adapt your nonverbal communication, adjust the pacing.
Remember, your audience they're still there even though you can't necessarily see them
and then make sure you practice your speech.
Just because you're recording it online does not mean that you can just sit down
and blow through it and upload it.
A lot of people do.
Probably not the best practice.
Okay, so when we're talking about the visual environment, these are the onscreen elements
that are seen by the audience during the online speech.
So, for example, what you're seeing right now for me, I've got a background here and it's kind
of setup like a chalkboard, because it's a dropdown screen.
I have a couple of them here and I'll change them out a little bit later
so you can see what we're talking about there, and there are other elements.
So, be aware of what's going on behind you.
So, what's the setting?
What's the lighting like?
How is it being framed, eye contact that you have and then your personal appearance?
So, effective framing; one of the most difficult things to do is kind of figure
out where you should be in the frame.
So, if you are, you know, taking up too much of the screen
like the first picture here, it's ineffective.
It could look like you're taking a selfie there and I'll show you if I get really
up into the screen, that's a little distracting when someone's right here.
It's also ineffective if someone's way too far, if I got down up against the wall here,
but if they're too far back and they're [inaudible] up to the side,
that cannot give the right impression, so you want to try to;
you want to try to frame it a little bit more effectively
by showing kind of that, where are we here?
Just that portion of it there.
You don't need the whole body, but you want to get enough of them
so it's not just a talking head yapping at you from the screen.
You also want to make sure you have effective eye contacts.
Now, one of the challenges is a lot of times we're doing this from our phone
and if we're recording a lot of times we're doing it from the phone or from a laptop.
Well, if you're recording from your laptop,
a lot of times that camera is a little bit too low, so you wind up looking down at it
or it's looking up your nose or up your chin, so you want to put your laptop
up so you're kind of looking at it at eye level.
The way I have it setup, I have a webcam and I have it setup on a tripod,
so I could look straight at it without, you know, up the nose
or looking down at the camera there.
So, be aware of that and you can see in the picture there, the person is recording.
They've got their laptop up on a book.
So, not a bad way to do it and not real expensive either,
well depending on the book you put it on.
Okay, so control the visual environment as far as the lighting goes.
So, you can see in the first picture here, it seems like oh that's good,
that's an interesting background.
It's a window.
It's got some books and some other things, but a couple of things are going on with this.
First of all, that window in the background becomes a distraction
and by putting a light behind her, it washes, it makes it difficult for her to show
up in the image, that window dominates everything.
More effective ways, to use a neutral background; like I said,
I'm using a pulldown screen behind me.
A blank wall works fine.
You can get fancy and do things like green screens and all that kind of stuff,
but just be aware of your surroundings.
A lot of times in academia you'll see instructors put like bookshelves
and stuff behind them and I think in your, in the other videos if I'm remembering correctly,
I've got some bookshelves and some stuff like that behind me to make me look more scholarly.
So, you'll see that a lot.
So, okay, adapt your nonverbal communication.
You want to use well-planned deliberate gestures.
So, a couple of things to consider; when you're using your hands, remember they're here.
You don't have a lot of space to work with.
So, if you're making big grand gestures, the audience isn't going
to necessarily see them, because they're off the screen.
So, you want to make sure that when you're using your hands; that you're using them appropriately
and you're using them to emphasize what you need to emphasize, that you're not just throwing them
in all the time, because they can become a really big distraction.
If you're just, you know, doing stuff with your hands and you're chewing on your nails,
that kind of stuff; that will distract the audience from what you're trying to say.
Make sure that your movements are controlled.
Make sure your eye contact is controlled, that you're not you know looking around the room.
I have to close the door because I have pets that want
to wonder in, so that can be a distraction.
So, you want to make sure that, again, you're controlling that environment
and that you don't have a lot of other stuff going on.
Okay, adjust the pacing; now one of the things that's, that was difficult for me to kind
of wrap my head around when I first started doing these videos, is the pacing.
Now, in a classroom this lecture would take probably an hour which it would be much slower,
I would throw in a lot more examples, I would explain things in a lot more detail,
because the audience is only going to get it once.
I'm going to say it and it's gone.
Now, online especially if I'm recording, they can rewind it.
They could go back or you could go back and you can rewind it if you don't quite get something.
So, you need to make sure that you're pacing it; it's a little quicker there.
You also you need to alter what appears on-screen with visual aids.
So, with this particular one series I'm using a PowerPoint with an narration
and I've got an inset video to hopefully add interest to what's going on
and at least literally add a face to the lectures,
and then use that brisk tempo akin to other online content.
If I came on here and kind of just went through at the pace I would normally do in a classroom,
it would really be annoying and you guys would tune out.
You would start doing other things.
You would be logging on to Facebook.
You would be checking your email or your Instagram or your Snapchats or any of that kind
of stuff, you wouldn't necessarily be paying attention to me and maybe you're not,
maybe you are checking your, your, your Instagram right now.
But the pacing needs to be much quicker here.
Now, remember the audience and I've said this before,
it's really easy to forget that you have an audience.
Know who that audience is.
Now, for me now I know that the audience is going to be students
in the hybrid sections taught at Mount [inaudible] College,
that's going to be my students or anyone else who happens to use my lectures,
but adapt that effectively for that remote audience.
Now, I want ot make sure that I keep you guys in mind when I'm talking about it,
so I don't start you know going off on tangents there.
Now, the other thing and this is common with the face-to-face speeches,
is engaging in a mental dialogue.
Understand that you're going to say things in your presentation
that the audience is going to have thoughts about.
They're going to disagree with it or they're going
to have a rebuttal to it, be aware of that.
So, a couple of seconds ago I was talking about things like Facebook and Instagram and Snapchat,
and I know some of you might be like, "Facebook?
Oh, that guy is old.
Facebook is just our parents now.
We don't use Facebook."
So, understand that your audience is going to be thinking things.
Now, if it's something that is kind of important to your speech, you want to make sure
that you're addressing that appropriately.
And then remember to keep the public in public speaking.
It's not just you and one individual.
It's you and a lot of individuals.
Okay, practice recording your speeches and gauge what the audience, again,
you want adjust that setting, what are they going to see?
For you guys here, it's that background.
It's, you know, what I'm wearing.
What I look like.
Record and review those practice sessions, so don't just, you know, hold the phone up
and record yourself and hit "send."
You want to make sure that you're recording it, watching it, seeing what it looks like,
making adjustments as necessary, and then going from there.
You want to practice real-time speeches as well.
So, you're kind of doing the same thing and I would say when you're going
to practice your real-time speeches, again, practice with the computer software
so you know how it works, because you don't want to be fumbling around with it.
Use the screen record function and record it, watch it, see what you look like,
see what the background looks like, see what the lighting looks like, all of that that stuff.
It also helps you if you get a really good run through that you've recorded and will see
where that might come up later in your backup plan.
Update your software in operating system.
So, it kind of seems silly to think about, but before you're going
to do an online presentation, make sure your stuff is setup,
because the last thing you want is some, some piece of software that wants
to do an update while you're trying to do a presentation.
So, you're trying to minimize screens and get rid of that, you know, I don't want to pick
on anyone, but that Microsoft or that Adobe or that Apple app that's trying to upload right
in the middle of your presentation.
So, you want to avoid that.
There's other technology issues that are related to real-time speeches.
You want to make sure you select a piece of software that will work for you.
Now, sometimes if you're doing things like an online job interview,
you don't get a choice with that.
You have to use what they want you to use, but whatever software you're using,
make sure that you master that software.
Make sure you understand how to use that software.
The last thing you want to do, especially in a live presentation, is to be sitting there
like this trying to figure out what's going on with your keyboard and seeing things happen all
over the screen, so you want to make sure you know how the software is going to work
and make sure it's going to work for you.
Okay, and have a backup plant.
We all know that technology doesn't necessarily always work the way we want it to work.
So, be ready to distribute it online whether that's an outline
or a transcript of what you were going to say.
Sometimes if you want to keep it live you can move it to just a conference call
so won't necessarily have the video element to it, but you can still have
that verbal discussion with your audience.
Share via document collaboration program, whether that's Google docs
or some of the software out there like Zoom will allow you to share a screen and share documents,
but be ready to do that if the video doesn't work.
It's much easier sometimes to submit a document than it is a video, just because of things
like bandwidth and computer memory and all that.
Move to a recorded format.
So, if you already have a run through that was really good that you were really comfortable
with that you have recorded, you can easily, if something happens on that day,
apologize I'm sorry we're having issues in the area with technology,
I'm going to send you all a link where you can watch the recorded presentation
and I will be online to answer any questions that you might have, something like that.
And then, finally, you could just reschedule depending on how important it is
that it's a live interaction, you can reschedule the event so you don't have to worry
about that other stuff, if that's convenient for you and your audience.
Okay, according to the numbers of the, in the textbook, the next chapter would be speaking
in small groups, but you may or may not have already done that.
Okay, so that pretty much wraps up the chapter, but I do want to go over some
of the just the setup for what I used here.
So, that's it for the chapter.
If you want to be done with it that's fine, but I'm going to kind of pan the camera
around the room, show parts of the room and show you what's going on here, so bear with me.
So, you've seen this particular background and I'm going to show you some others.
So, this particular one rolls up and I can.
Roll this other one down and it has, I don't know, some bookshelves,
a gothic mirror back there, so depending on what I'm trying to do,
it's going to give me a different type of background,
but if I want to put a way different kind of background there I can.
[ Background Sounds ]
I can literally use a green screen now.
The way it looks right now, that's horrible sitting there in front a green screen,
but I could then, depending on the software program I'm using, I could then go through
and replace that with a, you know, erupting volcano
or a pleasant forest scene or whatever I want to use.
Now, the other thing you want to be aware of is lighting.
I use an overhead light and I've got one light over here I'll pan,
and one light that is eliminating the background there, but that's up to you.
I've got another one.
I don't necessarily use it.
Other people that do recording in the house, my wife used two lights.
They have filters on them, so if you really wanted to get
into this, it can go along way for it, so.
Okay, again, that's it.
Thanks for staying and good luck in the rest of your class.