Instructional Media Evaluation Matrix

This is designed to offer some ideas on how to evaluate your content and select a media delivery method that best fits.

Instructional Goal of Media

Type of Information

Textual

Media Delivery Options

  • Text
  • PDF

Examples

  • Textbook chapter
  • Academic article

Type of Information

  • Visual 
  • Auditory
  • Could be textual

Media Delivery Options

  • Video
  • Screencast 
  • Slide presentation
  • Annotated slides 
  • Annotated screencast

Examples

  • Video on how to start an IV drip on a patient
  • Self-made screen recording on how to add files to a shared drive
  • Slide presentation with timed elements and narration detailing steps to complete DNA extraction of a strawberry
  • Screencast demo steps to solve an equation

Type of Information

  • Visual
  • Textual

Media Delivery Options

  • Illustration
  • Slide presentation
  • Screencast

Examples

  • Annotated illustration of the heart
  • Screencast of a slide presentation with animated build of parts of speech in a sentence

Type of Information

  • Textual
  • Visual
  • Auditory

Media Delivery Options

  • Video recording
  • Audio recording
  • Zoom video conference interview
  • Case study: text or text + visuals 
  • Podcast

Examples

  • TedTalks video from Pixar story writers
  • Recorded or live Zoom video conference with nonprofit 
  • Youtube videos, 1st person perspectives

Type of Information

  • Textual
  • Visual
  • Auditory

Media Delivery Options

  • Zoom conference
  • Audio recording
  • Text document
  • Screen recording

Examples

  • Zoom conference live with students to go over their project proposals
  • Shared Google doc with your comments and suggestions
  • Record audio response to student assignments

Type of Information

  • Textual
  • Numerical
  • Visual
  • Auditory

Media Delivery Options

  • Video recording

Examples

  • Slide lecture recording of law instructor applying tax law concepts to a case example
  • Screen recording of instructor applying the formula to solve quadratic equations
  • Learning glass video