The following is what I covered at the January 9, 2009 meeting with Jeri, Kari and Connie on my sabbatical project:
· I kept a blog on my sabbatical (http://videostreamingsabbatical.blogspot.com/)
· I posted all the video clips I made on my home page (http://www.cuyamaca.net/angela.nesta/default.asp)
· The video clips also can be found on the following locations:
*The Media Consortium video clips and the Video and DVD video clips are posted on the Media Services page (http://www.cuyamaca.edu/libserv/mediaserv/mediaserv.asp) * Survey video clips on the Media Consortium and Video and DVD video clips are also on the Media Services page. These surveys are designed for faculty to complete. * The Media Consortium video clips were also posted on the Community College Media Consortium (CCMC) wiki.
* Kari posted the video clips of the eBooks Tutorial, the I-Link My Account, the Interlibrary Loan Tutorial, the Off-Campus Access to Databases, and the Searching for Videos and DVDs in the Online Catalog on the Tutorial page (http://www.cuyamaca.net/library/research/tutorials.asp)
* At my request, the Career Center posted the Career eBooks video clip on their Career Research page (http://www.cuyamaca.net/careerserv/career_research.asp)
· I asked Kari if she could also link the eBook Tutorial video clip in discipline eResouces pathfinders she created (http://www.cuyamaca.net/library/moresources/subjects/default.asp). · The I-Link My Account video will be posted on the library home page under “general information” (http://www.cuyamaca.net/library/default.asp)
What I learned in creating video clips:
· Scripts are a must, of course, but it kept as short as possible, and expect to rewrite them continuously.
· Scripts are very helpful when adding the closed captioned because it is easy to just to copy and paste the script. · It is less boring and shortens the video clip by pausing the recording, type in the needed information, then resume the recording. Recording the actual typing is not necessary.
· Produce the video clips where one can turn closed captioning on and off
· The dimensions used to record video clips must coordinate with the dimensions used to produce the video clip to get the best picture quality.
· The quiz/study feature in Camtasia can useful in Blackboard or if someone uses Outlook for their e-mail
· Theater feature in Camtasia allows one to arrange a set of video clips in a table of contents, can insert images in the TOC and set the colors of the theater, but I encounter problems using it.
1. I found it moved from video to video to fast and had to manipulate a “transition pause” between video clips.
2. I also had to insert a pause at the beginning of theater because the first video clip would start about five seconds in the narration.
3. In one set of video clips in a theater production, the cascading to the next video clip is stuck, and I still can’t figure out how to correct it.
