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2003 Spring Track E
General Information
This year, FDI is offering alternative tracks that will meet during the
spring semester. By attending the sessions that comprise the spring tracks,
faculty can meet the participation requirements to receive computers.
By doing so, faculty will also receive their computer earlier than those
attending summer tracks. Enrollments in spring tracks will be limited.
General Description
This is a production-oriented track for faculty who have conceived of an
instructional project that requires the creation of multimedia content.
We will focus on the following topics: project planning, web page element
management, web object creation (audio, video, and animation), web media
integration, and web interaction concepts. This track is designed to provide
flexibility to faculty with busy summer schedules; therefore, participants
can choose from instructor-led or asynchronous sessions. This workshop can
be used as a companion to Tracks B and/or C, and academic support staff
and graduate teaching assistants may participate with faculty as a 2-person
project team.
Spring Alternative Track E Requirements
The spring alternative of the track will require participants to attend
six selected spring short courses to receive a computer. Below lists the
required short courses with descriptions and dates offered. If you plan
to attend a spring alternative track, you must select from the sessions
listed below and fill out the Spring
Track E
Sign-up form no later than January 21, 2003. Please note that there
is also a special version of Track E with an emphasis on Digital Video.
To register for the digital video emphasis, fill out the Spring
Track E Video
Sign-up form.
Spring
Track E
Sign-up Form
Spring
Track E Video
Sign-up Form
Spring Track E Requirements (Scroll down for the Spring
Track E Video Requirements)
| Required session #1 - Campus Instructional
Resources/Computer Security (select one of the four sessions offered
below) |
| 1 |
1 – Wednesday, January 29 – 10 to noon,
3060 Torgersen
2 - Thursday, February 6 – 10 to noon, 3060
Torgersen
3 – Monday, February 10 – 3 to 5 pm,
3060 Torgersen
4 – Tuesday, February 11 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen
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This short course will
provide participants with a complete overview of the services and
agencies that are in place at Virginia Tech to support instructional
and (in many cases) research activities. Virginia Tech's security
group will also present and provide strategies, suggestions, and access
to software that will assist participants as they take steps to ensure
the safety of the information on their computers. |
| Required session
#2 -Introduction to Digital Media - Part 1 (select one of the
two sessions offered below) |
| 2 |
1 – Monday, January 27 – 3 to 5 pm, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
2 - Tuesday, January 28 – 3 to 5 pm, 3060
Torgersen (WIN)
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Have you been considering
the incorporation of media into your instruction? This short course
will provide participants with an overview of different forms of media
(images, audio, and video) and how they can be utilized for instructional
purposes. Special attention will be placed on digital media concepts,
formats, and file types, as well as practical advice regarding creation
techniques, support options, and time investment. Hands-on activities
will be an integral part of this session. |
| Required session
#3 - Introduction to Digital Media - Part 2 (select one of the
two sessions offered below) |
| 3 |
1 – Monday, February 3 – 3 to 5 pm, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
2 - Tuesday, February 4 – 3 to 5 pm, 3060
Torgersen (WIN)
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Have you been considering
the incorporation of media into your instruction? This short course
will provide participants with an overview of different forms of media
(images, audio, and video) and how they can be utilized for instructional
purposes. Special attention will be placed on digital media concepts,
formats, and file types, as well as practical advice regarding creation
techniques, support options, and time investment. Hands-on activities
will be an integral part of this session. |
| Required session
#4 - Photoshop 7.0: Imaging Techniques (select one of the three
sessions offered below) |
| 4 |
1 – Monday, February 10 – 10-noon, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
2 - Tuesday, February 11 – 3 to 5 pm, 3060
Torgersen (WIN)
3 - Online Element K Adobe Photoshop Short Course
(Mac/WIN)
(visit http://www.elementk.vt.edu
for registration information) |
Are you having trouble
resizing images or achieving the perfect color balance? This short
course will teach you basic imaging techniques, including scanning,
image editing, image resizing, color modification, etc. An eye toward
the intended usage of the image will always be in the forefront. Whether
you are hoping to put an image on the web, include it in an article
for publication, or print it out in your office for a brochure, this
workshop will be for you. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 will be used for all
of the imaging work in this session, and hands-on activities will
be an integral part of your time spent here. |
| Required session
#5 - Editing Digital Video with Adobe Premiere (select
one of the four sessions offered below) |
| 5 |
1 – Wednesday, February 26 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen (WIN/Mac)
2 – Online Element K Adobe Premiere Short
Course (Mac/WIN)
(visit http://www.elementk.vt.edu
for registration information)
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Do you need to learn how
to capture and edit digitial video? This short course will teach you
how to create, edit, and manage digital video using Adobe Premier
and Apple QuickTime. Sample video and audio files will be provided
to allow you a hands-on experience as you learn how to convert video
from an analog to a digital format, edit video, and apply special
effects, such as transitions and "fade-outs". Participants
will also learn essential information regarding file formats for storing
and indexing. Additionally, attention will be given to the final product
with an eye toward moving your edited video to CD-ROM, DVD, or to
the web. |
| Required session
#6 - Select one more from any of the following sessions |
| 6 |
Creating Images for the Web: Digital Cameras/Scanning
1 – Monday, February 3 – 10 to noon,
1120 Torgersen (Mac)
2 – Tuesday, February 4 – 10 to noon,
3060 Torgersen (WIN)
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Are you looking for methods
to optimize your web site's performance? This short course will focus
on basic design techniques for images that are intended for web usage.
