Strong opinions, loosely held, in and around Teaching, Technology, and AI’s impact on Higher Education.
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Adobe: ‘Free Distance Learning Resources & Project Ideas’
Need a ‘spark’ of creativity for course projects? Adobe has put together a collection of project ideas, and the resources to use them in the digital classroom, on the Adobe Education Exchange (EdEx). These lessons range in using just the simplest, and freely available, Adobe Spark or Rush apps through the licensed Creative Cloud suite…
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Affinity continues to get closer to parity functionality with Adobe CC
Throughout the pandemic, one of the most asked question I get is “what is a more affordable tool to Adobe?” This comes from students looking to use one of the main quartet of apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere) perhaps for a single quarter or assignment. Or even faculty thinking about adapting their curriculum to…
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iPhone as your webcam
Between Tuning up your AV Tactics, and Pro Cam’ing your next web conference, there is a growing third avenue to bring in better, pro, optics as your webcam to elevate your next video call. iPhone don’t have a native way to just plug-and-play to become a webcam, but there are two growing avenues. iOS as…
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Interactivity; in an inactive Covid era
For nearly five year, I’ve highlighted here several developing online services that can help bring interactivity onscreen to media. Interactivity such as using 3d models that allow users to interact and learn through the use of pins or way-points to designing learning into of a tour. Even spreading out this idea to developing content immersive…
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Logitech Capture; pro studio features in a user friendly app
Jumping off from my previous post on making a “Pro Camera as Your Web Camera,” This video series runs you through how to elevate synchronous video or asynchronous recording if you have a contemporary Logitech camera. Logi Capture simply put is a user friendly approach to streaming and screen-casting; without a lot of need for…
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Pro Camera as your Web Camera
Now that Zoom allows users to set their slide deck as their virtual desktop, you might be thinking to yourself ; “maybe it is time after all to user a better camera than this integrated webcam after all?” As I mentioned back in my AV Tune Up video, a little $25ish HDMI adapter can turn…
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Virtual Studio Tour; video
Full interview/show for the the Virtual Studio Tour with WWU Alumni Association
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PowerPoint as a Virtual Background in Zoom
More and more apps are trying to embrace what I call the ‘hometown meteorologist effect.’ You know the one, where someone in a news studio walks in front of a green-screen to forecast the weather on a digital background they see just off camera. Well Zoom now has incorporated their idea for it in their…
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Virtual Studio Tour ; October
October Virtual Studio Tour with Photographer AJ Barse AJ Barse is a digital arts specialist and an award-winning photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. His style is influenced by Cascadian outdoor culture and his passion for horology…
