ISC: Audio & Video

The Instructional Support Center (ISC) provides digital video and audio production facilities available to Temple's instructors.  In addition, the ISC also has several consultants who specialize in digital audio/video production. We can work with faculty on a one-on-one basis to develop and produce instructional materials, which incorporate audio and/or video.

 Below is a list of video and audio topics that the ISC staff can provide consultations about:

Examples of projects the ISC staff has helped faculty develop

Click on a project title below to obtain a description of the project:

Learning

Research

Presentation

Because digital audio/video production has its own technical jargon a glossary has been included at the bottom of the page.

Faculty AV Projects Descriptions and Samples

Learning

 

Providing Feedback for Students Via Online Video Mock Trials for the Law School

Description:The Law School records video of student mock trials in class throughout the semester. They wanted to stream the videos over the internet linking them from BlackBoard so that the instructor could evaluate a student's performance and give them feedback.

Tools:Video Capture Card, Windows Media Encoder, Windows Streaming Media Server, Blackboard

Sample

Solution:The ISC instructed and supervised Law School student workers in using a video capture card to digitize the video clips.  Microsoft Windows Media Encoder was then used to convert the video to streaming video format.  These video files were then uploaded to the ISC's Windows Streaming Media Server from which links to the files were created in Blackboard.  The ISC also helped the Law School set up their own digital video production system so that they could do this work in-house
 

Exploring 3D Virtual Objects of Assistive Technology

Sample 1

Description:Roseangela Boyd, Education, had several devices, which aid people with disabilities. She wanted 3D images created from the objects, which she would then use in an online quiz.  Students would have to guess what each object did.

Tools:

Digital Camera, Quicktime VR Studio, FrontPage

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Solution:

The ISC used a digital camera to take numerous photographs of each object from various positions.  These image files were then imported into Quicktime VR Studio to create 3D images of the objects.
 

Practicing German Online with Streaming Audio and Video

Description:

Audio Sample

Anthony Waskie, German, wanted to take audio and video lessons accompanying his course's textbook and stream them from his Blackboard course.

Tools:

Adobe Premiere, iTunes, Soundforge, Cleaner XL, FrontPage, Windows Streaming Media Server, Blackboard

Solution:

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The ISC digitized the audio using iTunes, creating mp3s to be uploaded to our Server.  FrontPage was used to create web page indexes of the audio links.    The video was digitized and edited using Adobe Premiere.  Soundforge was used to record Prof. Waskie's narration, which was edited into the video with Premiere.  The video was then compressed into a streaming video format using Cleaner XL and uploaded to our Streaming Media Server.  The audio and video files were then linked from Blackboard. 
 

Designing Websites with Streaming Video

Description:

Jayasinhji Jhala, Visual Anthropology, had several enthnographic films he produced from which he wanted to take clips and stream them from his departmental website.

Tools:

Adobe Premiere, Cleaner XL, Windows Steaming Media Server

Solution:

Audio Sample The ISC digitized and edited the video using Adobe Premiere and used Cleaner XL to process the video for streaming via the internet.  The video files were then uploaded to our Windows Streaming Media Server and linked from a webpage on his website.
 

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Delivering Instructional Video on CD

Description:

Marrianne Torbet, Kinesiology, had two instructional videos she produced herself.  She wanted to edit the videos, add titles, break them down into chapters and deliver them on CD for her students.

Tools:

Adobe Premiere, Frontpage, CD-R Recorder 

Solution:

The ISC helped Marrianne digitize and edit the videos using Adobe Premiere.  Once edited, the videos were broken up into chapters and authored to CD-R with a browser-based index created in Frontpage. 
(For a web-based version of Ms. Torbert's Project look below.)
 

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Providing Online Instructional Manuals with Video

Description:

Kenneth Boberick, Dental, has produced a series of instructional videos which he uses with an online instruction manual he has written himself.  He wanted to stream the video clips from his online manual, which he has made available to his students via Blackboard.

Tools:

Windows Media Encoder, Adobe Acrobat, Windows Streaming Media Server

Solution:

The ISC helped Prof. Boberick get started by introducing him to Microsoft Media Encoder, which he then used to digitize the clips into streaming video format. The video files were then uploaded to our Streaming Media Server.  We then worked with him so that he could create links to the streaming video from inside his manual, which was converted to PDF format using Adobe Acrobat.  (For a sample of a few pages of his instructional manual with video links look below.)
 

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Editing  Instructional Video for the Internet

Description:

Wanda Gordon, Dental, had an instructional video her department had produced, which she needed to edit and insert graphics and titles into.  She then wanted to stream the final product from the web.

Tools:

Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Discreet Cleaner XL, Windows Media Server

Solution:

The ISC captured and edited the video using Adobe Premiere.  Adobe Photoshop was then used to create the graphics to be inserted into the video via Premiere.  Once edited, the video file was converted to a streaming media format using Cleaner XL and uploaded to the Windows Streaming Media Server. 
 

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Designing and Delivering A Multimedia Grant Proposal on CD

Dr. Steven Phillips, Anatomy, was seeking a grant for a high-tech device, which takes microscopic images of heart tissue and generates 3D moving images from the stills.  He wanted to create a digitally-based demo and presentation of the device and its software, which would incorporate digital video and audio narration.

