PLAYABLE AUDIO This audio story is about the memories that arise when I look back on my collection of dog figurines – memories of friendship, of Texas, of my past selves, and most importantly, a realization of growth. BIO Craig was born and raised in Canyon, TX. He has two brothers. He flew out to […]
Animation by Lindsay (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Tools: animation, GoAnimate, MovieMaker This video is the story of a housewife who is struggling with her monotonous life. Since she was a young girl, she always dreamed about playing the electric guitar in a rock band. However, her husband and mother do not believe in her […]
The design of the study guide blog includes elements that impact its visual appeal. Although you may not have thought about it this way, you have to make design decisions whenever you write anything to anyone, no matter what medium you’re using. When you’re using a medium you’re familiar with, like Microsoft Word or your […]
Amy’s Notes Three students in my Spring 2010 section of WRTG 3020 made this mini-documentary, which gave them the chance to explore how a bunch of college guys think and talk about gender and sexuality. They started out simply being curious to see what their friends and acquaintances would say, but they ended up discovering […]
Your students might find this a helpful presentation, both as an overview of basic principles of rhetoric and as an example of Prezi in action. Prezi offers an increasingly popular way to build presentations, using a different paradigm than PowerPoint and other linear slide presentation apps.
The screencast videos below give you an overview of how to use iMovie ’09 to make CDS-Style digital story. The first video shows you how to create a new iMovie project, import photos, import audio, and add title cards. The second video shows you how to add subtitles and transitions, adjust the appearance of photos, […]
If you want to edit one of your blog posts but are having a hard time finding it on the Posts page on the Dashboard try sorting the list to show only your posts. Click on Mine from among the options under Posts and above the “Bulk Actions” dropdown.
These instructions show you how to create an embedded audio player that plays your audio file. FIRST follow these steps: Make sure your audio file was correctly exported to mp3 format. Double-check the instructions for GarageBand or Audacity Create a new blog post, give it a subject line, and assign it to the correct category. […]
If your students use digital media objects they found online in any of their course projects, you might want to give them this handout, which will help them understand the rules for Fair Use. Downloadable PDF version
From the January 14, 2011 edition of Inside Higher Ed: “Editing Matters” by Carmen Werder and Karen Hoelscher Editing — oh, whoop-de-do — hardly a topic of intense interest in and of itself. One challenge of focusing on issues such as grammar and usage is that they seem to matter only when they’re not in […]
I collected these links for student in the Fall 2014 section of my Digital Storytelling class and thought I should share them here as well. Stories to Read Stories to Listen To Stories to Read & Look At Stories to Watch Short of the Week – features a variety of short films and animations; some […]
This is an archived version of an activity that asks students to share a digital literacy tip with their classmates, which I used in WRTG 2090 in Spring 2011. Before mid-term, you will share at least one digital literacy tip with the class. You will most likely share the tip with your classmates in class, […]
Pitch: What would you do if something you relied so heavily on was taken from you…while you were in the middle of the ocean? Digital Story by Jane (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Behind the Scenes I used iMovie to make my video. Before I worked with iMovie I first wrote my story and recorded […]
Orientation Video by Matt and team (WRTG 3035 – Spring 2011) For their final project in WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design, these students had a great time making this funny and informational video for new engineering students at CU.
