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Tag: Creating Content

Empowering students through media: A collaborative project by Digital Learning and the School of Law

1 July 20242 September 2024
Melanie Seddon
Case study, Creating content

Background As invited guest at the University of Southampton ‘s School of Law’s 2023 Away Day, Senior Learning Designer Dr Melanie Seddon took the opportunity to showcase the work of the Digital Learning Team to gathered faculty members. The range

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Pixel Predicaments

An ai generated image of a robot looking at art in a museum
14 September 202314 September 2023
Josef Brett
Creating content, Innovation, News

In this post I discuss the ethical issues that are developing with the use of some AI image generation services.

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Creating educational video content

6 September 20232 September 2024
Abbie
Creating content, News, Tech tips

The impact of video in our everyday life is unquestionable. Video content has become increasingly popular in recent years due to the prioritisation of short-form video content. This traces back to the early 2000s when platforms like YouTube and Vimeo

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Video editing tips

28 May 202018 August 2023
Sofia Bazzini
Creating content, Tech tips

In this blogpost, we share a few basics of video editing and some tips that will help with producing videos in the future.

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Virtual Lab: an alternative way to support students

A female university student studies in her room.
26 March 202018 August 2023
Mimi Lee
Case study, Creating content, News

With the recent announcement of the temporary closure of the University due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Digital Learning team is now more focussed than ever on how we can support the delivery of effective online learning for both students

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Developing a VR Experience: Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation

A screen shot of a video showing paramedics pushing a hospital trolley
9 March 202018 August 2023
Sarah Fielding
Case study

Background We are working with colleagues in Medicine, Health Sciences, and staff at the Southampton General Hospital Emergency Department to capture a Major Trauma Resuscitation Simulation in 360 degree video. When viewed in a virtual reality headset, the audience is

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Getting ready for take off

A flying drone
2 August 201916 August 2023
Mimi Lee
News

PfCO, what is it and why do we need it? Here in the Digital Learning team, we have owned a ‘Phantom 4’ drone for many years but have never used it to its full capacity. We have, however, produced a

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eCoffee @ SGH: Blackboard – what works well?

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
12 July 201916 August 2023
Anna Ruff
Events, Tech tips

Medicine has seen continuing success over the seven years of the university’s Blackboard & VLE Awards, so in July’s eCoffee we explored some features of winning courses, sharing some ideas and inspiration ahead of the next academic year. Blackboard upgrade

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Three ways to create an engaging and effective learning experience

28 June 201931 May 2023
Simone Andorlini
Creating content, Innovation, Tech tips

Struggling to capture students’ attention? We live in a world where most, if not all of us, use technology all day every day. No matter what subject you are teaching, it’s probable that written or verbal information alone won’t get

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Community of Practice: The basics of video production

Attendee trying out a camera
28 May 201916 August 2023
Mimi Lee
Events, News

As part of the Community of Practice sessions held monthly by the Digital Learning team, Joe Brett from the Digital Learning Media team presented an introductory talk on how to produce videos using modest filming equipment: a handycam/smartphone, audio recorder

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Using my phone to capture photos and videos

16 May 201916 August 2023
Mimi Lee
Creating content, Tech tips

I bought my Samsung Galaxy S8+ phone last March after reading reviews about its ability to take good quality photos and videos. Since owning it, I’ve not really had a chance to test it for producing videos at a professional

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Amazing new Adobe After Effects feature

Image of After Effects window on a screen
25 April 201916 August 2023
Sofia Bazzini
News, Tech tips

One of the main events within the media industry is the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show that happens in Las Vegas every year.  Just before this event, audio visual equipment sellers release and/or announce new bits of kit, and updates

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Writing for video

Close up of a video camera.
13 March 201816 August 2023
Josef Brett
Creating content

Writing for video is a different skill to creating a lecture or a presentation. Videos tend to be shorter than both of the aforementioned and, as such, require a more focused presentation of information. Focus on key ideas One way

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H5P working to democratise learning

Classroom of people sat at desks with laptops in a lecture with the caption H5P working to democratise learning.
27 September 201731 May 2023
Adam Warren
Creating content

Notes from the H5P conference, Tromsø, Norway, 11–13th September 2017 Empowering educators Around two years ago we were looking for ways to bring activities into web pages and increase the opportunity for students and educators to start to use WordPress

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ecoffee @ SGH: Making videos by Dr Scott Border

Birds-eye view of people drinking coffee around a table with laptop and tablet used to represent ecoffee at SGH.
26 May 201715 August 2023
learnsoton
Tech tips

(Scott Border @ SGH, 2017) May’s e-coffee@SGH was all about making videos and had one of the best turnouts with attendees getting excited to see Dr Scott Border from Anatomy within Medicine discussing his journey creating podcasts and videos for

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Using video to enhance research impact

A behind-the-scenes view of shooting an outreach video. A male and female colleague are being filmed having a discussion, seated at a desk with documents in front of them.
22 March 201715 August 2023
learnsoton
Case study

Video and social media are now important tools that can help researchers publicise their work to a wider audience.

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Articulate Storyline

Screenshot from the virtual salon
15 September 201615 August 2023
learnsoton
Case study

Articulate Storyline is one of several excellent software tools that can be used to create rich interactive learning resources.

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Students collaborating to create video assignments

Three students are constructing a model out of straws and elastic bands, while another student shoots this on their phone.
25 August 201515 August 2023
learnsoton
Case study

Students are developing the skills needed to communicate effectively using video.

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