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What tool did your group use to deliver the PD tutorial? Why?
Power Point was used to input the images with some text so specific images could be seen in still view. Capturing the audio and screen was done with Jing and then Audacity was used to remove excess noise. Then the editing was done with Camtasia Studio. A free trial was downloaded and edited and published from there. This program was used because of the resources of being able to work with both the audio and visual aspects of the presentation and a free trial was available.
What did you learn during the development process of the final product?
I learned that there are many program available to capture screenshots and videos. You just need to figure out what works best for you and more than one can be used such as seen with our final presentation. Jing only allows so much video time to be recorded but you can add arrows, highlighting and shapes. Screencastomatic allows for longer videos to be taken but there is no editing of the sound or images. It can be saved to You Tube and as a mp4 document. Camtasia Studio allows free trails and both the image and audio can be edited. Audacity allows for editing of sounds and recording of sounds but not with images. I feel that I know have more tools in my tool belt when working with recording of screenshots and videos.
What would you do differently if you had to develop a similar product again?
If I had to develop a similar product I would work on making a better storyboard and script. We used Google Docs and the main purpose for this was so that the whole group could share, contribute, and edit together. However, when inputing images they were then unable to be copied and pasted to another document such as a Power Point. Group members needed to share out their images through uploading them to an email. Also, moving slides around on Google Docs was time consuming and a times the program froze and some text was lost. It was hard to select a large amount to be moved. I would look online and on blogs to find a better program to make a storyboard on to prepare for a final presentation that had audio, videos, and still images with some text.
I agree - starting out with a good story board is critical to the success of any multimedia project. It looks like your group was able to accomplish that, as you worked around the challenges - way to go =8-)You're right, there are many great tools out there that help build multimedia videos. My two favorites are Camtasia and Audacity - for the very same reasons you mentioned in your post. I have been known to use MovieMaker for editing - if Camtasia refuses to open and edit file; or, refuses to stitch together my recorded episodes. One tool I use for storage and sharing is Screencast.com. TechSmith offers up a free account, as well as a fee based one. I use mine for storing documents, presentations, images and videos. If you are have a Jing account - most likely you have a Screencast account, too. Jing's default storage space is Screencast. I can access my files where ever there is an Internet connected computer=8-)This may be an option to consider using for future small group projects that require file sharing. Great reflection!
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