This week our assignment was to create a video with the parameters of it having to have something to do with Second Life. Usually it takes me a while to come up with an idea, but this week I knew what I wanted to do. I decided to give a tour of the projects that I have completed in Second Life so far this semester, as I thought that it would show a variety of techniques and different ways to teach someone something.
Making the video took a while as I had never used Camtasia studio before. I must say that making a video was quite a learning curve but once I got the hang of it, I was able to complete the video process.
I had trouble with the recording process but eventually figured that out. Also, when I tried to produce and share the video my computer froze up and I had to restart it. Luckily my project was saved so I was able to produce and share it.
Making the video clips was not difficult. The challenge was to edit these clips to make them flow smoothly from one video to the next. I chose to add the "Mystique" audio from Camtasia Studio so that I could have a little background music. I chose to have the background music playing low so that when I recorded my voice it wouldn't be drowned out. I then added a few "still" pictures to the video and used the "faded cube" option to go from one video clip or picture to the next. I also used some "title slides" and "call outs" to enhance the overall video.
Here is a link to my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8bhhJOFUwg
I can see a great future using video capture, but I must get more practice on it before I try to implement it in a teaching atmosphere. I think this process would be great to use as instructional videos in the classroom.
Thoughts on final project
To be quite honest, I really haven't had a lot of time to think about my final project. I have been so busy with work and school work that I haven't had a lot of free time to just sit and think. I will try to put more thought into the topic of my final project this week.
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