Integrating Multimedia in your Course

1. Integrating Multimedia into
Your Course
patrick r. lowenthal
patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu

2. Video

3. Video Survey
Complete the following survey
http://tinyurl.com/pk5dk5

4. Why Video?

5. Video
1. Find Videos
2. (or) Create Videos
3. Share Videos

6. Find Videos
Video Resources
• Youtube – www.youtube.com
•TeacherTube – www.teachertube.com
•Google Video – video.google.com
•Vimeo – www.vimeo.com
•Viddler – www.viddler.com
•Archive – www.archive.org
Open Content
•MIT, Stanford, Utah State

7. Create Videos
Record
• Do-It-Yourself (DIY): WebCam, MiniDV, FlipCam, …
• Seek Professional Help: Contact CU Online
Edit
•DIY: Movie Maker, iMovie, Premiere Elements
•Professional Help: Adobe Premiere Pro
Produce
•DIY: Consider bandwidth, format, distribution
•Professional Help: Flash Streaming Server

8. Share Videos
Options Pros/Cons
Video sharing website Ease of use, embed options,
(e.g., YouTube) annotating, and sharing options (to
a larger audience); limit on size of
files
CU Online Flash Server Supported by CU Online, embed
options, ability to stream large files;
not as easy as sites like YouTube
Your individual course Easy to upload; only available in
(i.e., in the CMS) that course, not streamed

9. Demo

10. Activity #1
Complete one of the following (10 minutes):
1. Find a video and Embed it in your course shell
(i.e., Blackboard or eCollege) or at
http://cuonlinesympoisum.blogspot.com/
username: patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu
password: symposium
2. Practice downloading a YouTube video. Find a video
and go to mediaconverter.org or zamzar.com
Download it and upload to your course.
3. Practice uploading a video to YouTube. Download
www.patricklowenthal.com/cuonline.mov then
create an account (e.g., w/ YouTube) and upload.

11. Audio

12. Audio Survey
Complete the following survey
http://tinyurl.com/orq8nc

13. Audio
1. Find Audio Clips
2. (or) Create Audio Clips
3. Share Audio Clips

14. Find Audio
Audio Resources
•Archive – www.archive.org
• iTunes
•Podcasts directories:
podcastalley.com, learnoutloud.com
•Podcast Search Engines: podscope.com
•Publishers/Media:
npr.org/podcasts, cnn.com/podcasts
Open Content
•MIT, Stanford, Utah State

15. Create Audio
Record your own Podcasts on your Computer
•Audacity (Mac/PC) – audacity.sourceforge.net
•GarageBand (Mac) – www.apple.com/garageband/
Record a Podcast by Phone
•Talk Shoe – www.talkshoe.com
•HipCast – http://www.hipcast.com
•Yodio – http://www.yodio.com
Digital Voice Recorder

16. Share Audio
Record your own Podcasts on your Computer
•Audacity (Mac/PC) –
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
•GarageBand (Mac) –
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Record a Podcast by Phone
•Talk Shoe – www.talkshoe.com
•HipCast – http://www.hipcast.com
•Yodio – http://www.yodio.com

17. Demo

18. Activity #2
Complete one of the following (10 minutes):
1. Find an audio clip (e.g., at
www.npr.com/podcast), download it and then
upload it to your course or the blog –
http://cuonlinesympoisum.blogspot.com
username: patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu
password: symposium
2. Use your phone to record a brief podcast with
talkshoe, Hipcast or Yodio
3. Download a YouTube video as an audio file at
http://www.listentoyoutube.com/

19. Images

20. Images
1. Find Images
2. (or) Create Images
3. Share Images

21. Find Images
Image Resources
•Google Images – http://images.google.com
•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com

22. Create Images
Image Resources
•Google Images – http://images.google.com
•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com
Photo / Image Editing Applications
•Picnik – http://www.picnik.com
•Aviary – http://aviary.com

23. Share Images
•Flickr – http://www.flickr.com
•PhotoBucket – http://photobucket.com/

24. Misc

25. Misc
• Digital Storytelling: MS
PhotoStory, VoiceThread, iMovie, MS Movie Maker
•RSS: Google Reader
•Presentations: SlideShare, Slideboom

26. Contact Me
Patrick R. Lowenthal
patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu