Instructional Media Support Center

Our Department has been working over the Summer on a new web area called the 'Instructional Media Support Center'. This area was created to offer on-demand support resources for faculty who are wanting to get started working with instructional media that supports their courses at LLCC.

We are excited to see an increasing number of our instructors wanting to incorporate screencasts and other instructional media into their teaching and curriculum materials. It's also great that our faculty are offering students innovative assignment alternatives that incorporate instructional media and web-based resources. We hope that this site will support instructors by giving them information on the technical "how to's" and make that part easier so that they can focus on the important educational aspects of the media.

Specifically, we have focused on screencasting and media creation with Jing, Screencast-O-Matic, and Powerpoint2013's new media options. For editing, we have resources on Windows MovieMaker, and we focus on YouTube as our primary method of hosting and sharing finished videos with students. Again, we are trying to focus on tools that are simple to learn and use, inexpensive, and easily accessible (provided by the college or free online).

It's important to mention that copyright must be respected when searching for and using media created by others. We have included links to our library's pages which have library guides on copyright, open educational resource, the Alexander Street Press Video Collection, and other resources that can assist instructors who are searching for copyright-friendly media and materials to use in supporting their courses.

Unfortunately, time constraints are simply a reality in higher education. We hope to have the time to add more information in the future on using apps and mobile devices to create instructional media and links to more great resources that can be easily integrated into instructor's teaching and student's learning. This site is not 100% done and you may find typos or errors. (If you do, please let me know so that I can fix them - I'm kind of crowd-sourcing my editing here!)

Below is a link to the site created in Google Docs. https://sites.google.com/site/itdeimsc/home

Next is a Prezi that contains an overview of the main links in the site based on what you want to do. After clicking "Start Prezi", I recommend clicking the 'full screen' button in the lower-right corner of the Prezi to view. I look forward to any feedback or suggestions.

Keep Calm and Barry On!

Using Powerpoint's Built-in Tools to Create a Movie

Microsoft PowerPoint contains some built-in tools that allow you to export your presentations to a video format which can then be enhanced further in a program like Window Movie Maker or uploaded to YouTube to be shared with students. In addition to simply exporting an existing a PowerPoint presentation recording, you also have the options to add additional narration and elements (such as a virtual laser pointer or ink annotations) to your video. Please see the  information below about the two primary options for creating a movie from your saved PowerPoint using the program's built-in features. Method #1: 'Export Movie' option The "export movie" options is appropriate for simpler movies based on your PowerPoint. Use this option if you want to: export your PowerPoint as a video (with no additional changes) Method #2: 'Record Slide Show' option The "record slide show' option is more appropriate if you want to add additional interactivity, annotations, and/or narrations to your PowerPoint before saving it as a movie. Use this option if: You want to add a voice-over annotation to each slide before exporting the movie file You want to annotate with PowerPoint's built-in laser pointer, pen & highlighter in your finished movie while narrating  See the videos and links below for more information on saving your PowerPoint presentation as a movie Exporting a PowerPoint as a Video - with no additional changes to the PowerPoint Link to Microsoft's support site Recording a PowerPoint Presentation with Voice-Over Narration - and saving it as a Movie file Link to Microsoft's Support Site Recording a PowerPoint Presentation with Annotations - using PowerPoint's built-in laser pointer, pen & highlighter Link to Microsoft's Support Site