Join the Duke Digital Initiative in the Office of Information Technology (OIT) for the next Videos in Teaching & Learning (ViTaL) interest group brown bag:
“Thinking Outside of the Frame”
Creating your own videos? Want some tips on how to make them better? Mich Donovan of the DDI will suggest options for microphone and camera placement, how to address lighting needs with minimal time and resources, the role of the background and alternative framing options, and what the rule-of-thirds is and how to apply it to your videos. He’ll also talk about how to adapt your in-class teaching to teaching in front of a camera including tips like using notes and a teleprompter, along with some tips about using your voice effectively. You’ll learn some options for evolving past the picture-in-picture video option (where a video of the speaker appears in a corner of the presentation slides) by merging the webcam video with your presentation. Mich will focus on using the video laptop kit, but the tips should be useful no matter how you’re creating videos.
Date: Thursday, February 20
Time: noon – 1:00 pm
Location: LSRC A156 (directions)
A complete schedule is available here: http://vital.oit.duke.edu/peer-support/ Meetings are open to faculty, staff, and students, although topics will focus on faculty interests. In addition to attending the meetings, you can join the mailing list, vital@duke.edu, by going to https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/vital.
