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SUMMARY
.B.Y.O.D. - Use your phone, webcam or PowerPoint
Borrow Gear - FASS provides a collection of video gear for borrowing including Swivl tripods for following multiple speakers automatically. If you're staff of the Faculty, you can book FASS equipment here. Also, the School of Education and Social Work has additional resources for SESW staff.
Book DIY Video Booth - Book the purpose-built room on campus for professionally recording single-person videos (ie. lecture-style)
Involve Media Students - Contact academics in Media and Communications or Drama Education to see if they can recommend students interested in an internship opportunity to add to their CV/portfolio.
Hire Professional equipment - If you’re interested in hiring professional equipment or the green screen studio normally only available to staff and students at the School of Literature, Arts and Media (and you have a bit of budget to do so), contact Philip Glen. The SLAM team can also provide video consultation/advice or recommend professional services as necessary.
Hire a Professional - Use professional video production services available within the university or externally. (1) If your project fits within certain criteria (its for a DVCE initiative) then you may be eligible to get the services of the central pro team at Educational Innovation (contact Tom Cavdarovski to find out more). (2) If you need a marketing or promotional video, you can request video services from university marketing & communications unit. (3) Philip Glen at SLAM can recommend professional services in all other cases.
What kind of video do you need? (use cases)
What kind of video do you need? (use cases)
- Online lecture - If you want to move your live lecture online (so you can flip your classroom or deliver more flexibly) then your best bet is to B.Y.O.D. or book the DIY Video Booth.
- Timely interjection - If you want to upload timely commentary on current events happening within or outside of the classroom, you'll need the ease and speed of B.Y.O.D.
- High quality promotional video - If you need a marketing or promotional video, you can request video services from university marketing & communications.
- High quality teaching video (budgeted) - If you've got the funds to create a high quality video (that, for example, is core to a subject or will be used repeatedly for one or more classes) then go straight to the professionals. Philip Glen at SLAM can recommend professional services.
Tips & Tutorials
Tips & Tutorials
Video is a fantastic tool for education when its done right. Check out these resources created by members of our FASS Learning Team:
- Article: "Some Design Considerations For Videos: Segmentation, Synchronicity And Signaling" - George Hatsidimitris describes three important best practice considerations for educational video.
- Book Chapter: In the book Interface Design for Learning: Design Strategies for Learning Experiences by Dorian Peters, there's a section dedicated to best practice in Educational Video. You can read the video section via Google Books, or check out the Full text online or a hardcopy from the Sydney Uni library.
Online Tutorials are available to all university staff via Lynda.com which is an amazing library of high-quality training videos covering almost any tech topic you can think of, including video. Just log in with your unikey ID for access to courses such as:
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