How-To

  • Augmented Reality with Blippar Part 2

    Blippar (https://www.blippar.com/) offers a few different methods to create augmented really experiences. For the purposes of this overview we will focus on creating an experience that will allow participants o place our scene i their own environment without the need for any apps. For information on creating a location or marker based experience using the Blippar app view Part 1 of this series. (For other examples of Immersive Experiences see this post) Getting Started Once you have an account and are logged in to Blippar you will choose whether you want to use Blippbuilder or the WebSDK. Choose Blippbuilder, then click the button to create a new project and give…

  • Interested in Podcasting? Explore our Guide.

    Digital Learning & Scholarship offers instruction and resources to encourage faculty, students, and staff to explore digital scholarship. We’ve noticed an increased interest in podcasting, and have produced this resource site to support anyone interested in creating a podcast as part of an assignment, for research, or for fun. This site offers resources on how to plan, produce, and publish a podcast with tutorials and suggested software and tools included. Explore the guide here. If you’d like to record and edit your audio on campus, check out our newly renovated Story Labs. Our creative technologies collection also offers audio recording and podcasting kits for checkout. You can find information on…

  • Record and Edit Audio in our Story Labs!

    Library & Information Technology Services offers two Story Labs for audio recording and podcast production. Located on level 1 at LITS 122 and LITS 124, each studio is equipped with recording equipment and a computer with a variety of editing software. LITS 122 has a 2-person capacity and LITS 124 has a 1-person capacity. Each lab includes instructions for first-time users, so no previous experience is required to use the space. How to reserve a Story Lab:   How to reserve a Story Lab:    To protect the equipment, we limit the use of the space to audio recording and editing only. The story labs are not available as study space.…

  • Using Kaltura Capture as a stand alone screen recording tool

    One way to grab short video clips is by using Kaltura Capture. Normally Kaltura Capture is used to load videos to Kaltura mediaspace or Moodle but it can be used to create screen captures to be used locally as well. To start login at https://trincoll.mediaspace.kaltura.com/ Click add new and start Kaltura Capture. If it is not already installed you will have to download and install it. For Macs be sure to allow permissions to use the camera, microphone and screen recording. Once Capture opens check the settings by clicking the Manage link on the right side of the recording tool. Click the settings icon and make sure Record system audio is…

  • Using Blippar to Build an Augmented Reality Experience

    Blippar (https://www.blippar.com/) offers a few different methods to create augmented really experiences. For the purposes of this overview we will focus on creating an experience for the Blippar App using their easy to use web based BlippBuilder. You can also use BlippBuilder to create web based experiences. The app is more appropriate to use objects or printed images as markers to access AR content including images, audio and video. The web based version is better if you want to see a 3d object in your current surroundings. You can view a few examples by downloading the Blippar app, then clicking and scanning the full size images linked below. Note in…