How to create videos for your OER using Windows Movie Maker 2.1/ August 2009

/ University of Cape Town

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Kathleen Ludewigkludewig@umich.edu

Open.Michigan OER TeamUniversity of Michigan

Introduction

Definition of OER

• Learning materials that are freely available for use, redistribution, and adaptation.

• See also: http://opened.creativecommons.org/Overview

Examples of OER

The first in the field: MIT OpenCourseWare

Source: http://ocw.mit.edu/

A Huge Array Of OERs Exist TodayAcross Different Populations Of Learners

K-12 Higher Education Life-Long Learning

Courses

Lesson plans

Teacher training

Video lectures

Courseware

Podcasts

Journals

Books

Images

Applications

Games

Slide from Presentation CC BY William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Presentation at University of Michigan, October 23, 2008

Motivations for OER

• Improvement of teaching materials• Efficiency gains• Professional development• Institutional reputation• Altruism For health:• The global healthcare worker crisis• The global nature of health issues

Why videos for OER?

• Keep attention of learners• Personal touch• Close-up detail of visual demonstrations

Examples of OER with video

• Introduction/Learning Objectives• Interviews and Discussions• Surgery• Documentary

http://web.knust.edu.gh/oer/

Example Documentary

Cary Engleberg, M.DProfessor of Internal MedicineUniversity of Michigan Medical School

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Situation being photographed Best camera/sound option

Patient findings (clinic/ward) FLIP video

Clinical procedure (brief) FLIP video with tripod

Clinical procedure (> 1hour) Camcorder with tripod

“Talking head” discussions Camcorder with lavalier mic, ORFLIP video, ORFLIP video with simultaneous sound capture to Soundbooth from a lavalier mic

Large objects, buildings, landscapes

Any

• Keep the camera still (let the moving action take place within the video frame).

• Use a light-weight tripod when possible.• Use panning and zooming sparingly, or not at

all.• Reposition the camera, as needed. You can

delete the intervening camera motion at the editing stage.

• Don’t erase anything

white background same with sidelight yellow background

• .mpg, .m4v, .mp4– Most used format by the “Moving Pictures Experts Group”;

for DVDs and video podcasts• .wmv

– “Windows Media Video” for the Windows Media Player• .mov

– Quicktime movie• .flv

– Flash video -- designed for the web (e.g., YouTube)• .avi

– “Audio Video Interleave” -- used by cell phones, digital still cameras, and by the FLIP video camera

• .dv– “digital video” -- raw video data from most video cameras

let’s generate OER

:: ask the question - how can I (and others) use this content? : while searching for and generating content : while interacting with colleagues

:: discover where to find openly licensed content: open content repositories: your colleagues & students

:: create resources using openly licensed content: and other techniques for annotating content

Slide by: Garin FonsCC BY: Regents of the University of Michigan

Converting and Viewing Video

• Prism Video Converter - http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/plus.html

• Input: .avi, .wmv, .asf, .mpg, .mpeg, .mpe, .vob, .mov, .3gp .mp4, .m4v, .flv, .mkv

• Output: .avi, .wmv, .asf, .mpg,.3gp, .mp4, .mov, .flv• Viewing video: VLC Media Player• Zipping Files: 7-Zip (for videos, it doesn’t save

much file size, but saves # of files to download)

Windows Movie Maker

• Accepts the following formats: .avi, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpeg, .mpe, .mpv2, .wm, .wmv, .asf

• Exports only .avi and .wmv

Windows Movie Maker: Basic Skills

• Insert movie• Trim clip• Arrange clips in Storyboard and Timeline view• Add sound clips• Add title overlays• Video transitions and effects• Record narration• Save for the web

Hands-On Exercises

• Show Final product: Kathleen’s Day in Kotei

Closing Remarks

• What makes your videos for OER different from videos for private or classroom use?

Windows Movie Maker Guides

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx (Software Download)

• http://www.atschool.org/digidocs/printable/mm_full.pdf (Great 1 page reference sheet)

• http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/moviemaker/a/mov_mak_beg.htm

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx