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video

1. flavors

   1. traditional video conferencing

      1. Coates Video conferencing

      2. Serge's Video conferencing tools

   2. lecture capture

      1. echo 360

      2. panopto course cast

         1. half-way setup in Coates

         2. Will Monroe, Hebert Law Center

      3. open cast Matterhorn

         1. in production

         2. open-source

         3. .5 pre-release due out any day

      4. Media Site

         1. proprietary

         2. in limited use around campus

   3. web conferencing/webinar

      1. CISCO Webex

         1. subscription service

         2. targeted at coprorate meeting-type use

      2. dimdim

         1. targets education

      3. Adobe Acrobat Connect

         1. stay tuned?

   4. video messaging

      1. Skype

      2. Google Talk

      3. MSN Yahoo

2. campus resources

   1. CxC Video Lab

      1. 151 Coates

      2. for Students!!

   2. Classroom Technology

      1. Richard Billodeaux

      2. AV equipment available for checkout

   3. Hosting

      1. Moodle

         1. main venue for user uploaded video

            1. COMPRESS

      2. ITS Flash Server

         1. restricted to FTC mission

   4. Editing suites

      1. information commons

         1. Mac Pros loaded with Final Cut Studio software

3. campus examples

   1. GROK video tutorials

      1. available in GROK

   2. FTC video tutorials

      1. available on the ITS/FTC website

   3. AgCenter

      1. hands-down leader

   4. Library resource

      1. Rebecca Miller

4. within reach for Joe/Jane Faculty

   1. small-scall virtual class-sessions using dimdim or vyew

   2. include video in Moodle course

   3. require student video projects

5. workflow

   1. destinations

      1. DVD

         1. Why

            1. portable and offline

            2. semi-archival

         2. method

            1. compress the original source material for DVD

               1. a standard DVD holds 4.3GB of data, which is not much video

               2. use MPEG-2 encoding

               3. don't forget to factor in the space your audio will take up

      2. the web

         1. available on-demand to an audience of your choosing

            1. Moodle

            2. personal web site

            3. university video repository

   2. middle steps

      1. editing and post-production

         1. use

            1. Quicktime Pro

               1. $30

               2. basic edit functions

            2. final cut express

               1. $100

               2. feature-rich

               3. semi-pro

                  1. add filters

                  2. custom crops

                  3. keyframes to define edits

                  4. a range of export options

                  5. resource management

            3. Final Cut Studio

               1. suite of applications to handle every aspect of video production

                  1. audio

                  2. colr

                  3. titles

                  4. DVD authoring

               2. Mac specific

      2. Compression

         1. Baking the cake

            1. All ingredients in and in the right porportions

         2. Who are the tasters? Where is the celebration?

            1. internet users at-large

            2. Your students in Modle

            3. visitors at an exhibition

            4. Your relatives watching a DVD

            5. attendants at your 'virtual' conference

      3. transmission/distribution

         1. web conference/webinar

            1. need (usually subscription-based) service and accompanying clients and server applications

            2. examples

               1. dimdim

               2. webex

               3. vyew

               4. adobe acrobat connect

         2. traditional video conference

            1. need dedicated rooms/equipment/personaell at all participating sites

         3. traditional broadcast

            1. need a tv studio and professional crew

         4. hosted video on demand

            1. need a web-enabled server system

            2. examples

               1. youtube

                  1. completely automated

                     1. takes upload and prepares for consumtion

                        1. re-encoding

                        2. compression

                        3. embedding in 'your' video repository

                        4. tagging enables searching by users and search engines

                     2. you have no real control over the final product

                  2. Cloud-based

                     1. Globally accessible

               2. Moodle

                  1. not automated with respect to user-uploaded video

                     1. Moodle is not YouTube, nor is it especially designed as a video sharing venue

                     2. you encode

                        1. and hope your format is readable by all of your users

                     3. you compress

                        1. and probably you think you'll leave you video at 'hghest quality'

                        2. you should compress as much as possible without degrading the intent of the media

                        3. use Handbrake unless you are already using another application you prefer (or have paid for)

                        4. if you do not compress enough, you run the risk of subjecting your course to 'do not back up this enormous course' status

                  2. you controll who can access the media

                  3. you control most other aspects of the the site's context

                  4. You can enhance you course with multi-media that (hopefully) helps engage your students more fully with the curriculum

6. video files

7. produced elsewhere

   1. found video

      1. youtube

      2. linked/embedded video

      3. just plain found

      4. digitized from analog original

         1. beware of copyright restrictions; check for digit-ized versions already available

         2. if there is no evident copyright restriction, you can have an analog source video digitized for web/computer viewing

            1. check AV services, Himes Hall

            2. Check DIVS, 141 Himes

   2. copyright restrictions MUST be taken into account

      1. get permission

      2. check applicable copyright guidelines

      3. fair-use is not carte-blanche

   3. link to, or embed within your HTML

8. self-produced video

   1. personal video

      1. research footage

      2. ethnographic footage

   2. audio

      1. make it as rigid as you like

         1. every word spelled out

         2. rough outline from which to ad lib

         3. a bullet list of talking points

         4. no script, off-the-cuff informal conversation

      2. speak slowly

         1. while a conversational tone is perfect, you want you audience to get what you're saying

         2. pacing yourself can result in the added bonus that your visuals can take their time as well in the finished product

      3. just be natural...

      4. choose a narrator

         1. if not you, who has:

            1. time

            2. willingness

               1. while it may seem like an enjoyable diversion, it can be arduous

            3. a good speaking voice

               1. a pleasant voice

               2. good inflection

               3. a friendly tone

      5. pay attention to audio quality

         1. quiet please...

            1. don't record in a noisy environment, unless that enhances your message

            2. acoustics

               1. just like fluorescent lighting, the wrong room can destroy the audio

               2. if possible, isolate the presenter and her/his mic

                  1. this will ensure minimal ambient noise, and will allso make room for focus and concentration

         2. equipment

            1. webcam mic/ integrated computer mic is only so-so

            2. dedicated microhphone is better

            3. Even better is high quality microphone + a means to control the audio input (A MIXER))

            4. best is to get as close to professional as you can

               1. pro equipment

               2. pro staffing

               3. pro post-production

                  1. say your voice is anoyingly thin...

                  2. perhaps you cursed in the middle of the best take...

   3. screen-capture

      1. how-to do something

         1. with naration

         2. with additional video feed (presenter talking head)

         3. additional audio

      2. applications

         1. Adobe Captivate(PC-only, so far?)

         2. Camtasia

         3. Screenflow(Mac-only)

      3. guidelines

         1. prepare a script

            1. are there other experts whose input you'd like to present???

               1. use a wiki

               2. brainstorm together

            2. prepare it for capture

               1. spoken language varies incredibly from written

               2. let you narrator review the script for speak-abilty

               3. retain and maintain the script for future use

                  1. revise it to match the actual production, and you've got the source for a Closed-Captioning file

                  2. if the facts change, you might want to search for descrepancies in text rather than by watching the thing again