Storyline Show learners exactly what you want them to grasp by recording your screen. Insert your recording into a slide as a demo, trial, assessment, or video, then easily add captions, characters, and zoom-and-pan effects. Learn More Create software simulations, demos, and tests faster than ever. Storyline 360 segments your activity into multiple step-by-step tutorials that you can edit without re-recording. Let learners watch how to do a task in View mode, apply their knowledge in Try mode, and assess their skills in Test mode. Fix mistakes, make edits, and even change the starting and ending frames in your screen recording, all without impacting the original video file or requiring you to re-record. New Build courses faster. Enhanced Easily create, import, and edit video, audio, and images, without complex conversions or encoding. Import scalable vector graphics (SVGs) to Storyline 360 so images stay sharp when learners zoom in and out. Bring the power of the web to your course.
Visual storytelling: 14 tools for journalists Credit: Image by TapiF on Flickr. Some rights reserved Over the past year here at Journalism.co.uk we have reported on a number of new tools and platforms which have been launched or updated, which offer journalists different ways of telling stories visually. Our news:rewired events have also highlighted a number of those tools, most recently in a dedicated session on visual storytelling at news:rewired - digital stories, which was held last Thursday (6 December). Here is a list of just 14 tools that journalists might find useful. Timelines 1. Users simply sign up to Timetoast and then they can create embeddable timelines. Each event added to the timeline can have an image and link added to it. At news:rewired last week Paul Rowland, deputy head of content (digital), Media Wales, recommended using Timetoast to build timelines, showing one he created on "Wales' rise and fall since Rugby World Cup 2011" as an example of the tool in use. 2. Data visualisations 3. 4. 5. Multimedia packages 6. 7.
BigBluebutton Adobe Lets the CS6 Cat Out of the Bag by Stephen Haskin Adobe finally took the whole wrapper off Creative Suite 6 yesterday. The company started teasing the new product last November at the Adobe Max conference. The initial announcement showed a few features, but the big news was limiting upgrades to users of the current version. One big open letter and a howl from the user community later, Adobe rescinded the new upgrade policy for this version. Pricing and the new relationship Adobe still wants you to buy a subscription to the software and the Creative Cloud. With the monthly subscription, you get all the online apps and tablet applications, and you’ll get new features as Adobe adds them. I’d go over the math again, but you can read it in my earlier article, here. Here’s what’s really new What’s new in CS6? Illustrator is now a native 64-bit application. The fly in the ointment The Master Suite does not include Captivate and Presenter! One last thing There’s a trend toward everything merging with everything else.
Creating an Audio Podcast An introductory guide to recording an audio podcast on a computer with a microphone and free open-source software. This advice document will help users with little or no experience of recording audio to record their voice onto their computer using free software and simple peripherals. It then covers basic processing and editing of their recording and mastering it to a final format - in this case MP3. Simple instructions are then given for delivering this recording as a podcast through an institution's VLE and for archiving projects. Suitable material for podcasting Podcasts are ideally suited to presenting a series of audio and/or video recordings connected by a common theme and delivered at regular intervals, or a longer recording chopped up into bite-size 'episodes'. What is a podcast ? To begin to explain the nature of a podcast, I'll begin by clarifying what a podcast is not. Getting started, and making a test recording What you will now see is the main project window. Planning Recording
Introducción a Blackboard Collaborate Este contenido ha sido desarrollado por eLearning Solutions íntegramente y puede ser descargado en formato Microsoft Word desde este enlace. Con este material conocerás brevemente las ventajas que Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing puede aportar a tus clases y reuniones online. Las sesiones en tiempo real harán que tanto alumnos como profesores se sientan cerca aunque estén lejos. Web Conferencing es parte de la suite de Blackboard Collaborate, formada además por: Mensajería Instantánea (Blackboard Collaborate IM): Sistema similar a Skype pero que integra automáticamente a todos los alumnos y profesores de la organización (sincroniza los usuarios de Blackboard, Moodle y otras plataformas eLearning ampliamente extendidas)Voice (Bb Collaborate Voice): Herramienta para incorporar audio a contenidos de sus cursos, integrada igualmente con las plataformas más extendidas.
Development Tips: Audio and Video with HTML5 by Mark Lassoff “Much of the power of HTML5 lies in the JavaScript interfaces associated with some of the new tags. The audio and video objects have a number of JavaScript properties and commands associated with them that allow you to make a more powerful media player. For example, through JavaScript you can control elements like the current position in the song, the volume of the media playing, and the current state of the media player (playing, paused, or stopped).” What’s the big deal about audio and video features in HTML5, you might be wondering? Up until HTML5, a plug-in delivered audio and video. What you need This tutorial can be completed with any text editor. Getting started Start by placing a new folder on your desktop – or some other convenient location in your file system. <! <! Of course, you should substitute the file name and extension for your audio content where I have “cherish.mp3.” Figure 1: The HTML5 audio player as seen in Google’s Chrome browser on a Mac. Working with video <! <!
Tech Toolshop (always under construction) | Whitfield Aeneid Our App Toolshop is a (slightly messy) testing ground for new and/or unorganized tools. We haven’t tested any of these tools, so we don’t know too much about them. You’re on your own with these tools, but if you’re feeling adventurous (and you want to do some testing of your own), browse the list below (sorted by data added) or use your browser’s “find” function to scan through keywords. online = web apps accessed via browser software = apps that need to be downloaded and installed PC/MAC/LINUX/MOBILE = type of operating system supported+ = tools with both free and paid versions$ = tools that require a fee Let us know if you find something you think is really great and maybe we’ll move it to our Toolbox! Edmodo [online > educational microblogging platform] Edublogs [online > educational blogging platform] Posterous [online > social multi-sharing] Nvu [software PC/MAC/LINUX > web authoring/design] Dvolver [online > simple animations/characters] Pixton [online > cartoon creator]
Tips for the online conference moderator | e-Moderation Station Photo by lizzardo Do you need to give a conference presentation online? Don’t panic — you’ll find some tips about how to give an engaging presentation online in my last blog post. Make sure you read the comments too, there is some good advice in there! But what about if you need to moderate a webinar or conference presentation? In other words, you don’t need to give a talk, you need to manage the session and handle the audience. welcome the audienceset the agenda for the eventoutline any protocols (e.g. don’t draw on the PowerPoint slides unless invited to do so!) The online event moderator will typically do these things more or less in the order above. Tips for online event moderators: Tip 1: Tech check! Well before the online event, check that the speaker knows how to use the videoconferencing software effectively. Tip 2: Name dropping Check how the speaker would like to be introduced. Tip 3: Who’s who & what’s what What sort of protocols do you want your audience to follow? Tip 5: Q&A
Syncronize SCORM Results for Mobile Learning Courses Taken Offline Screen Recording and Screencasting Software - ScreenFlow Overview - Telestream Highest Quality Recording ScreenFlow has the best screen recording available – whether you are recording multiple screens at once, or using retina displays. Built in Stock Media Library Spice up your videos with access to over 500,000 unique images, audio & video clips and more directly from within your ScreenFlow projects. iOS Recording Record your iPhone or iPad screen for high quality app demos. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use ScreenFlow’s intuitive UI allows everyone to create amazing content in minutes. Powerful Video Editing Tools Add pro touches to your videos with transitions, text animations, video animations, freehand annotations, multi-channel audio and more. Professional Animations & Motions Graphics Animate graphics, titles and logos with built in video and text animations. Better Tools for Software Tutorials Use Styles and Templates to make editing a series of Software tutorials quicker and easier. Streamlined Media Management Closed Caption Support More Publishing Options
TIPS e INFO para sesión Blackboard Collaborate Webconference La planificación... "el previo". Antes de comenzar la sesión no olvides: Invitar a los participantes a realizar una prueba de acceso y sonido días/horas antes de la primera sesión desde el mismo equipo al que accederán a la misma. El “encuentro” Generalmente hay mucho nerviosismo en la “primera vez” y por esto, debes tener claras las siguientes normas: Da una fecha y hora de inicio, y se les invita a acceder 30 o 15 minutos antes para terminar de comprobar que todo funciona correctamente.Los participantes han tenido que realizar la prueba de acceso antes del encuentro con el ponente o docente. Aquí tienes una presentación que puedes utilizar para ese momento. Empezando con Bb Collaborate (Moderador) Blackboard Collaborate es un entorno de primera clase y en tiempo real para la formación, la demostración y la colaboración, que se caracteriza por ser potente, flexible y fácil de utilizar. El moderador El moderador debe ser una persona formada para tal función. Consejos para el Moderador: