ONEMercury Tutorials โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Final Post

Over the course of the summer internship, some things went better than others, but, overall, challenges were minor. I am grateful for the experience, having learned a great deal about metadata, data curation, the field of technical writing and training, and video production. In addition to providing feedback on the Continue reading ONEMercury Tutorials โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Final Post

Last Summer Blog : Week 9

As the summer internship comes to a close – I have a few last notes about the data management videos. I do have one last hurdle … working through getting all of the raw data back to DataONE via secure ftp. ย My goal is to tackle this over the weekend. Continue reading Last Summer Blog : Week 9

Recording Tutorials โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #8

This week’s progress consisted of lots script-tweaking followed by voice recording and screen capture, and then syncing the two together. To keep consistency, I wanted to get the groundwork done across all the tutorial videos before filling in the visual aids. I’m saving the demo video for last because it Continue reading Recording Tutorials โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #8

DUG Meeting Feedback โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #7

I received useful feedback on the four videos I presented at the DUG meeting last weekend. Audience members included librarians and other university employees, federal employees (USGS), DataONE folks, and others, so there were a variety of viewpoints represented. Most members were naive of the current ONEMercury interface. Attention-guiding additions Continue reading DUG Meeting Feedback โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #7

Off to the DUG meeting โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #6

This week’s efforts were mostly a wrap-up of last week’s work in preparation for the DUG meeting: more screencast tutorial recording and editing along various styles. In particular creating a video for the geographic search shows off how some of the visual effects look in a more complex user interface. Continue reading Off to the DUG meeting โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #6

Week #07 : More Videos in Rough Cut Stage

I am well on my way to completing video #02 & #03. ย Both are in rough cut stage and Iโ€™m confident with some tweaking will be completed before the end of my term. ย Video #02 has to do with tree analysis and Video #03 has to do with a bug Continue reading Week #07 : More Videos in Rough Cut Stage

Scaling back on the DUG meeting questionnaire โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #5

Firstly, thanks to those who took a moment to respond to my one-question poll last week. Opinions were split evenly, with half of the voters preferring different content and half preferring maintaining exactly the same script. In addition to the poll, I got some great feedback from several readers on Continue reading Scaling back on the DUG meeting questionnaire โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #5

Brevity is the soul of scriptwriting โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #4

I created a draft submission for internal review board approval of our plan to hand out some questionnaires at the DUG meeting. Hopefully the findings will be published, so it’s important to go about things properly. Specifically, I’ll be showing alternate video styles (more or fewer effects, such as animations Continue reading Brevity is the soul of scriptwriting โ€“ Screencast Tutorials, Week #4

Creative & Common : Blog Week #01

I find that every great story is derived from detailed interviews and research. ย Iโ€™ve started out my piece of the project with a handful of great stories about DATA collection and a great amount of freedom to research content to support these stories. For those who donโ€™t know, itโ€™s my Continue reading Creative & Common : Blog Week #01