Workshop: Creating Instructional Video Using Personal Devices Aug. 22-23

Dates/Times:
10 am – 4 pm, August 22 and 23, Language Center, Kohlberg Hall

This workshop is intended for faculty with an interest in creating course, or program related videos. We’ll walk you through the process of conceptualizing, storyboarding, scripting, filming, editing and captioning a video. We’ll encourage you to bring your own camera, record off a phone or personal device and edit using software available to you through the College. You’ll walk away with a finished video that’s ready to use and the skills to replicate the process in the future.

This is an opportunity to work on, for example:

Flipped Instructional materials
Introduction Videos
Lab Safety
Video Assignments
Course materials that don’t change much from semester to semester, might benefit from repeated viewing and may productively be introduced outside of class

Examples:

Intro to Russian: https://ensemble.swarthmore.edu/Watch/Xz36Ryo2
Chemistry lecture: https://ensemble.swarthmore.edu/Watch/Yd27Tzw5

Feel free to reach out to Andrew Ruether, Mike Jones, Ashley Turner or Doug Willen in Academic Technologies, or the Language and Media Centers if you’d like to discuss specific ideas. (email: acadtech@swarthmore.edu)

Faculty attending both days of the workshop will receive a stipend from the Provost’s Office in recognition of the time commitment involved. New and Junior Faculty are especially encouraged to participate. Lunch will be provided.

Day 1

  • Morning: Reviewing Project Concepts, Storyboarding, Scripting
  • Afternoon: Review options for recording equipment, Filming

Day 2

  • Morning: Editing workshop, begin Editing
  • Afternoon: finish Editing, Caption content. Discuss export and delivery options. Presentation of projects to the group

Note: Some pre-workshop planning will be required. Please consider whether your schedule allows you to participate fully in the workshop both days.
Please use this form to submit a proposal – a short paragraph describing what you hope to do or accomplish is sufficient.