Participants will begin by learning, hands-on, best practice strategies
when using scanners and digital cameras. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 will
then be utilized to learn how to best prepare an image for the web.
Topics will include animation, compression, file size, and color management.
Participants will learn how to preserve an image's quality without
sacrificing file downloading speed, thus increase web site performance.
Hands-on activities will be an integral part of this session. |
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Creating Flash Objects and Animation
1 – Monday, March 10 – 3 to 5 pm, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
2 – Tuesday, March 11, 3 to 5 pm, 3060 Torgersen
(WIN)
3 – Online Element K Flash Short Course (Mac/WIN)
(visit http://www.elementk.vt.edu
for registration information)
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Are you searching for ways
to add animation to your web site without greatly increasing your
page's download time? This short course will provide a demonstration
of MacroMedia Flash's features and capabilities. Shockwave will also
be significantly discussed. Available campus resources, system requirements,
and other related issues will be provided. Hands-on activities will
be an integral part of this session. |
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PowerPoint: Creating Audio-Enhanced Presentations
for the Web
1 – Wednesday, February 12 – 3 to 5
pm, 3060 Torgersen (WIN)
2 – Thursday, February 13, 10 to noon, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
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Have you been looking for
a more complete and dynamic way to provide PowerPoint presentations
to your students? This short course will provide you with all of the
skills you will need to add synchronized audio to an existing PowerPoint
presentation. In addition, you will be shown how to convert an audio-enhanced
PowerPoint presentation into a streaming media format. By using streaming
media, your students can watch and listen to your presentation via
the web. Participants will leave this session with a clear understanding
of the true time investment and the support services that are needed
to deliver streaming media at Virginia Tech. Hands-on activities will
be an integral part of this session. |
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Virtual Reality for the Web With QuickTime Virtual
Reality
1 – Tuesday, March 11, 10 to noon, 1120 Torgersen
(WIN/Mac)
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Are there places or objects
that you would like your students to be able to explore, but costs,
distance, or other prohibitives make it impossible to do so? QuickTime
Virtual Reality (QTVR) is one technology in which you can provide
interactive access to such places and items. This short course will
provide an overview of the QTVR file format and suggest appropriate
pedagogical applications. Participants will explore QTVR panoramas,
objects, and nodes and learn the step-by-step process of creating
QTVR files. Time investment issues and faculty support options for
the creation of QTVR files will also be discussed. Hands-on activities
will be an integral part of this session. |
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Creating DVD’s for Instruction
1 – Wednesday, March 12, 3 to 5 pm, 1120 Torgersen
(WIN/Mac)
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Are you considering distributing
electronic course materials via a method other than the web? If you
have a video project in mind that required high-quality presentation,
DVD may be the answer. This short course will provide a complete overview
of DVD development. General video production topics will be covered
and comparisons to other digital video delivery methods (CD-ROM, web)
will be made. Video formats, resources for high-quality digital content
production, support opportunities on campus, and DVD creation options
will be explored. Throughout this session, current (and future) pedagogical
applications of DVD will be discussed. |
Spring
Track E Video
Sign-up Form
Spring Track E Video Requirements (Scroll up for the
Spring Track E Requirements)
| Required session #1 - Campus Instructional
Resources/Computer Security (select one of the four sessions offered
below) |
| 1 |
1 – Wednesday, January 29 – 10 to noon,
3060 Torgersen
2 - Thursday, February 6 – 10 to noon, 3060
Torgersen
3 – Monday, February 10 – 3 to 5 pm,
3060 Torgersen
4 – Tuesday, February 11 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen
|
This short course will
provide participants with a complete overview of the services and
agencies that are in place at Virginia Tech to support instructional
and (in many cases) research activities. Virginia Tech's security
group will also present and provide strategies, suggestions, and access
to software that will assist participants as they take steps to ensure
the safety of the information on their computers. |
| Required session
#2 -Creating Digital Video for Instruction - Part 1 (select one
of the two sessions offered below) |
| 2 |
1 – Wednesday, February 12 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen (WIN/Mac)
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Are you looking for guidance
and assistance as you begin to incorporate video into your instruction?
This short course will provide participants with a start to finish
overview of what is involved with video production for instructional
purposes. Participants will be given strategies to ensure success
from the planning stages forward. Topics will include field production,
story boarding, media integration, editing programs, file formats,
and support resources available to faculty on campus who wish to create
video for instruction. |
| Required session
#3 - Creating Digital Video for Instruction - Part 2 (select one
of the two sessions offered below) |
| 3 |
1 – Wednesday, February 19 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen (WIN/Mac)
|
Are you looking for guidance
and assistance as you begin to incorporate video into your instruction?
