Back in September 2011 Instructional Technologist Mendi Benigni did a post on screen-casting (simply put, screen-casting is the act of recording the activity on a computer screen. Any action a user makes on their screen can be recorded as a video). As you leave for the summer and soon start to plan your classes for [...]
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 [...]
Many professors on campus are already using YouTube in the classroom because of the ease of use and the sheer number of videos available. So I thought I would highlight some tips and share supplemental activites for faculty using YouTube in their courses. 1. Encourage your students to dig deeper. After showing a video in [...]
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 [...]
