#27424
Videotaping Student Presentations: A Quick Start Guide
A guide to using MiniDV digital camcorders to record student presentations, then to review them on a computer and copy them to DVD for later review.
Johnson, Rachel. EServer (2006). Academic>Course Materials>Multimedia>Video
#31474
Despite the Internet's emergence as a mainstream business tool, web conferencing can still be a daunting experience for first-timers and even seasoned presenters. For today's business professionals, it's not the technology that makes them apprehensive, but the knowledge that familiar ways of presenting are inadequate to execute an effective web conference. Provide someone with useful information and a little preparation, however, and that person can host an effective, efficient web conference.
Murray, Krysta. Communication World Bulletin (2004). Articles>Collaboration>Teleconferencing>Videoconferencing
#31943
Why We Need Technical Communicators
A YouTube video of a terrible (!) presenter discussing the technical intricacies of a product, using the worst possible language.
Harkness, Holly E. Don't Call Me Tina (2008). Humor>TC>Multimedia>Video
#25913
Creating visual depth in a project can really catapult an animation from boring to captivating. After Effects does 3D very well, but there's more to it than simply moving layers or objects around in 3D space.
Anderson, Chad J.W. Mac Design Magazine (2005). Design>Multimedia>Video>Adobe After Effects
#23005
World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design
This video presentation shows how to make web pages accessible to people with disabilities. It is particularly useful for self-instruction or group training for people who design and support websites and/or teach web design classes. The accompanying publication provides details and resources on this topic. The presentation is open-captioned and audio-described to assure access to the content for viewers who are deaf or blind, respectively.
University of Washington-Seattle (2003). Design>Web Design>Accessibility>Video
#32138
Online Videos: Engaging Your Users
A guide to using online video on your site to offer more enticing content and provide a more compelling user experience.
Kodali, Mrudula. Webcredible (2008). Articles>Internet>Video
#32262
In a continuation of a previous introductory article about screencasting, Archee continues the discussion by delving deeper into the history, benefits, usefulness, and future of this powerful technical communication tool.
Archee, Raymond K. Intercom (2008). Articles>Documentation>Video>Screencasting
#32351
Creating video tutorials is no trivial task. When you sit down to create 20+ video tutorials for a project, you’re faced with dozens of questions. What screen size should the videos be, what recording tool should you use, what microphone is best, how long should the videos be, what file size is acceptable? Should you use voice or captions? Where will you create the recording? You can create video tutorials using dozens of different methods. There are no official steps to create videos, because situations and audiences vary so widely.
Johnson, Tom H. I'd Rather Be Writing (2008). Articles>Documentation>Multimedia>Video
#32370
Lecture Capture: No Longer Optional?
Lecture capture has been gaining momentum in recent years, but that momentum is being outpaced by student demand. According to new research released this week by the University of Wisconsin-Madison involving about 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students, an overwhelming 82 percent of students said they would prefer courses that offer online lectures over traditional classes that do not include an online lecture component. The researchers also pointed out the implications for these findings extend well beyond the classroom.
Nagel, David. Campus Technology (2008). Articles>Education>Presentations>Video
#32461
Videos on Computer Accessibility
A collection of videos that show how people with various disabilities use assistive technology with their computers, which may help developers understand the diverse accessibility needs that should be met by their projects.
AssistiveWare (2007). Resources>Accessibility>Usability>Video
#32487
From the Mouth of a Screenreader
Talks about the history of screen reading software and how they analyse what is displayed on the screen in order to speak it to the user.
Geoffray, Doug. Yahoo (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Video
#32537
CamStudio is a free and open-source software package for Microsoft Windows that is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).
#32619
Nowadays, broadband connections are widespread amongst the internet. Finally, video can be effectively added to website. But which player and video codec to go for? And how to get your video out there? This article features some tips and tricks for compressing and delivering video to the web.
Wijering, Jeroen. JeroenWijering.com (2008). Articles>Web Design>Video>Standards
#32620
The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1
Nobody really expected the stranglehold that Apple, Microsoft and Real had on the web streaming market in 2003 to be broken. Yet by Spring 2005, just 18 months after that presentation, that is exactly what had happened. Those three web video delivery technologies practically vanished, replaced almost entirely by Flash Video. This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. They aren’t by a long shot, but when it comes to putting video on the web, the Flash Player has rapidly become the only game in town.
Green, Tom. Digital Web Magazine (2006). Articles>Web Design>Video>Standards
#32621
Comparison of High Definition Web Video Formats
After the sad demise of Stage6.com I was looking for the best format for publishing high definition videos (specifically 960x540) using free tools or those I already own such as Sony Vegas Pro or On2 Flix Pro.I tried a few options and below are 5 contenders for comparison.
