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Technology Online Teaching Lab

This lab is now available in Room 604 of the SIS building. The lab provides a Dell and a Mac computer loaded with software to help faculty create, enhance and edit podcasts, videocasts, slideshows, tutorials/demonstration videocasts and more.

Assistance is available on Tuesdays from 9-3 pm.

Faculty may also make appointments to work with staff or independently.
Email: djw22@pitt.edu

Here are some guides for:

  • Getting Started with Audio and Video/Podcasting, Editing
  • Creating tutorial movies for the web or videocasts

Program
What it does
How to do it
RSS Feed Generator
(free online)		 After you finish a podcast, you can use this to create information to put it on iTunes and create a URL that goes directly to it on iTunes. Go to http://www.tdscripts.com/webmaster_utilities/podcast-generator.php and fill in the form. It will automatically generate the information iTunes will prompt you for.
Profcast Use to add narration to PowerPoint shows, save in movie format; export as videocast http://www.profcast.com/pdfs/GettingStarted.pdf

Handout available in Lab
GarageBand Audio and Enhanced Podcasts, Music editing http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/garageband
iMovie Import video to edit, add music, etc; export as videocast http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/tutorial/
Logitech WebCam/ QuickCapture Easily capture video and audio, export as video file for videocast Handout available in Lab
Audacity Capture audio to create and edit audio podcasts http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~onlineed/tresources/MP3Recordings.pdf (Texthow-to for audacity)

http://www.seeitdoit.tv/podcasting/free.asp
or
http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm
Camtasia 3 Create videos that capture screens, mouse movements with your narration; add narration to PPTs, or link screen shots together into narrated movie http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?
page=1&cid=26782

Making Camtasia video into a videocast click here
SnagIt 7 Capture screen shots or capture screens, mouse movements; add narration to PPTs, or link screen shots together into narrated movie http://poolpals1.com/cam/s7/index.htm

Recommended file formats:

  • For MOVIES: .mov, .wmv, .avi
    .mov files MUST be played with QuickTime player. Free to download at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
  • For AUDIO: .mp3, .m4a will work with any audio player

 

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