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Video Short Courses

By • On • In Instruction and Curriculum Development, Presentations

The series of video production short courses Alma developed for Loyola University Chicago included basic concepts in three different areas: preparation, production software, and special effects.

The workshop on preparation includes the different styles of pre-production documents, breaking them down and including what special needs they meet depending on workflow. Alma’s presentation on production software, or the Non-Linear Editor, is a mixture of background knowledge and workflow. This ties closely to Alma’s educational values, she has always felt that knowing why something is the way it is factors largely in how it is understood. The last presentation, on the Green Screen special effect covers how the effect works, and how it can be used.

With the increased access to high caliber video production tools, these presentations were supposed to entice the Loyola community to use video, and teach a little more about why things work (or don’t work) the way they do.

For more details on the specific topics of these presentations:

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Digital Media Specialist: Loyola University Chicago

By • On • In Employment, Instruction and Curriculum Development

Loyola University Chicago: December 2011 to September 2016

While working in Digital Media Services, under Loyola’s ITS department, there are many opportunities to reach out to students of all majors, faculty in all colleges and staff from all departments. By encouraging the use of digital media and technology, Alma feels that DMS encourages the development of a more well-rounded digital citizen in all members of the Loyola Community.

In addition to her regular duties, which are listed below, Alma has undertaken many other initiatives and projects detailed throughout this CV.

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The Power of Legos

By • On • In Coursework and Research, Productions

A capstone project for my final Educational Technology course, Computer Uses in Education, this video was supposed to illustrate an integration of technology in education. Alma created a production guide and storyboard, below, as well as a two-column video script, in advance of shooting. The video captures ways that legos can be used to illustrate concepts that may be taught, even in higher education.

Feel free to view the final video here:

Special thanks go to Katelynd, Eric, TJ and Kurt for their participation in the video.

Legos Production Guide

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Technology Implementation Specialist, Tutoring and Academic Success Center

By • On • In Employment, Instruction and Curriculum Development, Presentations, Teams and Groups

As part of my Graduate Assistant role at the Tutoring and Academic Success Center, Alma had the opportunity to provide technology in-services and implement tools for the organization of the entire tutoring staff (which ranged from 60 to 90 students).

AlmaI focused on finding technology tools that would increase efficiency and communication amongst staff and faculty while not jeopardizing the confidentiality of student records. She implemented those tools with the support of the TASC Coordinator and provided training and support for the use of the tools to the tutors and involved faculty members. Alma also organized the use of social media to increase visibility to students and edited a short promotional video on the programs, which is still in use.

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Research Proposal: Will Film in the Classroom Increase Comprehension and Enjoyment of Non-Contemporary Novels?

By • On • In Coursework and Research, Education, Presentations, Productions

In Alma’s Educational Research class, the final assignment was to write a research proposal and present it to the class. The students were given a strict time limit of five minutes for the presentation, so Alma decided to make my slide deck into a video file that would be completely pre-timed.

Alma also wanted to offer additional information and some counterpoints throughout the presentation. This was when she decided to use her knowledge of CG animation and created two co-presenters. One of them was dubbed “the researcher” who provided additional detail, and the other was “Mr Smiley” and he provided counter points and commentary. Special thanks go out to Alma’s dad who gave Mr Smiley his voice.

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Video Editor, SmART in the City program DVD, sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation

By • On • In Coursework and Research, Productions

One of the great benefits of the Film & Digital Media program was the ability to do professional work around the Cleveland area in conjunction with courses. Most of these are featured elsewhere in my CV.

In Alma’s Advanced Video and Audio Editing class, she was given video footage from a summer arts and education program organized by the Cleveland Foundation and she got to edit those hours of footage in to a 2-3 minute montage of interviews and performance. This was then assembled with other similar pieces and presented to the students and foundation donors as a produced DVD in the program at an event, which Alma supported technology for.

Alma ingested and logged DV tape and edited the piece using AVID DV Pro.

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Horizon League Webcasting

By • On • In Employment, Productions, Teams and Groups

After taking a course in Multi-Source Live Video Production, Alma was qualified to join the crew of students who shot the University Men’s and Women’s Basketball games. During her time on staff, she regularly ran cables and set up cameras and tripods on the arena platforms before and after games. In addition, she operated cameras during most games both in the seating areas and immediately court side (on one occasion, Alma was even stepped on by a fast-moving J’Nathan Bullock) and she ran CG, updating scores for several games.

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Media Designer, CSU Theater Production of The Laramie Project

By • On • In Coursework and Research, Education, Productions, Self-Teaching, Teams and Groups

Directed by Dr Michael Mauldin

The Laramie Project documents the lives and reactions of a Wyoming community as they are immersed in the aftermath of the brutal murder of Matthew Sheppard. It contains the moving interviews by witnesses, family and friends and transcripts of court proceedings.

A scene in the play portrays the jarring descent of the national media on to the quite town of Laramie, many productions send all cast members armed with news paraphernalia storming through the audience. This, in addition to a greater integration of digital media in to the play, necessitated a cross-department outreach in Cleveland State University’s production. Alma was involved in a production of this play in high school as a member of house crew, and when she heard that my university was going to be producing it, she was compelled to be even more involved. When Alma heard of the need for a liaison between the Theater Arts department and the School of Communication, she worked with the faculty involved to develop an Independent Study course.

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