Your instruction set project will require you to create a video version of your instructions to accompany your written product.
How will you get it done? Do you know about all of the many resources that Penn State offers students attempting to tackle a multi-media project? Our i-Movie workshop the week of November 6 will help prepare you, but here are some additional links, resources, and questions to help guide you.
Media Commons @ Penn State is a great place to start your project. Do you need to check out a high-quality camera or video recorder? Do you need help learning how to edit your i-Movie? Do you need to reserve a group production room?
The Knowledge Commons at Pattee Library is a fabulous, rich resource that just opened at the beginning of the spring 2012 semester. According to the library’s website, the Knowledge Commons is “a 24-hour facility, Sunday through Friday at midnight…Featuring recording studios, one-button multimedia presentation rooms, 3D television and Blu-Ray player, Mac and PC computers, group and quiet study areas, IT help, resource assistance and more.”
TechSmith’s Camtasia Software allows you to use their free 30-day trial version to create a screencast video if you are working with a computer-related instruction set.
To help see the techniques others have used in creating instructional videos, let’s view and discuss a few of these:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/3523/saturday-night-live-the-french-chef
http://www.howcast.com/videos/328071-How-To-Pull-Someone-Out-Of-a-Burning-Car
http://www.howcast.com/videos/217193-How-To-Clean-a-Crystal-Chandelier
http://www.ehow.com/video_10043896_homemade-lemon-curd.html
Remember: If your written instruction set includes more than one task, you don’t have to create a video for each task. Choose the one task that most lends itself to video instruction or would most benefit from video presentation.