This short course will provide participants with a start to finish
overview of what is involved with video production for instructional
purposes. Participants will be given strategies to ensure success
from the planning stages forward. Topics will include field production,
story boarding, media integration, editing programs, file formats,
and support resources available to faculty on campus who wish to create
video for instruction. |
| Required session
#4 - Creating Streaming Audio and Video for the Web (select one
of the three sessions offered below) |
| 4 |
1 – Tuesday, March 11 – 3 to 5 pm, 1120
Torgersen (WIN/Mac)
|
Do you have
audio, video, or audio-enhanced PowerPoint presentation files that
you would like to make available via the web? Streaming media is often
the perfect solution. This short course will focus on the software
and steps required to convert existing audio and video files to the
"Real Media" streaming file format. Streaming media files
must be housed on special servers to function properly, and this session
will provide you with contact information and the proper steps for
getting access to Virginia Tech's streaming servers. Time investment
issues and faculty support options for the creation of streaming media
will also be discussed. Hands-on activities will be an integral part
of this session. |
| Required session
#5 - Editing Digital Video with Adobe Premiere (select
one of the four sessions offered below) |
| 5 |
1 – Wednesday, February 26 – 3 to 5 pm,
1120 Torgersen (WIN/Mac)
2 – Online Element K Adobe Premiere Short
Course (WIN/Mac)
(visit http://www.elementk.vt.edu
for registration information)
|
Do you need to learn how
to capture and edit digitial video? This short course will teach you
how to create, edit, and manage digital video using Adobe Premier
and Apple QuickTime. Sample video and audio files will be provided
to allow you a hands-on experience as you learn how to convert video
from an analog to a digital format, edit video, and apply special
effects, such as transitions and "fade-outs". Participants
will also learn essential information regarding file formats for storing
and indexing. Additionally, attention will be given to the final product
with an eye toward moving your edited video to CD-ROM, DVD, or to
the web. |
| Required session
#6 - Select one more from any of the following sessions |
| 6 |
Creating DVD’s for Instruction
1 – Wednesday, March 12, 3 to 5 pm, 1120 Torgersen
(WIN/Mac)
|
Are you considering distributing
electronic course materials via a method other than the web? If you
have a video project in mind that required high-quality presentation,
DVD may be the answer. This short course will provide a complete overview
of DVD development. General video production topics will be covered
and comparisons to other digital video delivery methods (CD-ROM, web)
will be made. Video formats, resources for high-quality digital content
production, support opportunities on campus, and DVD creation options
will be explored. Throughout this session, current (and future) pedagogical
applications of DVD will be discussed. |
|
PowerPoint: Creating Audio-Enhanced Presentations
for the Web
1 – Wednesday, February 12 – 3 to 5
pm, 3060 Torgersen (WIN)
2 – Thursday, February 13, 10 to noon, 1120
Torgersen (Mac)
|
Have you been looking for
a more complete and dynamic way to provide PowerPoint presentations
to your students? This short course will provide you with all of the
skills you will need to add synchronized audio to an existing PowerPoint
presentation. In addition, you will be shown how to convert an audio-enhanced
PowerPoint presentation into a streaming media format. By using streaming
media, your students can watch and listen to your presentation via
the web. Participants will leave this session with a clear understanding
of the true time investment and the support services that are needed
to deliver streaming media at Virginia Tech. Hands-on activities will
be an integral part of this session. |
|
Virtual Reality for the Web With QuickTime Virtual
Reality
1 – Tuesday, March 11, 10 to noon, 1120 Torgersen
(WIN/Mac)
|
Are there places or objects
that you would like your students to be able to explore, but costs,
distance, or other prohibitives make it impossible to do so? QuickTime
Virtual Reality (QTVR) is one technology in which you can provide
interactive access to such places and items. This short course will
provide an overview of the QTVR file format and suggest appropriate
pedagogical applications. Participants will explore QTVR panoramas,
objects, and nodes and learn the step-by-step process of creating
QTVR files. Time investment issues and faculty support options for
the creation of QTVR files will also be discussed. Hands-on activities
will be an integral part of this session. |
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AfterEffects
1 – Online Element
K Adobe AfterEffects Short Course (WIN/Mac)
(visit http://www.elementk.vt.edu
for registration information)
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Adobe After
Effects is a software tool used for motion graphics and visual effects.
After Effects is widely used for digital post-production of film,
motion graphics, video, multimedia, and the Web. After Effects combines
high-resolution compositing controls for multiple-layer compositions;
sophisticated motion control for high-quality, two-dimensional animation;
and advanced capabilities for time-varying visual effects. Footage
you create in After Effects can be output digitally to film, videotape,
CD-ROM, or the Web, and for playback on computers. |
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