Bubble Vision (2007). Articles>Web Design>Video>High Definition
#32622
Making Choices: Video on the Web
Do you want to present your media in Real, QuickTime, or Windows Media format? Each format has its own strengths and weaknesses. We use QuickTime at the J-School because of its high quality, wide compatibility, and low cost (free). Because all Macs support QuickTime creation and playback natively, and because iMovie and Final Cut Pro generate QuickTime by default, QuickTime is an especially convenient choice if most of your media is generated on Macintosh computers, as it is in many media production environments. The choice of format you use for a given project will probably be determined by the publication you're working for. Be sure to find out in what format media is expected before you enter the final phases of production.
Hacker, Scot. University of California Berkeley (2006). Articles>Web Design>Video
#32649
Efficient Video Delivery Over The Internet
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this day and age of digital media, video on your web site can be priceless. Whether you have a corporate, social networking, or video streaming site, video instantly captures your visitor’s attention and describes your product and services quickly and effectively. Due to its large install base, Flash video is now the de-facto standard in internet video delivery. With recent updates to Flash 9, Flash Player adds the capability of playing H264 encoded video in full screen mode, making the delivery of Flash videos on the internet not only practical, but efficient as well. In this article, I will examine a few different techniques for delivering Flash videos over the internet and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Zhu, Lei. Digital Web Magazine (2008). Articles>Web Design>Streaming>Video
#32712
Microsoft's Plot to Kill QuickTime
While almost completely invisible for years, Apple’s progress in media has resulted in overturning Microsoft’s domination of the entertainment industry, established a resistance to unchecked DRM, and has extinguished Microsoft’s efforts to establish new proprietary technologies as de facto industry standards.
RoughlyDrafted (2007). Articles>Multimedia>Standards>Video
#32713
How Microsoft Pushed QuickTime's Final Cut
Apple's work to aggressively build upon QuickTime and compete in the market against Microsoft--rather than just handing its technology over and “partnering” with the company--launched Apple ahead and established major new markets for the Mac platform. Final Cut Pro initially established the Mac as an essential tool among editors.
RoughlyDrafted (2007). Articles>Multimedia>Editing>Video
#33289
Finding a Conversational Voice in Video Tutorials
A voice over is a voice narration from a performer whom you can’t see, who reads a script in an engaging way according to the context of the script. For example, many commercials employ voice overs from professionals. The difference between voice-over performers and announcers, Scott says, is that voice-over performers get outside of themselves, whereas announcers merely read a script.
Johnson, Tom H. I'd Rather Be Writing (2008). Articles>Documentation>Video>Podcasting
#33510
What roles does writing play in larger communications also involving physically discrete but related texts of other media? How may the properties of what we normally consider writing be modified in such communications? The intermedial context of much workplace writing has been largely overlooked. This study of an insurance company's communication department describes how (a) three written products served as parts of larger messages in multiple media campaigns, (b) an attempt to combine composing processes for print and video failed, and (c) conflicting generic and stylistic properties of other media caused an intermedial graft to fail. The author's study shows that in the right circumstances, a multiple media "overtext" can override some of the rules that govern what and how one communicates in an individual medium. When a written text is involved, its nature may change as it forms symbiotic relationships with texts of other media.
Cross, Geoffrey A. JBC (1994). Articles>Communication>Video>Audio
#33534
Cut Lines: Creating Cool Compositions With Nested Sequences in Apple Final Cut Pro
In this installment of Cut Lines, we’ll look at cropping and rotating several images at once and how nesting your composition can make it easier to manipulate your images together.
Ozer, Jan. Event DV (2008). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Final Cut Pro
#33535
Correcting Color in Sony Vegas
We’ll begin this series by discussing one of the most important features in any pro nonlinear editor: color correction. The first thing you need to do before beginning any type of color correction work is to determine what "correct" color looks like. Rarely does your computer screen display colors correctly.
McKnight, David. Event DV (2008). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Color
#33538
Time Remapping, Part 2: Variable-Speed Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro
When I teach Time Remapping in the Apple classes I lead, we all work on the same clip. But I often find that giving this overview of the tools right off the bat helps my students grasp how to control Variable-Speed Remapping faster and easier.
Baiser, Ben. Event DV (2008). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Final Cut Pro
#33539
Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro, Part 1
This installment of Cut Lines is Part 1 of a two-part tutorial about Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro (FCP). We’ll take a quick look at Constant Speed Remapping and the mechanics that go into FCP creating it so that you more fully understand why your results look the way they do. My hope is that this understanding will enable you to visualize what the effect will look like before you even apply it, making your workflow faster and your creativity more enhanced.
Baiser, Ben. Event DV (2008). Articles>Multimedia>Video>Final Cut Pro
