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Video and Vodcasting for Teaching

with Donna Eyestone

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 8:00am - Fri, 11/19/2010 - 5:00pm (Pacific Time)

Make your lectures come alive for your students—without using an expensive studio! Learn how to create engaging video content by recording, editing, and packaging your content in easy-to-access vodcasts. We'll also generate ideas about how to use video in your on-campus, online, or hybrid course, and explore general issues surrounding using Vodcasting in education.

In this 4-week online course, you'll plan your production and shoot video footage. Then you'll edit the footage using free video software that's probably already on your computer. Add titles and music to your video to create a professional-looking episode. You'll also learn how to compress and upload the files to the 3CRSS Podcast server. By the end of four weeks you'll have your own vodcast channel!

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you'll be able to do the following:

Enhance face-to-face and/or online courses with video content
Find existing vodcasts that may be useful in your courses
Understand what makes a video file a "vodcast"
Use software on your own computer (iMovie or Movie Maker) to shoot, edit, and compress video files
Publish an original podcast episode
Create a PDF transcript or outline of your video and publish it
Upload files to the 3CRSS Podcast server

Requirements for Completion

A passing performance on the following:

Participation in all required discussion
Completion of all assigned activities and exercises
Production and publication of vodcast channel with at least one video episode and one PDF

Hours Required

This is a 4-week course. Course completion, including reading, online discussions, and assignments, will take approximately 10 hours per week.

Recommended Skills

This course is intensive—especially if you've never created any media before, or if you're new to podcasting. We typically recommend you complete the Audio and Podcasting for Teaching course (or equivalent) before taking this Video course.

Basic computer skills (use of word processor, e-mail, file management)
Basic Internet skills (use of browser, searches, download/installing applications, uploading and downloading files to the Internet)
Familiarity with discussion boards
Familiarity with audio or video production helpful

Technical Requirements

Fairly recent Mac or PC (not more than three years old) with a current operating system
Current browser
Internet connection, preferably broadband (DSL speeds)
Your own video camera, or access to one for the duration of the course (webcam will be okay)
iPod or other portable video player (optional)