Start here for simple ideas on how to bring "multimedia" (images, audio and video) into your curriculum.
Digital Images. Visual images enrich any Humanities course. Let us show you simple ways to digitize your image from print or slides, as well as organize and annotate them. We also recommend that instructors explore the wealth of already digitized images that are available online. And don't forget Powerpoint: we can help you create Powerpoint presentations and convert them to web galleries. For more detailed information, see the Images category of this site.
Video/Webcasting. Video clips that fall within the guidelines of Educational Fair Use may be made accessible as links from Ecampus course websites, or compiled on a CD or DVD. Instructional Technology Consultants (ITCs) can help you produce clips from videotapes, miniDV tapes, or DVDs. For more information about using iMovie and processing video, click here. For digital delivery of full-length movies, recorded performances and other UCLA Media Library-owned material, we refer instructors to the Video Furnace pilot program offered by OID/UCLA Media Lab. If you're interested in arranging to videocast your course lectures, contact OID's Bruincast service.
Audio/Podcasting. Audio clips that fall within the guidelines of Educational Fair Use may be made accessible as links from Ecampus course websites. ITCs can help you produce digital audio clips or longer "podcasts" for student listening outside of class. For more information about digitizing audio, click here. Podcasting options are currently being explored, but since podcasts are downloadable (i.e. they can be saved for reuse on the listener's computer or media player) rather than streamed, greater care must be taken to ensure that the content remains within Educational Fair Use copyright guidelines. See the OID Teaching Enhancement Center (TEC) web page on podcasting for more information.
Web Projects and Interactive Sites. CDH and the ITCs regulary provide assistance with basic HTML and web design, and you may browse the HTML and Web Design category on this site for more information. For more advanced web design and interactivity, other software tools may be needed, such as Fireworks or Flash. Fireworks offers tools for producing graphics, image maps, and pop-up menus. Flash offers tools for animating and making websites more interactive. For instruction on advanced web design and web-based features, we recommend consulting relevant links from OID on: Cascading Style Sheets, Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks. For help with student web projects, please click here for more information.
Screencasting. Occasionally instructors would like to capture a demonstration from the computer screen in video format. The main software products that offer this capability are SnagIt or Camtasia (from TechSmith) or Captivate (Macromedia/Adobe). OID's Teaching Enhancement Center currently offers assistance with screen capture/recording.
Academic Technology Services (ATS) offers an online seminor "Making Movies for Distribution over the Web" using Camtasia.
Last updated March 14, 2008 by yi