Example Video Introductions to Unit Plans

Study the videoclips below to gather ideas and techniques for producing your own video projects. Then use the link at the bottom of the page to return to the video assignment.

Pick the size that works best for the networking speeds available to you. The faster the network, the larger the clip that it will be reasonable to watch. If these clips do not play properly on your Windows or Mac operating system, you will need Quicktime 4.0 or later installed to handle these quicktime files. See www.apple.com/quicktime for the latest versions of Quicktime.

At home using 36K modem speeds, the smallest movie formats (160x120) below will take approximately 50 minutes before all video data has transmitted. On a university campus with 10 MB ethernet speeds: the smallest movie format will transmit faster than the computer can play it with video display starting almost immediately; the 320x240 format may take a couple of minutes before all video data has arrived though video play can begin in spurts almost immediately.
 

OS-X Streaming Video Server
These files are optimized to match the bandwidth of receiver and hinted for streaming using medium quality, 100 mbs packets and Pure Voice compression. Frames with movie analysis are included with each link below.
By Monty Fuchs

(2:05 min.)

 speaker dressed in Greek toga costume next to Greek columns
  • Greek and Roman Mythology (160x120, 10.3 MB)

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  • Greek and Roman Mythology (320x240, 30.7 MB)
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    By Jenny Watson

    (2:16 min.)

    		 speaker knee-deep in stream holding glass jar full of water
  • The Water Cycle (160x120, 12.1 MB)

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  • The Water Cycle (320x240, 46 MB)
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    By Tex Jones
    (2:00 min.)    		 bottles of plastic in stream - pollution
  • Pollution (160x120, 6.5 MB)

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  • Pollution (320x240, 24.9 MB)
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    By Janet Harrison

    (1:46 min.)

    		 3 actors in skit on nutrition
  • Nutrition for You (160x120, 4.3 MB)

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  • Nutrition for You (320x240, 10.8 MB)
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    My special thanks to each of the class participants above who allowed me to share their work for the purpose of further enabling other learners in this course. The online video available through this web page was digitized, edited, compressed with the resources at Western Carolina University's Collaborative Hi-Technology Center (CHTC): Mac G3, Final Cut Pro. It is streamed from the video server currently located in the CHTC. To put your own video on the web, study further information on the streaming process or visit the staff at WCU's Faculty Center.
     
     


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