Monday, April 7, 2008

Simple Media Creation for Librarians

This was a very good session that was presented at the UNC TLT 2008 Conference. Although it is titled for librarians, everyone could benefit from using the tools that were presented. Audacity was used to create 5 minute updates on what is new at the library. It could also be used to create review sessions for classes or to introduce concepts before a class. Audacity is free and is available on the web at the Audacity website. Another tool that was presented was Photstory which allows you to create a movie from digital pictures. Photo Story is also free from Microsoft at the photostory website. If you want to spend some money Camtasia was also demonstrated. It allows you to do scrren captures of keystrokes which is good for creating training videos.

Carolyn L. Anderson

1 comment:

Rebecca Wall said...

Thanks for the information. Photostory looks interesting, and I think I'll download it and try it out--AFTER this semester is over!