A-Z Tools & Technologies: Skype
What is it? Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls over the internet. It was founded in August 2003 by two software developers Nicklas Zennstrom and Janus Friiu: it...
Tagged: Video
JISC Digital Media InfoKit: Video Production
Jisc Digital Media’s ongoing expansion of its infokit offering continues with the release of the Video Production infokit. There are many reasons why video can play a useful role in education, in teaching, research and...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) BUFVC Off Air TV Recording
Through the combined efforts of TEL, Media Services and ILS, YSJ have subscribed to the Box of Broadcasts (BoB) BUFVC Off Air TV Recording service. BoB, as it is commonly known as, allows staff...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. The stated mission is to provide ‘a free world-class education for anyone...
Breakfast Cafe: Screencasting and Podcasting
Screencasts and Podcasts are a great way to provide engaging learning resources to students, whether it’s explaining assessment criteria, summarising the key points of a lecture, or providing video demonstrations. This morning’s Breakfast Cafe saw us...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: GoAnimate
What is GoAnimate? GoAnimate is a cloud-based platform for creating and distributing animated videos. GoAnimate’s platform allows individuals to develop both narrative videos, in which characters speak with lip-sync and move around, and video...
A-Z Tools & Technologies: Animoto
What is Animoto? Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to produce videos that blend photos, video clips, text and music. How does it work? Insert Photos & Videos Customise Your Style...
Helix Media Library – User Group Feedback
Last Friday I went down to London for the Helix Media Library User Group meeting, it was a great chance for me to find out more about what HML is/does, network, and hear presentations...