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INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE
SAN FRANCISO, CA

“Media Alternatives for Teaching Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory”
Tuesday March 7, 2004 4:15 - 5:15 PM

This presentation will provide various examples of media created for laboratory safety instruction. The faculty member will describe the methods used to create instructional content and an online course specialist will describe the process of digitizing video. Media options discussed will include standard video, CD ROM, DVD, streaming video, and web mounted PowerPoint. The advantages and disadvantages of each format for on campus as well as distant students will be discussed.

Barbara McGoldrick, Sr. Professor of Chemistry mcgoldrick@ucc.edu
Amarjit Kaur, Support Specialist, Online Course Development kaur@ucc.edu
Union County College, NJ

Agenda

Introductions

Content Creation

research

audio/video scripting

shot listing

The technology of digitizing

Identify video source: It may be from a DVD, CD, Video tape, Video camera etc.

Capture: Use a capture board to convert analog video to digital format. Alternatively a firewire port may be used to obtain a digital media file directly from a DV camera.

Encode: Encode your video into a digital format like MPEG, QuickTime, Real etc.

Distribute: The digitized video can then be uploaded to media server for streaming. Other distribution methods may include CD/DVD.

Test: Make sure the digital video is accessible from various platforms.

Format Samples

Standard Video (VHS tape)

CD Rom

Streaming Video
-Real Video
- QuickTime Video
-Windows Video

Web Mounted PowerPoint
- Impaticised PPT

Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Format

on campus

at a distance

Useful Links

http://membership.acs.org/c/ccs/pubs/SACL_faculty.htm

http://www.realnetworks.com

http://www.apple.com/quicktime

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia