Help with Multimodal Composition

You might know of resources that I don’t know of. Please bring them to my attention!

Digital Production Facilities at St. Edward’s

• The Digital Media Center is on the second floor of the library. It “supports the creation and use of digital media in education, scholarship and creative expression. We provide a learning space for virtual consultation and online resources for digital media, including audio, video, images and interactive media.”
  

Writing for the Ear

• “The journey from print to radio storytelling: A guide for navigating a new landscape” by Alison Macadam

• “Writing for the Ear.” Free online course from The Poynter Institute (geared toward audio reporting, but the lessons on writing, revising, and editing are useful in my courses).

Recording Screencasts

• iPhone screen recording

• Android screen recording

• Loom for Education (make sure to use your St. Ed’s email address to sign up so you aren’t subject to the five-minute limit)

• Screencastomatic

• Using Google Meet for Screencasting (Use your St. Edward’s Google Account for this)

• Using Zoom for Screencasting (everyone with a St. Edward’s login has Zoom pro version)

• Using Mac’s built-in screen recorder

• Windows 10 built-in screen recorder

• MS PowerPoint with audio narration=Do not use. File sizes are too big.

Sharing Files with Privacy Control (or not, as you choose)

• Your St. Edward’s Google Drive permissions

• YouTube channel settings (private vs. unlisted vs. public)

Graphics and Videos

• Embedding video into Google Slides

• Using Capcut for video editing

• Adobe Spark (use a free account)

• Canva

• Visme

• Studiobinder: The Ultimate Guide to Camera Shots

• StudioBinder: Camera Angles Explained: The Different Types of Camera Shot Angles in Film

• Handbrake (free, cross-platform conversion of video from one format to another)

• OpenShot (free, cross-platform video editing)

• VLC (“VLC is a free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols”)

GIF Makers

• Giphy

• Ezgif

• Gifrun (for online videos)

• Screen to GIF (not for Mac)

• ShareX (screenshots and GIFs) (Windows)

• LICEcap (open-platform)

Taking Screenshots

• Directions for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, etc.

• ShareX (screenshots and GIFs) (Windows)

Royalty-Free Images (still have to cite)

• Where to download public-domain images by Hillary K. Grigonis NB: Make sure that you understand the particular status of the particular images you intend to use. Be sure to credit.

• Pexels (be sure to pay attention to the license)

• Unsplash (be sure to pay attention to the license)

Royalty-Free Music (still have to cite)

• Bensound.com (stick to the free ones; be sure to credit)

Remixable Assets

• Creative Commons (” Non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.”)

Comics

• Ryan O’Donnell’s Google Slides Comic Template

• Four free online comic-strip makers

• Three-Act Story Structure in Comic Strips

• Printable Comics Templates

• Mockuper

Paper Prototyping and Storyboarding Help

• Paper Prototyping: The 10-Minute Practical Guide

• StudioBinder’s Storyboard Templates

Ideas for Genres

• A long list of genres (and even this is not exhaustive)

Websites and Interactive Stories

• Weebly Basic (free)

• Perplexity Pages

• Wix (use the free option)

• Twine (free, open-source, cross-platform interactive stories)

Infographics and Posters

• Piktochart (infographics-free online)

• Ten Tips for Poster Design

• Lying with Graphics (don’t lie–these are examples of what not to do)

• Bad Infographics (what not to do)

Audio Editing (free)

• Audacity