How-To
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Getting Started with Skype for Business at Trinity
For login issues, read Logging in to Skype for Business on mobile/mac. This post explains how to get started using Skype for Business at Trinity College. At the bottom of the post you’ll find four additional resources: a PDF of this file; a screencast showing what this looks like at Trinity; the slides from the presentation in July; and some good Lynda.com resources. Using Skype for Business at Trinity These instructions assume you do not have Skype for Business installed on your machine. You can also skip down to the ‘how to set up a meeting’ instructions below. Especially on Windows, Skype for Business (hereafter S4B) is pretty self-installing. However,…
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Kaltura: Ordering and Editing Captions
This post describes how to request, edit and download closed captions and a transcript file from Kaltura, whether you are working in Moodle or in Mediaspace (https://trincoll.mediaspace.kaltura.com). Closed captions are machine generated and are typically 70 – 85% accurate, however, the results greatly depend on the clarity and enunciation of the speaker. Turnaround time once captions are requested is typically less than the length of the original media. There is also a built-in caption editor you can use for improving the accuracy of the captions. If you have not already uploaded Media for captioning, upload your media to “My Media.” In Moodle, this is right under the Dashboard: If you…
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Immersive Storytelling
Digital Storytelling is not a new concept. It has been a popular format for projects for years and is growing in popularity here at Trinity. With the increasing availability of 360 degree cameras and Virtual Reality Headsets (from cheap Google Cardboard type headsets to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive systems) Digital Storytelling is evolving to include a new format often called Immersive Storytelling. Immersive Stories can be 360 degree videos or fully developed interactive Virtual Worlds. The formerly passive viewer is now an active participant in the storyscape. For a sample of the power of this approach see a The Wait which is a Masters Thesis project created by students…
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ToW: Make Timelines with Timeline JS
Want to tell a story? Need to organize a lot of information? TimelineJS is a powerful, flexible, and easy way to quickly make a compelling and interactive visualization that can includes diverse kinds of media like images, video, audio, tweets, and even whole documents. Check out this example, from the makers of TimelineJS: [iframe src=’https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1xuY4upIooEeszZ_lCmeNx24eSFWe0rHe9ZdqH2xqVNk&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650′ width=’100%’ height=’650′ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder=’0′][/iframe] Developed by the Knight Lab at Northwestern University, this free and open-source tool will format and present your work for easy navigation, using a simple google sheets template. It’s been used by CNN and Time, and here at Trinity, in courses like Gender, Sexuality, and Space and Memory, Power,…
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Digital Storytelling Resources
In the Spring of 2017 The Community Learning Initiative offered a workshop on digital storytelling for community learning which was facilitated by Brianna Derr, Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Specialist for Video at Bucknell University. Brianna’s Digital Flavor site contains a wealth of information on digital storytelling projects including example projects, assignments, syllabi and many other resources. The site provides details on many assignments and types of projects including documentary film, ethnography, podcasts, digital essay and more. Some of the resources you may find useful for planning your project include: Pre-Planning items such as production schedules and story boarding Production considerations such as obtaining B roll, framing of subjects and shooting techniques…