The University of Houston has a great introduction to Digital Stories: The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. Read through the home page and watch the video to get a sense of what a Digital Story is and can be.
To help you get started on creating your own digital stories or developing assignments for students to create a digital story, the Culture and Communication department is partnering with the OLT to introduce faculty and staff to the process and tools needed to create a Digital Story. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 27th from 9:30 am -12:00 pm. At 9:30 we will meet in Korman 115 for coffee and pastries and from 10:00-12:00 we will be in Korman 116 working on the computers. Please note, if you are full-time faculty or staff and are able to attend the entire workshop the OLT will be able to put a full Camtasia license on your computer without having to attend the Camtasia workshop that they offer as well. If you are interested in attending please contact Liesl Wuest (lmm88@drexel.edu) to sign up.
Preparing for the Workshop
Before you come to the workshop it would be useful to begin thinking about a digital story that you might like to create. Read the Getting Started page under the Create tab on the Digital Stories website and begin gather images, video and audio that you might like to use. Your digital story doesn't have to be for academic purposes--you could use the workshop to create a digital story about a recent vacation, your current research or a book review. Be creative and come to the workshop ready to have fun and create! If you are not able to collect your own media, don't worry, I will bring a set of files that you can work with instead.If you are using your own computer, please download and install the 30-day trial version of Camtasia linked here: Camtasia Download. Please note that there are different versions for a Mac and a PC.
Last but not least, don't hesitate to contact me ahead of time with any questions about the workshop, I am here to help! I hope to see you there!
