New Cameras for the Sandbox!

It's a happy day here in the Ed. Tech. Department at Manchester Community College! Today is MCC's 47th Annual Commencement Ceremony! The sun is shining and the weather is warm (finally!). It is also a beautiful day because we got new cameras for the sandbox: 3 new flip cameras and 1 new Canon digital video camera. I know, the company that makes the flip cameras went belly up, but that doesn't mean we still cant get some use out of them. The flip cameras are actually a handy, powerful little camera! Hopefully we can have some fun with these cameras this summer. The new equipment is just in time for our new iMovie workshop scheduled for next Fall!

Please let us know if you are interested in using these new cameras. It's a wonderful day when I get to un-package and play with new cameras! :)
Thanks!

MacCaption for video captioning

This week the ETDL department has been working with the software MacCaption. Instructors from the Disability Specialist program here at MCC will use MacCaption to make the program videos accessible to all viewers on the web.

Captioning is a somewhat complicated and time-consuming process but is necessary to comply with accessibility standards. MaCaption is a relatively easy program to use and will improve our campus marketing videos as well as our program specific videos online.

If you are interested in learning how to use this software, contact the Sandbox at MCC.
You can also check out this short presentation (in pdf format) in Google documents HERE.

Please let the sandbox know if you have any questions regarding this or any other technology.