BITE project School of Arts Director work

This post is a continuation of the work that i have been undertaking on the School of Arts Director file development. Since the last post to this blog, i have added a range of interactive videos using Camtasia to allow the academic staff to understand the notions around adding blogs and podcasts to their work. I have added video tutorials on video production using Microsoft Windows Movie Maker and other video editing softwares, and i have developed areas on the Director Projector for Media, English and Performance studies in the School of Arts. I am waiting for feedback from staff concerning the layout and feel of the area, and also for academic material to be added.

I have also come up with questions surrounding the use of Streaming audio and video at northampton, and would like to know the procedures in place to make these things effective. Once i know this i can update the areas on the Director file in order to accommodate these features. This is also the case for the specific e-book and e-journals that would be useful for the academics and students teaching and undertaking an English degree.
I have added keyboard accessibility to the file and i am updating the accessibility features for the buttons that are in place currently.

This is my last post before holiday, more to follow on my return...

A month has passed...

This post comes after a month and a half in my e-learning role at Northampton. The director file is coming on well with many of the main menu systems and navigation buttons are added and operational. I have started to incorporate accessibility functionality into the system, and i have been able to successfully overcome some lingo problems that occurred when trying to access pdf documents from the projector file. I have recently started work on the main Arts section of the program, where i shall be incorporating small video clips on how to blog, create podcasts and create simple videos using Microsoft Movie Maker. This will ultimately benefit the academics, as for many of them they do not require large amounts of information to use these features, they just require a simple step by step process which will allow them to see the benefits of the software and if they could incorporate these into their learning and teaching of their students on the courses.

More to follow.....