English 111 - 1st Year Writing Class

Class Location, Days and Times

Students to work in groups to produce mini documentaries 5 - 7 minutes in length
Topics will relate to course focus of gender and sexuality issues
- Sex education
- Domestic violence

iMovie (Mac)
STAR will create PowerPoint slides, with included Camtasia instructional videos for class training
Flip camcorders can be checked out at the Technical Support Center, Somsen 207.

March 31st, 2011 (Thursday) training session
- 12:30 pm - 2:20 pm - Andy and Jamie
- 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm - Cindy at 5:00 pm

Flipcam training
- Basic operating (what the buttons do)
- What controls the Flip lacks (volume, etc.)
- Zooming
- Setting up software (including where to get from internet)
- Getting files onto the machine
Downloading and saving raw data to DVD/external hard drive/student storage, etc. first
Warning about data loss from deleting inside iMovie
- Backup data!!!
- Saving and numbering versions successively (in case of data loss)
Importing data into software
Converting data if using MovieMaker2
- mp4 needs to be converted to .wmv before it can be imported to MM2
Raw data can be used in iMovie as is (mp4)
Show pre-made movie and have students retrieve raw video files, then follow along to learn:
- Importing video
- Cutting/moving the clips
- Cropping
- Title screens
- Subtitles/name intros
- Transitions
- Effects
- Credits
- Adding PowerPoint slides, images along with video
- Audio - background audio/music
Go over copyright info if using photos/music that isn't the student's
Q & A
Length - 5 - 7 minutes

Prefered mode to submit as digital file on D2L - Andrea is checking on this with TLT
Class storage
YouTube