I made the following demo for a student, who wanted to make “callouts” for the parts of her project that included screencasted web pages. The first part of the video provides examples of three approaches to making callouts, and the last part briefly shows you where to find the main tool I used within iMovie, […]
Below are a few of my presentations that might be of interest to anyone who teaches writing at the college level. The first one focuses more heavily on providing a rationale for integrating digital literacy into writing instruction, while the other two focus more on offering practical tips. To view other presentations, visit my SlideShare […]
(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) I just came across yet another infographic that’s relevant to our class. This one uses a comic style to illustrate the many different paths we can take to get from “idea” to “end product.” Its purpose is to illustrate the […]
ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation For more animation apps, see: […]
I just saw this on Elise’s blog and thought I’d share it here. The video gives a great demonstration of how you can collaborate with others on a project, no matter where they are. But more than that, it shows that Google Docs is has some pretty nifty animation options that I didn’t know about! […]
Digital Story by Flora (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) The target audience of my project is college women or women who are of that age, roughly 18-25 years old. The purpose of my project is to show women that femininity does not come in one package. In fact it comes in many different shapes, sizes, […]
You’ll need to decide what elements to include on your study guide sidebar and how to customize them, if needed. At a minimum, you should probably use the following widgets, in whatever order you think makes the most rhetorical sense: Text Box (with brief description of site), Sidebar Login, Categories, Tag Cloud, Authors, Links, and […]
I will occasionally include links to Wikipedia articles as part of your readings, so I want to explain what I think are appropriate and inappropriate uses of Wikiepedia. You may have been told by your instructors that Wikipedia is not a reliable source for evidence to support claims in academic papers, and I share that […]
The audiovisual project below as composed by a student in my Spring 2010 section of WRTG 3020, in response to an assignment that is similar to but not exactly the same as the current Personal Narrative Project assignment. For that semester, students had the option to compose their narratives as text-based essays with photos, as […]
Digital Story by Sheridan (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) I wanted to target college students and the purpose of my digital storytelling essay is to advocate the notion that everyone has a gender identity story whether they think they do or not and that each individual’s story deserves to be shared with others. I also […]
The resources below help you learn more about using writing to plan a visual project. But before you try these strategies, make to explore the variety of cinematic techniques available to you (including camera angles and types of shots), as those are what you’ll ultimately be describing through writing. In other words, use writing only […]
If you’re interested in how different modes of communication impact how we learn, you might want to read this article, “Research Review: Multimodal Learning Through Media.” Also download the report referenced in the article.
Interesting new collection of resources relevant to anyone teaching with and through digital media: Learning Through Digital Media Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy From the site intro (by Trebor Scholz): The simple yet far-reaching ambition of this collection is to discover how to use digital media for learning on campus and off. It offers a […]
(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) Here’s another entry into our collection of design successes and failures. As the “designer” in a D2L course, you have the option to create custom “widgets” to go on the home page. These widgets can contain text, images, links, or […]
