Cape Cod Community College                              Prepared by: Philippe Lejeune

Course Number: ART-111 001 63 

Course Title: Video Blogging   Hybrid                   online: vbclass.pbworks.com

Course Description:

The class will enable students to understand and apply their creativity through online video blogs.  Students will research, develop and design their online presence through practical projects using the most recent web 2.0 applications that incorporate text, images, audio and video .  The design will embrace multi media, internet based approaches that result in forms of personal expression based on the students subject(s) of interest such as personal history, journalism, art (theater, music, visual arts), science or philosophy.

This course may provide the opportunity for multidisciplinary learning experiences.

1. Instructional Methods:

Course materials, assignments, instructions and tutorial support are provided online ( and in class if necessary.)  Course design supports your learning experience and progress through online communication, discussion, realization of content on your blog.

2. Specific Evaluation and Grading Procedures:

Grades are based on the students understanding of multimedia blogging, proficiency in their use of web based applications, timely and proper completion of assignments, initiative in learning, participation in online discussions, attention to written and verbal instructions and attendance.

3. Student Learning Outcomes

(instructional objectives; intellectual skills): Upon completion of this course students can do the following:

  Technical skills

          1- create and maintain a blog

          2- upload text /images /videos to a blog

          3- prepare images for the web (with photoshop or picnik)

          4- learn basic video editing with Quicktime Pro

          5- learn to upload and organise images on Flickr

          6- learn the basics of recording a video: lighting/recording/composition

          7- learn to upload/edit/compress videos in preparation for the web 

          8- learn to embed Widgets on blogs (using html coding)

          9- learn to upload videos to various service like YouTube/Bliptv/Vimeo

 

Creative Skills

          1- learn communication/social skills for videos production

          2- learn to express yourself visually

          3- learn to communicate through the use of various social networking    

               applications like Twitter/Skype/Seesmic

          4- learn to combine and implement multimedia layouts

          5- learn to express emotion verbally to reflect on the class 

Videos Projects

The students alone or in groups will be asked to produce various video projects during the semester that will be posted on their personal blog (the best way to learn all these new tools is put them in practice.)  The goal of this class is not to learn specific TOOLS (these tools are evolving to quickly)  but to familiarize yourself with the new technology--being able to use them and to feel comfortable enough --then ready to switch to any new application coming along.

 

4. Attendance Policy: 

Attendance is part of the grading criteria. If you miss one class in Tech 101

I expect you to contact me so that I can give you the work to do online to compensate for your absence.  Online work will be verified every day.  If not completed you will have until the following two days to complete the assignment otherwise it will be considered a missed class. Two absences (without written documentation supporting a legitimate reason) over the duration of the course will result in a full grade marked down. Three absences; another full grade.  If you fail to complete the making of your blog without reason you will fail the course.

 

5. Required reading outside of text(s): None

6. Contact Hours (semester): 49 hours about 75% online

7. Schedule of assignments  (sufficiently detailed for the reader to ascertain depth of coverage of the course and sequence of topics).

 

week 1

Tech 101    Monday June 1    

              Presentation of the class--its purpose.  Learning of various   

                                    applications to be used during the semester.

 

             Objective:  sign up to various applications that will be used during the class

Online       Tuesday June 2

 

              Objective :Familiarize yourself with your blog and its content.  Writing your  first  post

                                              Organize Jimdo website

                                              Write on your wiki page  ... present yourself...

                                              Contact Philippe on Skype

                                              Participate in Seemic asynchronous conversation

                                              ask questions

 

Tech 101    Wednesday  June 3

 

              Objective: Learn to use our materials

                                                camera / webcam

                                                Learn about images

                                                upload images to Flickr

                           photo project: take photos of cccc's campus

 

Online       Thursday June 4

 

               Objective: work on Jimdo website

                                        upload image from campus

                                        Q&A on wiki

                                        online communication

 

Online       Friday June 5

 

Objective: work on Jimdo website

                                        upload image from campus

                                        Q&A on wiki

                                        online communication

week 2

Tech 101    Monday  June 8

 

              Objective: Learn to use our material

                                video

                                         -shooting

                                         - editing

                                         - export

                                         -compression

                                         -online upload

                                 discussion: first online video project  about "The Web 2.0"

 

Online       Tuesday  June 9

 

              Objective: work on your jimdo website

                              - 1 - work on your first video project about " The Web 2.0"

 

 

Tech 101    Wednesday  June 10

 

          Objective: web 2.0 project

                           1 - We go do  our interviews... on Campus

 

Online       Thursday  June 11

 

            Objective: web 2.0 project

 

Online       Friday  June 12

 

            Objective: web 2.0 project

 

week 3

Tech 101    Monday  June 15

 

last class in tech room 101

                    1 - showcase our jimdo websites to each other

                          critique

                    2 - how to implement widget into Jimdo

                    3 -  how to start blogging within Jimdo website

                    4 - testing other blog options like Posterous

 

Note: how Social networking can help you create a buzz around your website/blog

 

Online       Tuesday  June 16

 

improve your jimdo website with various widgets...

              Start blogging within jimdo site

              testing Posterous blog

              develop your presence online Facebook/ twitter / seesmic ...

 

No class   Wednesday June 17   Bunker hill day

 

Online       Thursday  June 18

              last discussion online to reflect on the class

              and what has been achieved!

 

 

Online       Friday  June 19      last day

              review of the work