To start off the new year I wanted to take a look at two apps that allow you to annotate on video. You may be asking, What does that even mean? or Why would I want to do this? Well, here’s the answer. Annotating video allows you to take a video using your mobile device [...]
I saw this gadget at the ISTE 2012 Conference this summer and thought it would be a cool tool for anyone who is interested in recording their lectures. Swivl is a very small swiveling camera holder that allows you to easily record yourself. If you use an iOS device and the tracking device then the [...]
Last week Laura Plotts and I gave a FTI 2 Go session on using Student Created Mobile Video in your classes. In this session we gave tips for successful filming, editing, and sharing and provided many resources such as rubrics, release forms, and free audio and video resources that are copyright free. Since several people [...]
Thanks to everyone who came by the TLT Faculty Social on Thursday. It was great to see everyone. During the social I did a short demonstration of Echo360 Personal Capture. Echo 360 is desktop/lecture capture software and it comes in two flavors. The first type is a full room installation with tracking cameras and a [...]
We often get inquiries from faculty trying to find out more information about copyright, especially regarding videos that are used for educational purposes. TLT does not provide legal advice, however, we do post resources or guidelines that may be helpful for faculty. Below is a well-designed infographic published by Penn State aimed to help people avoid copyright infringement when using video [...]
This summer Google issued a new version of their web browser, Chrome. This new version (v. 20, v. 21) has greater security features which is a good thing for most of us. However, these same security features also appear to be preventing some embedded flash videos from playing in OAKS. Currently we know that this [...]
Everyone wants at add online video to their classes but it’s not always easy to use them without infringing on copyright law. Well, the Library is offering more options by subscribing to two video streaming databases: Films on Demand and Academic Video Online. You can read more about these databases on the Library’s Media Collections [...]
Movie Captioner software is now available to faculty and staff at the College. Movie Captioner is a software that allows users to add closed captioning to videos (available for both Mac and PC). To request the software, please complete the following steps: Log in to My Charleston Go to the Employee Tab Go to the Echo 360/Movie Captioner [...]
Google+ offers two new ways to interact with your friend, colleagues, or anyone in your circles: Google+ Hangout which is a video chat application and Google+ Hangout with Extras which allows for the video and text-based chat as well as document and screen sharing and a shared online whiteboard. At it’s most basic the Hangout [...]
A method that is often used in teaching, that helps enhance material covered in lectures, is bringing a guest speaker into the classroom. Guest speakers are typically experts in their field and can convey current and realistic information and knowledge about a subject that is not typically found in a textbook. It also allows students to see how the theories learned in the classroom transition into the workplace and gives them the opportunity to ask questions to someone in the industry.
