Monday June 4

I started working on another online course. I was given a course section in Philosophy. This proved more difficult than math. I can see how they say math is the universal language. Having to read through the text in Philosophy and decide how to split the content was difficult. What I tried to do first was to find pictures that went with the content. I also started to design a title image.
I also worked with Cinerrela and Kino. These Linux programs are difficult. Kino is very basic, but I was unaware that it only accepted captured video. I was unable to import any quicktime or jpg files. I didn't have a Linux computer before I arrived and the site didn't say anything about limitations on what you can import. Cinerrela has a high learning curve. It handles like Adobe or Final Cut, but the options aren't very intuitive. I think I will offer the students to use either or. It might prove difficult if we can't import .avi or .mov files.
I translated part of the video module that I will use in the beginning of the course. It was created by Coray McClellan and Kurt Taylor. They gave me permission to adapt it to my class. It has camera principles that are illustrated very well.