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WinterFest 2009
Digital Media Day
Introduction
This year ITS Training Services is devoting one whole WinterFest day to sessions about using digital media in instruction. This day-long event is divided into two parts, one in the morning from 8:00 to noon and one in the afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00. Interested participants may register for only one or both 4-hour sessions.
Digital Media Day Description
Today’s students are used to using technology – and used to learning with the assistance of technology. They prefer instructional materials that are enhanced with multimedia elements. Research indicates that they are “highly visual learners, preferring to process pictures, sounds, and video rather than text.” They are also used to being “connected” to each other as well as to information 24/7 and expect to be able to access the instructional materials they need anytime and anywhere. In a study just released by UW-Madison, 82% of the students surveyed indicated that they prefer courses that offer online lectures over traditional classes that do not include an online lecture component. The study reports that students use recorded lectures for reviewing materials, improving scores, improving retention, convenience, and making up class.
Penn State offers a variety of resources faculty can use to create sound, engaging instructional materials that appeal to the learning preferences of today’s students. The sessions offered during WinterFest 2009 Digital Media Day will focus on introducing faculty to available resources as well as providing guided, hands-on practice using the resources with production of sample materials that participants can take with them.
Morning Session
Introduction
The morning session, from 8:00 am to noon, will focus on the basics of podcasting and blogging.
Who should attend
Anyone who wants to learn the basics of creating a blog using the Blogs@Penn State system and where to locate the appropriate resources to get started
Anyone who wants to learn the basics about podcasting and where to locate the appropriate resources to get started
Prerequisite tasks
Participants MUST have an ACTIVE Penn State Access Account.
Participants MUST also have access to personal space via https://www.work.psu.edu/webspace/. Personal space must be applied for at least a week prior to the seminar.
Materials to bring with you
Although not required, it would be good idea for participants to think about how they might use podcasting and the Blogs@Penn State platform in their classroom and/or workplace. This would help users determine how to help them set up the look and feel of their personal blog space.
Prerequisite skills
Basic computer skills Mac/PC
Description
Penn State’s blogging platform has redefined simple desktop publishing. Whether you are looking to engage your community, enrich your classroom, define yourself online, or create a portfolio of your work, Blogs@Penn State provides a simple and elegant solution that anyone of any skill level can manage with ease.
Podcasting is a simple yet effective way to engage students both inside and outside of the classroom. The Podcasting@Penn State initiative supports the creation, management, and distribution of both audio and video podcasts for teaching and learning purposes. Utilizing podcasting in your classroom in addition to your other teaching material will help enrich student learning experiences through creation of short, multimedia-enhanced “mini-lessons,” introducing topics or providing background for class assignments, or simply recording lectures for further review.
Goals
Attendees will create their own personal blog using the Blogs@Penn State platform and understand where to find the necessary help and resources to keep them moving.
Attendees will receive a detailed overview on basics of podcasting and where to find the necessary help resources to get them started.
Objectives
Attendees will:
• create their own personal blog using the Blogs@Penn State system
• learn different ways to use your blog (personal, educational, professional development, etc.)
• learn why blogs are an important medium of communication
• learn how to add multimedia artifacts such as audio, video, and images to their blog
• learn how to organize their blog using tags, categories, and keywords
• learn how to manage personal blog space via the Movable Type platform
• learn some of the best practices for instructional podcasting
• learn how to find, access and listen to podcast content already available online
• learn how to find the necessary hardware and software needed to create their own podcasts.
• learn what types of distribution channels Penn State offers that will allow them to distribute their podcasts online and all other necessary resources to continue building on the information covered in this session.
What this session covers
• Introduction to the Blogs@Penn State system
• Introduction to blogging and its different uses
• Class projects, professional development, personal use
• Sample blogs (classic style, professional style, student sample, instructor sample, portfolio, etc.)
• Why blog
• Good blogging habits
• Create a blog
• Make a blog post
• Add multimedia to posts
• Pictures, audio file, Google embed
• Use of tags, categories, and keywords
• Customization
• Navigation, banners, etc.
• Hands-on time to create and personalize your blog with experts roving to answer questions
• Introduction to the Digital Commons and what services are offered. (This will be a brief overview of the Digital Commons and how it relates to podcasting and digital media.)
NOTE: This part of the session will NOT be hands on
• A demonstration on how to use Garageband to create a simple podcast.
