Digital/Multimedia Expression
Spotlight Archive 04: Generative AI (July 2023)
The public release of ChatGPT-3 in November 2022 opened a new chapter in the long history of writing and technology. We now live and teach in a world where generative AI tools are widely available, and it’s up to us to learn how to orient our students to this new environment and to develop approaches […]
Composing a Multimodal Reflection
Prior to this activity, students need to have some form of written reflections, perhaps looking back at prior writing instruction, looking ahead and setting personal goals for themselves for this course, or otherwise considering their strengths and needs as writers. For this activity, they practice the act of remediation by translating their reflections into the […]
Sharing Video Files for Students
In a remote environment, whether you are taking classes online or in a hybrid modality, assignments and presentations may be in a different format. You may be asked to do more multi-modal work compared to a traditional face-to-face setting. Your instructor may have asked you to record your presentation, and share the video file, or […]
Creating Video Presentations
Presentations in a remote class may happen synchronously or asynchronously via pre-recorded student videos. Alternatively, students in in-person classes may be assigned video presentations as well. When assigning students presentations, it is important to ensure that the expectations are clear for the students in terms of follow-up discussions, participation, grading, etc. Read more about sharing […]
Video and Audio Post-Production with Adobe Products
Boston University provides a university license for Adobe Creative Cloud free of charge for all Undergraduate students and faculty. You may request (or renew) your free Adobe Creative Cloud license through BU’s IS&T website. The Adobe Creative Cloud (ACC) is a suite of software and web-based applications used in professional settings, and especially in higher […]
Video Production Using Other Tools
There are a variety of tools for producing videos. Apart from the BU-supported Kaltura/MyMedia and Adobe Creative Cloud software, there are platforms that are not BU-supported, but provide limited free options. Below are some of the possibilities that especially have user-friendly platforms, and encourage active learning in class.
Video Production on Kaltura/MyMedia
Boston University recommends and supports Kaltura Capture and Mymedia for creating and sharing videos on Blackboard. Kaltura Capture is a web-based platform for recording videos and/or videos with inserted quiz questions. Mymedia is the storage space for all videos created through Kaltura capture. Mymedia also allows you to upload video files, and share them on […]
WR 152 Additional Ideas and Supplemental Resources
In WR 152, students will study and compose digital multimodal or non-linguistic texts, such as movies, posters, podcasts throughout the semester. While the type of multimodal/non-linguistic text may vary from one section to another, the signature assignment of WR 152 is a remediation of the student’s academic research paper (usually 8-10 pages in length) into […]
Video Presentation and Reflections
For this assignment, students work in small groups to create and edit short video presentations (flexible in genre) to recast their research for a new audience. Students then reflect on their presentations. Guide to Oral/Signed Communication in Writing Classrooms Objective To remediate the findings of a research project into a different genre; to work […]
Creating and Presenting Posters
Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]