Lura's Blog - CCV - Multimedia Apps and Tools

Hey All! This week we experimented with making animation with Moovly . At first I was a bit intimidated by the assignment. The word animation, made me think of cartoons, and I'm not much of an artist. What we really did, was create an animated video clip. If you have ever made a PowerPoint Presentation, you can definitely navigate this webware. (We learned about this in a previous blog: Webware Blog ) The program is super easy to sign up for if you have Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook, and a simple sign up process if not. Once signed into your dashboard, you are given the option to create your own project from scratch, or use a template. There are plenty of free options available for pre-made templates. I opted to use the free stock images to create my own project from scratch. If given the option I would link my Google Drive and upload my own photos and videos and possibly even audio to really "create my own project". For the sake of learning the new program, I opted to st...

Welcome Back! This week we learned about Podcasting. A Podcast is actually a subscribe-able series of podcast episodes. A podcast episode is one singular audio file, but the key is that it is subscribe-able. All podcasts are audio files, but not all audio files are podcasts. (Source: What is a Podcast? ) I learned how to create an audio file with the program called Audacity . Audacity is very easy to use, and there is a lot of editing materials. To be honest, there are more options available on this free download than I have even been able to use or learn. I would recommend this software for anyone looking to get involved in creating and editing audio files and eventually those who are interested in podcasting. This was a fun assignment, but I had a hard time figuring out what I was going to talk about for 5-10 minutes. I ended up discussing some of my thoughts about Coronavirus. Here is a link to my first ever podcast Audacity Podcast : Covid Conversations and also a link to my E-por...

This week we all learned how to Screen Cast. I think the best use of this web tool is for creating a tutorial or a how-to video. The idea is literally the name, you learn how to cast your computer screen for other viewers to watch you operate the computer. Here is the video I created  about how to use PayPal. I ended up choosing Screencastify for my finished product, but not until after many failed attempts to record on a program I will not choose to use again. Screencasitify is a great program and easy to use, especially if you are a Google user! The tutorial videos lay out the use of the site really clearly, the extension is just part of your chrome web-browser so no major hard-drive storage required. The best part of this program is the ability to embed microphone, video-cam, the browser alone, or the entire desktop; there are many options for how to record what you want to do. I love the pause option as well! At first I really disliked this assignment, but I soon realized it w...