Planning a Successful Multimedia Project (In 6 Easy Steps) - WPI Technology for Teaching and Learning

This resource has a step-by-step guide for completing multimedia projects. It discusses how to consider your audience, the time or skills you have, and the length of your project in the planning stages. Also, it focuses on making sure that you have a written plan.

Digital Storytelling- Tools for Students Wikispace

This resource features helpful steps for all stages of making a video project. There are tips for movie making tools, brainstorming, production, post-production, and how to finalize and publish your project. The Wikispace also explains the importance of visual and audio aspects of video productions.

Terms for Multimodal Composing- Kettering College Writing Center

Like many other disciplines, multimodal composition has its own set of terms that may seem unfamiliar. This link offers a list of these terms and their definitions.

Multimodal Communication-Eastern Kentucky University Noel Studio for Academic Creativity

This helpful page gives details on the purpose, audience, and context of multimodal projects. It also describes how ethos, pathos, and logos play an important role in bringing your project together. There are several questions provided to jumpstart your brainstorming process.

Using Fonts with a Purpose- Purdue OWL

Typefaces and fonts may influence your audience more than you think. This page from the Purdue OWL gives examples of various typefaces and describes how to determine what is appropriate for your project.

Color Theory Presentation- Purdue OWL

Within the presentation there is an interesting interactive display called Color in Motion. The little clips show the ways that certain colors can help to portray messages in a presentation. Click on the “The Movies” to see what each color of the rainbow represents.

Visual Rhetoric Slide Presentation- Purdue OWL

A helpful presentation about text, font, typeface, color, photographs, illustrations, and other important elements that can determine how your audience will respond to your presentation. The powerpoint gives examples of each element and explains the proper way to incorporate such aspects.

Purdue Owl Flash Movies: Contrast, Alignment, Repetition- Purdue OWL

This section of OWL at Purdue explains why the use of certain color contrasts, alignment, and repetition. Each two-minute video gives good reasoning as to why certain colors, alignment, and use of repetition makes a stronger presentation.

MediaCollege.com- free resources for film & digital media production

This site states it includes tutorials at various levels, beginner to advanced. There are many sections, including video, audio, graphics, and a glossary of terms.

Basic Video Production Shooting Tips- monkeyseevideos

A video that provides the main guidelines of how to successfully shoot a basic video. Though the background music and acting is a little cheesy, there are solid tips.

Video 101: Editing Basics- Vimeo

Covers topics such as managing your clips, trimming your clips and transitioning between them, and adding text and sound. Also provides a link to another Video 101 tutorial on the basics of iMovie.

Good Powerpoint Design-Alexander Osterwalder

This presentation includes techniques for presentation design including the “0,1,2,3 Concept.” This method gives some easy-to-remember tips when creating a Powerpoint slide. There should be “0” tolerance for clutter, “1” idea per slide, “2” fonts throughout the entire presentation, and that “3” are too many levels of bullet points.

Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia- University of Washington University Libraries

A detailed guideline about fair use for educational purposes in multimedia projects. This page provides information about when permission is required, the guidelines for the fair use policies, and other important reminders.

Copyright for Professors- SHU Reeves Library Reeves Library has a page of easy to understand links about fair use that is geared towards faculty but could be valuable for students as well. There is a good introductory video about fair use and what it means in the university setting.

Copyright Basics: Fair Use- Copyright Clearance Center

This straightforward checklist helps you judge whether or not you are within fair use rights.

Creative Commons- recommended by Emily Wierszewski, Associate Professor, English & Composition, Director of Undergraduate Writing Programs, who explains: "The Creative Commons search engine has several options for images, all of which are CC licensed and free for them to use in their educational projects - not copyright protected or at a fee."