Some reminders

My CSS students,

I am glad that some of you already finished your video.  I will watch them and give you some feedback with details as soon as possible.  However, here are some problems I noticed today.  I hope you can make some change if you happen to have the same condition in your video.  Please read through the following reminders.  

(1)  Do NOT copy anything from the internet.

l   My expectation is that you use your own words to show what you've found, what you've learned, and what you've thought.  Coping and pasting are not acceptable in this project.

l   If you need to quote anything, you should follow the following rules.  However, if you need to quote anything, you’d better have a good reason.

(2)  You MUST include all your reference sources at the end of your video.

l   Including pictures, origins of information, and so on.

l   If you quote any sentences or paragraph from any websites, books, magazines, it is required that you should include the source.

(3)  If possible, please give me the link to your file or send me your file before Thursday. 

l   If you can finish everything before Thursday, then I will have a chance to talk with you in person.  You will have a better and clear idea if you need to make some adjustment.

l   If you can’t make it before Friday morning, I may not be able to give you any advice in time.

(4)  The due date for your video file is on Sunday, June 15.  Make sure you will have the final draft that day.  

l   Please tell me when I can download your file which you completely finished. 

(5)  Your video should be at least 4 minutes long, but no more than 6 minutes.

(6)  Please do think about the information and the pictures are proper to present to your classmates.

l   You should think “what the audience will learn after watching the video.”

l   You need to select proper language usages and pictures for your classmates.

l   Don’t give your classmates nonsense in your video.  Make every second count in your video. 

Here are some suggestions for your video layout. 

(1)  It will be better if you can HIGHLIGHT some key words, if you have a lot of words on the screen at the same time.  

(2)  Watch your video as an audience from very beginning to the end.  

l   While you are watching your video, please think about following questions:

                           i.    How will the audience feel every second?

                         ii.    Is the layout or information clear enough for the audience to catch the message?

                      iii.      Can the audience get the information that you want the audience to know?

                       iv.     Do all the ideas flow smoothly in the video?

(3)  Don't make every frame or the animations too fancy to grab the information that you want to convey.

(4)  If you want to put some music in your video, you need to double check if the music matches every frames 

Above is what came to my mind after I watched some of your works.  I hope they will help.  Be as picky as possible while you are making the video.  And please try to watch your own video as audience.  From this point of view, you will know what the really problems are in your video.  

Please come to me anytime if you have a question or need my help.  

I will add more if I come up with anything new.  

Good Luck!

Savannah