Integrating Multimedia into Your Course

patrick r. lowenthalpatrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu

Video

Video Survey

Complete the following survey http://tinyurl.com/pk5dk5

Why Video?

Video

1. Find Videos

2. (or) Create Videos

3. Share Videos

Find VideosVideo Resources• Youtube – www.youtube.com•TeacherTube – www.teachertube.com•Google Video – video.google.com•Vimeo – www.vimeo.com •Viddler – www.viddler.com•Archive – www.archive.org

Open Content•MIT, Stanford, Utah State

Create VideosRecord • Do-It-Yourself (DIY): WebCam, MiniDV, FlipCam, …• Seek Professional Help: Contact CU Online

Edit•DIY: Movie Maker, iMovie, Premiere Elements•Professional Help: Adobe Premiere Pro

Produce•DIY: Consider bandwidth, format, distribution•Professional Help: Flash Streaming Server

Share VideosOptions Pros/Cons

Video sharing website (e.g., YouTube)

Ease of use, embed options, annotating, and sharing options (to a larger audience); limit on size of files

CU Online Flash Server Supported by CU Online, embed options, ability to stream large files; not as easy as sites like YouTube

Your individual course (i.e., in the CMS)

Easy to upload; only available in that course, not streamed

Demo

Activity #1Complete one of the following (10 minutes):1. Find a video and Embed it in your course shell (i.e.,

Blackboard or eCollege) or at http://cuonlinesympoisum.blogspot.com/ username: patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edupassword: symposium

2. Practice downloading a YouTube video. Find a video and go to mediaconverter.org or zamzar.com Download it and upload to your course.

3. Practice uploading a video to YouTube. Download www.patricklowenthal.com/cuonline.mov then create an account (e.g., w/ YouTube) and upload.

Audio

Audio Survey

Complete the following survey http://tinyurl.com/orq8nc

Audio1. Find Audio Clips

2. (or) Create Audio Clips

3. Share Audio Clips

Find AudioAudio Resources•Archive – www.archive.org• iTunes •Podcasts directories: podcastalley.com, learnoutloud.com•Podcast Search Engines: podscope.com •Publishers/Media: npr.org/podcasts, cnn.com/podcasts

Open Content•MIT, Stanford, Utah State

Create AudioRecord your own Podcasts on your Computer•Audacity (Mac/PC) – audacity.sourceforge.net•GarageBand (Mac) – www.apple.com/garageband/

Record a Podcast by Phone•Talk Shoe – www.talkshoe.com•HipCast – http://www.hipcast.com •Yodio – http://www.yodio.com

Digital Voice Recorder

Share AudioRecord your own Podcasts on your Computer•Audacity (Mac/PC) –http://audacity.sourceforge.net•GarageBand (Mac) –http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

Record a Podcast by Phone•Talk Shoe – www.talkshoe.com•HipCast – http://www.hipcast.com •Yodio – http://www.yodio.com

Demo

Activity #2Complete one of the following (10 minutes):1. Find an audio clip (e.g., at www.npr.com/podcast),

download it and then upload it to your course or the blog – http://cuonlinesympoisum.blogspot.com

username: patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edupassword: symposium

2. Use your phone to record a brief podcast with talkshoe, Hipcast or Yodio

3. Download a YouTube video as an audio file at http://www.listentoyoutube.com/

Images

Images

1. Find Images

2. (or) Create Images

3. Share Images

Find ImagesImage Resources•Google Images – http://images.google.com•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com

Create ImagesImage Resources•Google Images – http://images.google.com•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com

Photo / Image Editing Applications•Picnik – http://www.picnik.com•Aviary – http://aviary.com

Share Images•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com•PhotoBucket – http://photobucket.com/

Misc

Misc• Digital Storytelling: MS PhotoStory, VoiceThread, iMovie, MS Movie Maker

•RSS: Google Reader

•Presentations: SlideShare, Slideboom

Contact MePatrick R. Lowenthalpatrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu