Draft:DLC Fall 2017 Class Projects/Bethany Brent (EDFD460, EDFD 459M, EDFD 459T TH)
Class Location, Days and Times
- Course ID: EDFD460, EDFD 459M, EDFD 459T TH
- Dates:
Tuesday and Thursday
- 10/17 8:00-9:20am in Gild. 161
- 10/17 9:30-10:50am in Gild. 226
Monday
- 10/9 from 12:00-1:50 Gild. 302
- 10/9 from 4:00-4:50pm Gild. 161
Project Details
- MediaSpace will be used for a basic introduction video.
- Weebly is being used as a e-portfolio for featuring and documenting class projects.
- Moovly will be used for group and individual digital storytelling projects.
Hardware/Software
- MediaSpace
- Moovly
- Weebly
What We Will Cover
Introduction Video
For the Introduction Video project you will simply uploaded your recordings to MediaSpace. Directions for uploading your videos can be found at Uploading Video Files to MediaSpace. Once you have uploaded your videos you can post these in a number of places in D2L Brightspace. However, your professor would like you to post your videos to the Assignments Submission forlders and the following link takes you to the directions for do this process.
Storytelling Project
In this project you will be using Moovly to record your animated group videos and upload these videos using the same process as you did for the introduction video with MediaSpace. The Moovly tool is free web based video editing tool that can be accessed by going to https://www.moovly.com and selecting the Login/Sign up for free button. Once you have an account you can learn how the tool work by viewing the following introduction to Moovly.
Submitting Moovly Storytelling Project
Once you have recorded your story using Moovly will need to publish your video and share the URL to that video with your professor in a D2L Brightspace Assignment Submission Folder. The five steps for completing this process are listed below.
Step 1
Log into your Moovly account and go to the video you will be submitting for this assignment. Click on the Publish button below the video and select Publish to Gallery option. This is a publish gallery so you will need to agree to making this video public. You will next see a URL (e.g. https://gallery.moovly.com/video/d6f3625b...) that can be copied to your clipboard and pasted into a Word document (more to come on this in Step 2). Also test the URL in a new browser tab to make sure you copied the entire URL. Note:It is easy to miss parts of the URL as it will be very long.
Step 2
Create a new Word document and paste the URL from your published Moovly video along with the Date and Time of your presentation. Save this document as you will be submitting to Assignment Submission Folder for this Assessment.
Step 3
Log into D2L BrightSpace and go the the correct Assignment Submission Folder found within the Assessment menu of your course.
Step 4
Click on the Add a File button and upload the saved Word document you created in Step 2.
Step 5
Paste the Moovly video URL, Date, and Time of your video presentation into the Comments Section and click on the Submit button.
Submitting YouTube Link Storytelling Project
If you chose to upload your video to YouTube you will need to obtain the URL to that video with your professor and post it to the correct Assignment Submission Folder for this course. The following steps explain how to obtain the URL and submit this video to your professor.
Step 1
Go to the YouTube video you wish to submit for this assignment and click on the Share button below the video.
Step 2
Copy this URL (e.g. https://youtu.be/iMcvcPLQwr8) to your clipboard and pasted it into a Word document (more to come on this in Step 3). Also test the URL in a new tab within your browser to make sure you copied the entire URL.
Step 3
Create a new Word document and paste the URL from your YouTube video along with the Date and Time of your presentation. Save this document as you will be submitting to Assignment Submission Folder for this Assessment.
Step 4
Log into D2L BrightSpace and go the the correct Assignment Submission Folder found within the Assessment menu of your course.
Step 5
Click on the Add a File button and upload the saved Word document you created in Step 3.
Step 6
Paste the YouTube video URL, Date, and Time of your video presentation into the Comments Section and click on the Submit button.
Uploading Video to MediaSpace and Posting Video to D2L BrightSpace Assignments
The process for uploading a video you created in iMovie or QuickTime to MediaSpace and shred on D2L BrightSpace Assignments by following the directions linked below. Note: In addition to posting the video into the correct Assignment Submission Folder you will also need to put in the Comments section the URL to your video, Date and Time of your presentation.
Weebly Web Page
Weebly is a web authoring tool that allow you to create a dynamic web site for your projects. Directions for creating accounts and utilizing both of these tools are found below.
Creating a Weebly Account
In this video you will learn how to create your Weebly account, select a theme, and launch the Weebly editor. Or you can simply go to Weebly.com site to create your free Weebly account.
Using the Weebly Editor
Next, in the Beginner's Guild to Weebly (i.e. below) you will learn how to use the Weebly Editor to build your web site, adding links to documents, changing themes, connect to other artifacts, and publishing your site.
DLC STARS/Presenter
- Chad Kjorlien
- ckjorlien@winona.edu
- 507-457-5167