[LIBRARYDIR] AVON feedback

Fri Nov 8 10:37:07 PST 2019

I agree that the transcripts were spotty.  I wrote Dana with several problematic transcripts and she forwarded them to their technicians.  I learned that the transcripts were primarily machine generated.  When there is a problem, then a human went in and fixed them.  I also found a number of the transcripts were just fine.

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A spot check of the written transcripts and subtitles showed that they were available, but they were not very good.

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Hi Cheyenne,
We just launched our AVON trial for the next month and I will provide faculty and staff feedback at the end of November.
Julie

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Hello all,
I was searching both the LLC and WACTCLC sites for any feedback anyone provided about AVON trials and I am not finding anything. Was there ever anything compiled? I had some very interesting feedback from our faculty that took part in our trial and wondered how it matched up with other feedback. I provided this feedback to Dana, the AVON rep for her to pass along to her folks, but I just don't know that it will amount to much.

To get this rolling, here is what my faculty commented on:

  *   95% of the videos I looked at were in a 'dry,' old style that wouldn't appeal to my students
  *   Videos are on the older side. Even ones made in 2015 feel dated, and they were very white (I watched one on anxiety disorders and saw 8 different white people and no people of color).
  *   Most of the videos or of older content Even when I sort by release date, the most important topics I discuss with my class only have very old films available for them
  *   It was probably just my screen, but some of the videos looked a little grainy
  *   I think some of the British English videos might be off-putting to some (accent, slightly different vocabulary and spelling, possibly slightly different learning goals, etc.)
  *   I wish they had better, more modern style videos. I searched 30 topics relevant for healthcare programs and was disappointed with the results in most cases. I wanted to like this resource, but found the videos disappointing.
  *   I had a hard time seeing how students would connect with the 10+ videos I previewed. They feel old, and our students won't necessarily see themselves represented.

Cheyenne M. Roduin
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