Green Screen Video Production for Online Courses

1. Green Screen Video Production for Online Courses NedimSlijepcevic, Instructional Designer, Eastern Kentucky University

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5. What will you learn in this session? • Attendees will learn the following: • Successful implementation of educational videos in learning environment • Steps involved in a budget to moderate video production. • How to set up a video recording studio • Video editing techniques and how and where to gather resources from • Video exporting, compression and ultimately, deploying video to the end user Suggested Page Example - Update or Delete this Page

6. Located in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, Eastern has a distinguished record of more than a century of educational service to the Commonwealth. • Students: 16,000 on campus • Products Used: Blackboard 9 • NedimSlijepcevic (Instructional Designer/Technologist) is a member of a Distance Education and Multimedia Services unit at college of Justice and Safety who is responsible for running and maintaining of 4 online degrees. Suggested Page Example - Update or Delete this Page

7. College of Justice and Safety online degrees • Corrections & Juvenile Justice Degree (MS & BS) • Safety, Security & Emergency Management (MS) • Bachelor's Fire & Safety Engineering Technology (BS) • Certificate in Fire & Safety Engineering Technology • Around 350 online students Suggested Page Example - Update or Delete this Page

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9. Common mistakes while deploying videos in an online environment • Videos for online courses are often long clips of classroom lectures • They often depict instructors teaching a lesson in a classroom • Teaching aides (PPT, images, video clips) are often excluded from the video • Videos are often encoded and delivered in a non accessible format. • Files tend to be too large.

10. Why is it important to produce your videos? • Videos produced in controlled and timed environment • Instructors prepare the scripts in advance and record exactly what is needed • Multimedia elements such as images, supplementary videos, PPT slides can be added during production • All videos are delivered in a common format with similar file compression • Online videos decrease student alienation and increase retention rates

11. EKU – CJJS Online course videos sampler

12. EKU – CJJS Online course videos sampler • Techniques you just saw: • Utilizing external video clips and imagery from sources such as: • YouTube, Google video, Films.com, stock footage sites (Fotolia.com, iStockphoto.com etc.), clipart collections • Utilizing animation and static imagery to clarify complex problems - Adobe Flash • Scripted and non scripted training videos • Mix of PowerPoint slides and chromakeyed video

13. Studio Equipment • Camera • Lavaliere microphone • Green screen cloth (green screen, Datavideoor Reflecmediafabric) • Teleprompter • Lighting • LED preferred (cold, low energy, portable)or • Halogen lamps (Very hot, minimum of 2000 watts, blinding)

14. Studio setup – classic chromakey fabric 250W 250W 250W speaker 2000W Floodlight 250W soft teleprompter Cam

15. Studio setup – classic chromakey fabric sample

16. Studio setup – classic chromakey fabric sample

17. Studio setup – classic chroma key fabric sample

18. Studio setup – Datavideo fabric with LED lighting 50W 50W speaker 50W Cam 50W teleprompter

19. Studio setup – Datavideo fabric with LED lighting - sample

20. Studio setup – Datavideo fabric with LED lighting - sample

21. Studio setup – Datavideo fabric with LED lighting - sample

22. Studio setup – Datavideo fabric with LED lighting - sample P H O T O C A M E R A V I D E O C A M E R A

23. Preparations - script • Prepare the speaker in advance by telling him/her what to expect during the shoot • Script should be no more than 4-5 pages long (10-15 minutes) • Make sure scripts are written in a conversational tone • Avoid dating the scripts (e.g. on May 2nd we will have an exam)

24. Preparations - speaker • Avoid patterned shirts (checkers, stripes) • Tell the speaker what to expect • Relax the speaker with light conversation and jokes • Make sure there are beverages available • Always do a dry run (don’t tell them it’s a dry run ) • Adjust the lights so they don’t blind the speaker • Observe the speaker and give him/her hints after the dry run

25. Video shoot • If new presenter – have someone run the teleprompter • Observe the presenter and watch out for things such as • Nervousness • Overacting • Not smiling • Dry mouth • Don’t be afraid to call “cut”, even if you are not sure if they missed the line or not. You have one chance for video shoot and Premiere is not Photoshop.

26. Putting it all together – post production • Video production machine • Windows machine with Matrox RT.X2 hardware accelerated video board • Video storage (2-3 Terabytes, preferably in RAID configuration) • Video editing software (Premiere CS3 or CS4)with chroma keying filter (Mattenee) and Moyea FLV video importer • Adobe Photoshop, Irfanview • Compression • On2 Flix Pro (.Flv) and Apple QuickTime (.Mov)

27. Post production workflow

28. Gathering resources • Stock image services such as: • Fotolia.com • Istockphoto.com • Photos.com • Search engines such as: • Google • AltaVista • Bing? • Other handy resources: • MS Word Clip art • YouTube • Films.com (Films for the Humanities & Sciences) • Your own camera and Photoshop

29. Psychology behind video production • Alan Paivio – Dual coding theory • Information is best presented in dual channels – Visual and verbal (audio). • Richard Mayer expanded on this and came up with theory of multimedia learning. • Refer to Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning (Mayer, R. E. & Moreno, R. (2003) for a full list of design principles.

30. Psychology behind video production • Avoid showing multiple visuals on the screen (speaker + text + narration). If you must, use with moderation. • Avoid multiple verbal inputs (Speaker + narration + another audio channel (music, another speaker) • Exclude extraneous materials (unnecessary glitter) • Simultaneously present images with corresponding words/narration

31. Psychology behind video production • Spatially connect words with images • Avoid simultaneous textual and verbal redundancy • Personalize your lessons/scripts • Use “clean” design (simple backgrounds, virtual sets) • Don’t be tempted by the excessive visual effects

32. Putting it all together

33. Exporting & Compressing your Footage • Export in DV format (non compressed) • Use the best quality when exporting • Avoid exporting from video production software (Premiere) • Use third party compression software to finalize your videos • ON2 Flix Pro • Sorenson Squeeze

34. Exporting & Compressing your Footage • Compression is an art • Determine you audiences average connection speed • Based on average connection speed, experiment with various file bitrates and dimensions

35. Exporting & Compressing your Footage • Our online videos: • FLV Hi (480x360) • Video - ON2 VP6, VBR, 600 kpbs, 30fps • Audio – 22KHz, 64 kbps, mono • FLV Low (370X278) • Video – ON2 VP6, VBR, 100 kpbs, 15fps • Audio - 22KHz, 32 kbps, mono • MOV (370x278) • Video - H.264, 200 kbps, 15fps, • Audio – AAC, 22KHz, 24 kbps, mono • iPhone (352x288) • Video – MPEG4, 12fps, 150 kbps • Audio – AAC, 22KHz, 24 kbps, mono

36. CJJS Video Delivery System • Flash streaming server • Web server • Content collection via Bb

37. Why are video lessons important • Who

38. Why are video lessons important • Who

39. Why are video lessons important • Who

40. Why are video lessons important Thank you

41. About the presenter NedimSlijepcevicis an Instructional Technologist at College of Justice and Safety (Eastern Kentucky University) where he is employed since 2006. His roles in University operations are course building, delivery and maintenance, media production and Web technologies. He completed his BS in Computer Information Systems and MS in Multidisciplinary studies from Buffalo State College, and he is currently working on his EdD in Instructional Systems Design from University of Kentucky. Nedim.Slijepcevic@eku.edu

42. References • Dual Coding theory - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-coding_theory • Mayer, R. E. & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning. Educational Psychologist, 38(1), 43-52