Hot Team: Studiocode

Posted on October 24, 2006 
Filed Under Hot Team, White Papers

Video Tag SmallA few months ago, some faculty from the College of Education approached TLT to talk about their use of a software product called Studiocode. We decided to create a Hot Team to do a thorough analysis of the tool so we could understand what it is all about. The resulting white paper is now available for download.

Essentially, Studiocode is a video editing and analysis package. As Studiocode plays live or pre-recorded video clips, you code them with terms that you define based on your area of interest. You can use these codes to retrieve video segments and build compiled movies. For instance, if you are interested in disruptions in high school classrooms, you could build a set of codes around types of disruptions, demographic information about the students, and their position in the classroom. Once the video clips are encoded in this manner, you can search through them and pull up combinations such as “male students in the back of the classroom who throw objects”. Seconds later Studiocode would produce a customized movie composed of cases where all of those conditions were met. This movie could be saved as a separate file for later analysis or inclusion in a presentation.

In addition to the ability to code and search through files, Studiocode includes video editing, compression, and transcription features. If you transcribe a movie, the transcript becomes searchable, enabling you to compile video segments where certain words or phrases were used. This kind of integrated package has a great potential to streamline video-based research. It can also be used to provide rich feedback to students or for students to compose video essays of their own performance.

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4 Responses to “Hot Team: Studiocode”

  1. Carla on October 25th, 2006 9:36 am

    So glad to see the white paper is ready for prime time! My colleagues and I have been using Studiocode in our research, teaching, and more recently, supervision of preservice teachers. The tool is an elegant solution for what used to be messy and time consuming work. It’s not perfect, but it sure beats the alternatives (e.g., three separate programs up and running simultaneously). In addition, the folks at Studiocode have been very responsive to our suggestions and needs. There is growing interest in this tool in the College of Ed, and we are anxious to see if others who use video will see the potential.

  2. Allan on October 25th, 2006 1:17 pm

    Me too! I was anxious to finish the paper because other people (at Penn State and elsewhere) have been asking for a copy. In any case, share this URL so people can find the paper and leave comments if they have any.

  3. Barbara on October 27th, 2006 10:03 am

    Allan, thanks for sharing the Studiocode white paper. It is wonderfully helpful to me and my group at Clemson.

  4. Barbara on October 27th, 2006 11:50 am

    Thank you, Allan, for sharing your Studiocode white paper. It is wonderfully helpful to me and my group at Clemson.

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