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Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Protools LE, FrontPage, CD-R Recorder  

The ISC used Adobe Premiere Nonlinear Editing Software to edit the video.  Adobe Photoshop was used in conjunction with Premiere to create the animation in the video clips.  Protools LE was used to record the narration which was then added to the videos.  FrontPage was used to create a browser-based interface for the presentation, which would be delivered on CD.  (For a web-based version of Dr. Phillip's Project look below.)
 

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Authoring  DVDs of Observational Video

Description:

Rena Krakow, Speech Communication,  had a series of observational videos she was using in a research project.  She wanted the video in a digital format for the purpose of analysis.

Tools:

Final Cut Pro, iDVD, MyDVD, DVD-R Recorder 

Solution:

The ISC used both Macintosh and PC computers in this project.  On the Mac, the ISC digitized the videos using FinalCut Pro and iDVD was then used to author the video to DVD.   On the PC, MyDVD Studio was used to both capture and author the video to DVD. 
(For a streaming version of one of Ms. Krakow's videos that appeared on one of the DVDs look below.)
 

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Archiving Video for Research in Digital Format

Description:

Ann VanSant, Physical Therapy and Exec. Office of the President,  wanted to archive years of analog videocassettes of observational video into digital format for her research.

Tools:

Video Capture Card, Adobe Premiere, Discreet Cleaner,  CD-R Recorder 

Solution:

The ISC recommended a nonlinear editing system and set up the hardware and installed the software for the video editing workstation. We also taught her and a student worker how to use the system to digitize, edit and process video for CD-R delivery.  She  uses Adobe Premiere to digitize and edit the video and Cleaner to process it into a format for delivery on CD-R.
 

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Presentation

Online Turnitin "How To" video screen capture demo using Camtasia Studio

Description:

The ISC wanted to create a web-based "How To" video on using Turnitin plagiarism software.

Tools:

Protools LE, PowerPoint, Camtasia Studio

Solution:

The ISC used Camtasia Studio to make video screen captures of Turnitin in use, which would become the basis for the project.  Next  instructional narration was recorded using ProTools LE and was added and edited together with the Camtasia project.  The Camtasia project was then exported into a streaming video format to be uploaded to the web.

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Producing Video Interviews and Incorporating Them into a PowerPoint Presentation

Description:

Corrinne Caldwell was developing a PowerPoint Presentation dealing with technology use in education.  She wanted to incorporate into the presentation video interviews of several University Deans talking about technology use in their Departments. 

Tools:

Digital Video Camcorder, FinalCut Pro, Cleaner XL, PowerPoint

Solution:

The ISC helped her design the presentation and produced several video interviews to be included.  The interviews were shot using a digital video camcorder and captured and edited using FinalCut Pro, Nonlinear Editing Software.  Cleaner XL was then used to convert the videos into a format compatible with PowerPoint.  The video clips were then inserted into her PowerPoint Presentation.  (For a couple samples of the videos produced for the presentation look below.)
 

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Online PowerPoint Presentation with Audio using Microsoft Producer

Description:

Dr. Robert Wright, Religion, had a PowerPoint presentation he wanted to add audio files of psalms to and make it available to his students on Blackboard.

Tools:

Protools LE, PowerPoint, Producer

Solution:

Dr. Wright used PowerPoint to create a presentation, which would become the basis for the project.  The presentation was then imported into Producer and narration was added and edited together with the PowerPoint slides.  The Producer project was then published into a browser-based format to be uploaded to the web.
 

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Glossary

Adobe Premiere - a nonlinear editing software standard for the PC

codec - stands for compression/decompression; it is the format, which takes raw digital video or audio and compresses or reduces the file to make it more manageable and then decompresses the video when it is accessed for viewing

compression - in this context, digital video or audio, which has been reduced in file size using a codec to make it more accessible for viewing on a computer

digital capture card - a card that is installed on the computer, which allows one to digitize audio and video directly onto the computer's hard drive

Digital Video (DV) - video which is in a computer format, that is, made up of bits and bytes

digitizing - capturing video or audio onto a computer's hard drive using a capture card such as fire wire or some other input such as USB

Discreet Cleaner - video and audio compression software

Final Cut Pro - a nonlinear editing software standard for the Mac

iDVD - software, which you can import video files with and create DVDs on the Mac

iTunes - software, which captures audio from a CD onto the computer's hard drive for the Mac

Microsoft Producer - a free plug-in Microsoft offers for PowerPoint, which allows the presenter to add narration and video to her presentation and deliver it via the internet

MyDVD - software, which you can import video files with and create DVDs on the PC

nonlinear editing -  editing video or audio on a computer; because the video exists on the hard drive you are no longer confined to a linear timeline as in traditional analog editing

ProTools LE - audio production software

Quicktime (.mov) - the standard format for video on the Mac

streaming - digital video that is in a format, which can be played in real time from the internet, because it plays as it downloads

streaming media server - a server, which hosts video or audio files in a streaming format and allows users to access the video via the internet

VR - virtual reality; in this context it is specialized software, which uses multiple images of an object or space to generate a three dimensional object or space which exists within the computer

Windows Media (.wmv, .wma) - the standard format for audio and video on the Windows platform

Windows Media Encoder - free software available from Microsoft, which uses the Windows Media codec to compress video and audio