Video
Embed A Video in Any Web Page
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Most organizations and individuals that produce video appreciate the widest audience for their work. Therefore they often include some code that enables you to embed their video in another web page.
Following are directions that will work with any web page. For more specific directions for embedding videos in Blackboard see http://judybrophy.keenecommons.net/2010/03/02/embedding-videos-in-blackboard/
Get that Embed Code
Many [...]
YouTube Sharing Options
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 When you upload a video to YouTube you have three ways that you can share it:
You make this sharing choice after you have upload the video by choosing a radio button:
1. Public- anyone can search for and view the video.
2. Unlisted- “Unlisted” means that only people who know the link to the video can view [...]
Jing Basics
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Jing is a desktop video program that allows you display what is on your screen and do a voice over at the same time. There is a one minute introductory video at
http://blog.jingproject.com/assets-jing/gettingstarted/index.html
You will notice from the video that Jing also captures still images, but it is the video that is really powerful.
Jing videos have several [...]
Embed You-Tube Video in PowerPoint
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010By far the easiest way to embed a You-tube video in a PowerPoint presentation is to use the ISpring Free converter.
It’s free and easy to use.
Download the converter at http://www.ispringfree.com/download.html.
ISpring Free adds a tab to your PowerPoint menus.
When you want to add a video, click on the ISpring Free menu tab.
Then click the YouTube [...]
Danger of a Single Story
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Novelist Chimamanda Adichie’s short talk reveals the danger of hearing only one story about a country or person. It leaves us with an inability to take in other information that may also be true.
This video would be useful in the context of critical thinking, prejudice, and international development, to name a few. (19 mins)
Embedding Videos in BlackBoard
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010The process for embedding videos in Blackboard depends on whether you are embedding videos hosted on YouTube or videos from some other source. Choose the process that fits the type of video you want to display.
Embed A YouTube video in Blackboard 9.1
BlackBoard 9 has an Add YouTube Video option under Build Content. This adds one [...]