• A demonstration of iTunes U which will include the following:
o A description of what iTunes U is
o How to access iTunes U at Penn State
o How to access iTunes U at other Universities
o How to navigate through iTunes U
o How to listen to various podcasts on iTunes U
o How to upload and manage their iTunes U space
o How to "subscribe" to iTunes U Podcasts
o Where to learn more and get help related to podcasting
Afternoon Session
Introduction
The afternoon session, from 1:00 am to 5:00, will focus on the basics of using various media files in ANGEL. Media file types include images, streaming video, Adobe Connect meeting recordings, and Adobe Connect Presenter recordings.
Who should attend
• Anyone responsible for creating and placing content into ANGEL.
• Anyone who wants to learn the basics of using Adobe Connect meeting and Presenter to create instructional content containing audio and video recordings
• Anyone who needs to find images for their course work
• Anyone interested in using streamed video in their course
Prerequisite tasks
• Participants need to log into ANGEL at least once to set up their profile. If you have never logged into ANGEL, go to https://cms.psu.edu/ to enable your account.
• Participants should have a course or group in ANGEL in which they are an editor that they can use for this seminar. If you are not an editor in a course or group. please create a group by following the steps in the ANGEL Help & Information Guide, http://angelkb.ais.psu.edu/article.asp?article=1025&p=2
• Activate Personal Web Space at https://www.work.psu.edu/webspace at least a week prior to the seminar (keep in mind that Penn State is closed from December 24 through January 2)
• A streaming server account will be created for each attendee prior to the seminar – no need to request one
Materials to bring with you
Flash drive or access to Web storage space (if participants want to save materials)
• Think about how you might use streamed video to enhance your course
• Think about how you might use narrated PowerPoint and recorded class sessions in your course
Prerequisite skills
o Basic Windows skills
o Attendees should possess basic knowledge of ANGEL including how to add content to a course or group, such as adding pages and links and creating quizzes and discussion forums.
o Basic Web browsing skills
o Basic PowerPoint skills
o Basic experience using Office 2007
Description
Penn State offers a wide variety of media tools and resources for instructional uses. In fact, there are so many resources that it can be a bit confusing knowing what’s available, which tools to use for which purposes, and then, how to tie everything together and make the materials you have created available to students.
This session will cover some basic tools and resources, including finding, downloading and incorporating images and PowerPoint presentations in course materials; using the streaming video server; creating Adobe Connect meeting recordings; and creating narrated PowerPoint presentations using Adobe Connect Presenter. To tie everything together, participants will learn how to incorporate each of these media types available in an ANGEL group.
Goals
Seminar participants will
o learn how to leagally incorporate digital media into ANGEL using pedagogically sound practices to enhance teaching and learning.
o upload or link to images within different areas of ANGEL
o learn how to export video for use on the ITS Streaming server, upload it to their accounts, and manage and set proper permissions for the videos.
o work with Adobe Connect Presenter and Connect meeting to produce recorded media files that can be used in an ANGEL group
Objectives
Participants will
o Learn about the course space and file size limitations within ANGEL.
o Learn how to link to digital media that reside in storage spaces other than ANGEL to use in various lesson content items such as quizzes, pages, and discussion forums.
o Learn how to embed digital media into ANGEL content items such as quizzes, pages, and discussion forums.
o Understand when one method (linking vs. embedding) is more appropriate than the other.
o Learn sources of free, legal images
o Find images to use
o Insert images into Powerpoint and ANGEL
o Minimize graphic sizes for Powerpoint
o Learn to export video for use on the ITS QuickTime Streaming Server
o Learn to upload videos to their accounts
o Learn to set permissions for access to their videos
o Learn to manage files in their account
o Learn to add links to streamed videos in their ANGEL courses
• Access a Connect meeting room
• Participate in making a recording in the meeting room
• Accessing and download an Adobe Connect recording
• When provided with a recording file, participants will upload the recording to ANGEL
• When provided with a recording file, participants will create a link to it from within ANGEL
• Identify pros and cons between uploading file and linking to file
• Add a link to ANGEL for a Connect meeting room
Adobe Connect Presenter Audio
• Create and save a PPT file with 3 slides
• Add text to notes
• Calibrate mic
• Import slide notes – explain options
• Check record options
• Record brief audio for all three slides
• Preview recording
• Watch a demonstration of audio editing
• Save and Publish –participants will publish file to desktop
Adobe Connect Presenter Video
• Add a PPT slide to saved presentation
• Access video options in Presenter menu
• Select video device and set settings
• Record a few seconds of video and audio
• Preview recording
• To export video
• Preview slide show
• Publish
• Watch a demonstration of video edit
• Learn how Presenter utilities compare to PowerPoint utilities, including file size issues
