Online Course Schedule - fall 2012

Session 4: Tuesday, September 18

Theme: Story boarding an educational video

Due:

• Educational video script (post on assignment page and bring hard copies to class)
• 1st Multimedia Research Article

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 2 (above).

On your own:

• Read and do EVW Phase 4: Story boarding
• Read Module 5: Planning the shoot

Session 5: Tuesday, September 25

Theme: Preparing to animate and/or shoot an educational video

Due:

• Educational video story board (post on assignment page, bring hard copies to class)

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 2 (above).

Note: By this time you will have chosen either to create an animated educational video (recommended) or a live action educational video. Please note the activities, assignments, and deliverables for your specific type of project and disregard those for the other option.

Animated educational video:

• Beginning development of an animated educational video

Live action educational video:

• Planning an educational video shoot

On your own:

Animated educational video:

• Begin the development of your animated educational video
• Read and do Phase 7b: Editing Animation

Live action educational video:

• Read and do EVW Phase 5: Planning the Shoot
• Read Module 6: Shooting an educational video

Session 6: Tuesday, October 2

Theme: Animating/Shooting an Educational Video

Due:

Animated educational video:

• Progress on your animated educational video

Live action educational video:

• Set plan (post on assignment page, bring hard copy to class)
• Production plan (post on assignment page, bring hard copy to class)

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 2 (above).

On your own:

Animated educational video:

• Continue developing and editing your animated educational video

Live action educational video:

• Continue shooting educational video

Session 7: Tuesday, October 9

Theme: Animating/Shooting an educational video

Due:

• Progress on your educational video
• 1st Multimedia Tool
• 2nd Multimedia Research Article

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 2 (above).

On your own:

Animated educational video activities:

• Continue developing and editing your animated educational video

Live action educational video activities:

• Read Module 7: Editing an Educational Video
• Read and do EVW Phase 7a: Editing

Session 8: Tuesday, October 16

Theme: Troubleshooting/Editing an educational video

Due:

• Progress on your educational video

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 2 (above).

On your own:

Animated educational video activities:

• Finish developing and editing your animated educational video

Live action educational video activities:

• Finish editing your live action educational video

Session 9: Tuesday, October 23

Theme: Premiering our educational videos

Due:

• Final edited video (post compressed version on YouTube, Google Video, or your own web site, with a link on assignment page; if needed, send DVD version to instructor)

WebCast:

• NO LIVE WEBCAST THIS WEEK
• Please peruse others' final videos and see what you can learn!

On your own:

• Preview Educational Multimedia Workshop
• Read Module 8: Designing an educational multimedia web page

Session 10: Tuesday, October 30

Theme: Designing an educational multimedia Web page

WebCast:

• Please join us for an optional live WebCast on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00pm Pacific time (find your time).
  
  Archived WebCast from this date.

On your own:

• Read Module 9:
• Read and do EMW Phase 1: Designing
• Use How to visualize

Session 11: Tuesday, November 6

Theme:

• Storyboarding an educational multimedia Web page
• Copyright and ownership

Due:

• Educational multimedia Web page outline (post on assignment page, and bring hard copy to class)
• 3rd Multimedia Research Article

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be virtual small group consultations with the instructor. Small groups will consist of 2 or 3 projects (individual or team).

Each small group has about 20 minutes, divided proportionately among projects (each team counts as one project) to:

• Report progress
• Share deliverables (as appropriate)
• Ask and share ideas/advice with the instructor and other participants

Use the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window] to sign up for a convenient time.

If none of these times work for you, please email the instructor to make alternate arrangements.

• Consultations will take place in the WebCast room on Tuesday, November 6.

On your own:

• Read Module 10: Storyboarding an educational multimedia web page
• Read and do EMW Phase 2: Storyboarding

Session 12: Tuesday, November 13

Theme: Prototyping an educational multimedia Web page

Due:

• Educational multimedia Web page storyboard (bring hard copy to class)

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 11 (above).

On your own:

• Read Module 11: Prototyping an educational multimedia web page
• Read and do EMW Phase 3: Prototyping

Session 13: Tuesday, November 20

Theme: User testing an educational multimedia Web page

Due:

• Progress on your EET article

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 11 (above).

On your own:

• Read Module 12: Usability testing an educational multimedia web page
• Read and do EMW Phase 4: Testing

Session 14: Tuesday, November 27

Theme: User testing an educational multimedia Web page

Due:

• EET article prototype ready for testing (posted on Web site or bring on portable disc)

WebCast:

• NO LIVE WEBCAST OR SMALL GROUP CONSULTATIONS THIS WEEK

On your own:

• Continue revising your EET article

Session 15: Tuesday, December 4

Theme: Publishing your multimedia article

Due:

• Completed Educational Multimedia Web Page on EET wiki
• Prototype Evaluation Report (post on assignment page)

WebCast:

• Today's meeting will be individual project meetings in small groups in the WebCast room based on the Google Docs schedule [opens in a new window]. See guidelines in Session 11 (above).

• Course evaluation
• Optional revisions to your EET article

Session 16: Tuesday, December 11

Due:

• Final deadline for all assignments: Tuesday, December 11.

Webcast

• NOW LIVE WEBCAST OF SMALL GROUP CONSULTATION THIS WEEK

On your own:

• Should you wish to make revisions to your EET article, please complete them by Tuesday, December 11.

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