The Center for Faculty Excellence and ITS are collaborating on organizing a series of faculty development opportunities, called "Teaching with Technology." The first in the series is a two-part event on using podcasts in your courses. You don't have to attend both parts.
May 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon
Center for Health Sciences (CHS) 207
Panel and Discussion -- "Course Podcasts: Imagining the Possibilities"
May 21, 10:00 a.m.-noon (Mac) or 1:00-4:00 p.m. (Windows)
Hands-On Workshop -- "Creating Course Podcasts"
See below for more information and registration details.
Panel and Workshop: "Using Podcasts in Your Courses*
Introduction: Audio podcasts are easy to create but may not be terribly engaging and lack a visual component. Shooting and editing video can be too time-consuming. Enhanced podcasts combine graphics, diagrams, images, and screenshots with an audio narration. With easy-to-use tools you can quickly create and deliver multimedia content to your students with not much more work than your normal presentation or lecture preparation. With iTunesU you can easily distribute these to students.
Some of the things you can do with enhanced podcasts are:
- Create focused minilectures to replace some of your in-class time, leaving more time for engaging activities in the classroom
- Deliver lecture material to supplement difficult concepts
Register for the Panel and/or Workshop
Part 1: Panel Discussion -- "Course Podcasts: Imagining the Possibilities"
Faculty Host: Mike Buck, Physical Therapy
Panelists: Aimee Dars Ellis (Business), Kurt Komaromi (Business), James Pfrehm (German),
Monday, May 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon
CHS 207
Panelists will demonstrate how they use both audio, enhanced, and video podcasts in their courses. Discussion will touch on the technology, creation, and distribution process but will primarily focus on how this technology can be effective in your courses or even change the way you teach.
*Part 2 (Windows): "Creating Course Podcasts Using Camtasia on Windows" (max 10)*
Format: Hands-on workshop
*Time: Thursday, May 21, 1:00-4:00 p.m.*
Instructor: Mike Buck, assisted by ITS staff
Place: CHS 104 (Limit 10)
Mike Buck will lead the participants in creating an audio-narrated podcast created from a Powerpoint presentation using Camtasia software. Participants should come to class with headphones and a PowerPoint presentation with 4 slides containing, text and/or images. Participants will leave with a completed product and learn how to load their movie on iTunes U.
*Part 2 (Mac): "Creating Course Podcasts using iMovie and Keynote using Mac OSX"
*Format: Hands-on workshop
*Time: Thursday, May 21, 10:00 a.m.-noon*
Instructor: Fred Chandra, assisted by ITS staff
Place: Gannett Center 115 (Limit 14)
Fred Chandra will lead the participants in creating an audio-narrated podcast using iMovie and Keynote on the Macintosh. Participants should come to class with headphones and a PowerPoint presentation or images with four to six slides containing text and/or images. Participants will leave with a completed product and learn how to load their movie on iTunesU.
Please email Marilyn Dispensa mdispensa@ithaca.edu if you have questions about this event.
