Designing Digital Media Assignments with the USF Library’s Digital Learning Studio

 About Me  Maryellen Allen, Assistant Director for Instructional Services, USF Library  Background: Instructional Technology, Instructional Systems Design and Information Sciences  About You  Name, department  What are you MOST interested in learning about today? Introduction

 After participating in this workshop, you will learn:  The library’s mission to support media literacy  Three types of digital media that can transform a traditional paper-based assignment  How to work with the USF Library Digital Studio to transform a traditional assignment into a digital media assignment  The resources and services that the USF Library's Digital Learning Studio can offer you and your students Workshop Objectives

 Defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create information in a variety of formats, including print and non-print messages. Media Literacy

 Media Literacy is one of the most important skill sets of the 21 st century   Can provide students with the knowledge and skills that can make them more successful  Related to information literacy-where the library can have a meaningful, lasting impact on student success Why It’s Important

Transforming Paper-Based Assignments into Digital Media Assignments

 Questions to ask  Will the new multimedia assignment require the student to incur any costs?  Will the students experience a steep learning curve?  How much time should you allow for the students to complete the assignment?  Multimedia assignments can take a long time and may be best suited for final projects  Consider a strategy of deliverables  Groups work best  How will you evaluate the new assignment? Transforming Paper-Based Assignments

 Steps to consider  Review the current assignment  Identify the essential knowledge/skills the existing assignment is designed to instill in the learner  Match each identified skill or artifact with a compatible media  Let’s Try It! Transforming Paper-Based Assignments

Transformative Digital Media  Images: Allow for the expression of more abstract ideas and relationships  Audio: Provides added dimension and brings a level of relatability and authenticity to a project  Video: Brings together images and audio  Advantages:  Increases engagement  Appeals to different learning styles  More student-centered  Supports technology skill acquisition

 Allow time to plan (usually the semester before you plan to implement)  Don’t worry about trying to be a technology expert  Emphasize the critical thinking skills for the assignment, not the technology tools Working with the DLS to Transform Your Assignment

PANASONIC HC-V720 HD Digital Camcorder AUDIO ZOOM ZH1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder AUDIO-TECHNICA LAVALIER Condenser Microphone Tripods

6 iMacs 4 Dual Monitor PCs Sennheiser Headphones Logitech Headphones w/microphone

iMovie (video editing) Garageband (audio editing) Adobe Creative Suite AutoCAD (Computer-Aided Design)

 Chase – Digital Video  Alex – Web design, Digital Video  Alexandra – Images  (Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop)

Monday – Thursday 10am – 8pm Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday – closed Sunday 12pm – 8pm

 The USF Digital Studio:   Example:  Testimonial & Example

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 Multimedia Assignment Recommended Guidelines Multimedia Assignment Recommended Guidelines  High Point University: 1.amazonaws.com/docs/1595/880457/MultimediaAssignments.pdfhttp://lgdata.s3-website-us-east- 1.amazonaws.com/docs/1595/880457/MultimediaAssignments.pdf  How to Plan Multimedia Assignments for Students How to Plan Multimedia Assignments for Students  assignments-for-studen.html assignments-for-studen.html  Resources for Multimedia Assignments (Youngstown State University) Resources for Multimedia Assignments   DTF Teaching Tip: Designing Multimedia Assignments DTF Teaching Tip: Designing Multimedia Assignments  Additional Resources