To better enable Arts and Humanities faculty (or faculty/graduate student teams) to reach their instructional and research goals, the College is offering a new technology training program, the Seminar for Teaching and Research, STaR, series. During these week-long sessions of training and development, faculty will focus on an individual content track which will then be supported throughout the academic year with electives and office-hours.

Using Multimedia to Support Research Methodology

This seminar will explore the uses of multimedia in documenting and conducting research and providing supplemental course content. Whether your research methodology includes interviews with experts, field observations or high quality images, multimedia tools such as digital video, digital audio or image editing can complement the archival and/or presentation of your work.

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Goal

The goal of the "Multimedia Tools for Research (Shooting)" STaR is to give you the opportunity to develop or enhance multimedia materials for an upcoming research project or course. Video and audio archival are the easiest ways to record interviews and fieldwork necessary to the research process. This workshop will help you edit and organize multimedia content for presentation during your upcoming class or simply for archival purposes.

Objectives

This seminar is a mix of concept introduction, skill development and lab time. After completion of this seminar you will be able to:

• Identify multimedia solutions for research implementation needs or course content supplement needs,
• Apply “good design” concepts such as consistent navigation, color selection, file formats and readability to cd/dvd-rom, digital video or audio clips,
• Incorporate at least one multimedia tool into your research methodology or course curriculum,
• Have a better understanding of considerations regarding multimedia intellectual property and copyright,
• Identify campus resources to support your teaching and research, and
• Design and establish a multimedia research or teaching tool, such as a digital video, dvd or cd-rom.

Who Can Participate

Faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities are invited to participate in the Multimedia (Shooting) STaR. We are restricting class size to 8 participants so that you will receive the support needed to not only gain skills but to complete work for an upcoming course. Graduate Students may participate if a faculty-partner participates with them. Please contact us for more information on this option.

Electives

The following electives will be offered during the Fall semester in order to complement work started in the Summer session. STaR instructors will work individually with you to identify appropriate electives to complete the content track according to your own skills and experience.

• Digital Audio
• Digital Video
• Premiere
• Adobe Photoshop

Lenita Reeves is the Academic Technology Coordinator for the College of ARHU, and she supports faculty, primarily from the performing arts, in their use of technology in teaching, research and performance. Lenita can be reached at 301-405-0923 or via e-mail.