Last week Rick Stutz, Coordinator of E-Communications at Juniata College, emailed me to share the video tour that was created for his college’s library. This funny 4-minute video piqued my interest, so I decided to find out how it had been done. Rick Stutz, Nathan Wagoner, Director of the Digital Media Studio and John Mumford, […]
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Watch the making of the BYU Library online video to find out how they did it
In my previous post, Chris Garcia from BYU Library Multimedia Team answered a few questions about the YouTube hit his team created, but if you want to see how they did this million-view video (1,357,775 at the time of this writing including 126,150 on mobile devices), just watch this short making of: You can also […]
Higher Ed TV: a behind-the-scenes look at the New Spice video from the Harold B. Lee Library with Chris Garcia, Multimedia Project Manager
Mike Richwalksy from HighEdWebTech has been keeping track of interesting videos produced by institutions for some time now. So, when I saw he posted about a higher ed parody of the big social media hit video campaign, Old Spice, I checked out the video right away. Believe it or not, but I had been so […]
How to bring back to your site all your online videos hosted on YouTube, iTunes and others — in no time
Do you have online videos hosted on third-party websites such as YouTube, iTunes, Vimeo, etc. and wish they could all be found in one place – on a branded website within your domain name that will be automatically updated as soon as new videos are uploaded to the third-party websites? Do you wish you could […]
The University of Delaware tries a new take on the Admissions video by involving prospective students in its making
A few weeks before the “That’s I chose Yale” video was released, two admissions officers from the University of Delaware launched another musical into the wild, Reading Season. Their video struck a chord in admissions offices across the country even though it was just a side project for both admissions officers. When I interviewed Avi […]
Higher Ed TV: Behind the scenes of “That’s Why I chose Yale” with a video interview by TargetX
Unless you’ve been really, really busy (and away from your computer, iPhone or iPad – wait that one isn’t out there yet ;-), you’ve already heard about Yale’s admissions video: “That’s why I chose Yale,” a 16-minute tongue-in-cheek musical, highly produced but all done by students or recent alums. Picked up by the New York […]
Higher Ed TV: Johns Hopkins University thanks its donors with a great lipdub
It looks like lip synching is the new black in college online videos (or is it that I really like lipdubs and feel compelled to post about any new one I stumbled upon?) I watch this very well produced online video after Dale Keiger, Associate editor of Johns Hopkins Magazine, posted about it on the […]
Higher Ed TV: Reading Season, a Glee-ish video from a UDel Admissions Counselor
Have you watched “Reading Season, The Musical” yet? This YouTube video was brought to my attention yesterday over Twitter via a quick post from TargetX Jeff Kallay. As you’ve probably noticed, I always try to keep an eye on online videos produced in higher ed. So, I watched it and immediately felt compelled to share […]
How to YouTube with Success — and closed captions
My latest UB column is now available in the November/December issue as well as online: “How to YouTube with Success: Six tips for optimizing online videos” Here are the 6 tips: 1. Get listed on YouTube EDU. 2. Make videos that are easy to share. 3. Choose keyword-rich titles, descriptions, and tags for the videos. […]
Higher Ed TV – Behind the Scenes: Start of the Academic Year Video from Imperial College London
This year, several institutions have chosen to produce special videos to welcome freshmen on campus. I’ve already written about “It’s Your Turn” from Missouri S&T, but today I’d like to share the video from Imperial College London in the UK. At 3 minutes and 36 seconds, this video does a great job at presenting the […]
Find out how closed captioning can make a big difference for your online videos
Two days ago, I had the chance to attend the rehearsal of the webinar Glenda Sims will present on September 16: ADA-Compliant Web Videos 101: How to produce and publish online videos accessible to people with disabilities Glenda is a true accessibility champion. Her presentation does a great job at providing the reasons why accessible […]
Higher Ed TV – Behind the Scenes: It’s Your Turn, a video from Missouri S&T
Last week, Andrew Careaga, director of communications at Missouri S&T, shared on his blog a really great video his team had developed to be played at convocation at the request of the alum association. Didn’t get a chance to watch the video? Take 4 minutes to watch a really cool take on 140 years of […]
Find out how some YouTube videos went viral with the Statistics & Data feature
Don’t know if you’ve noticed but YouTube released about a month ago a new feature available by default for all the videos it hosts (unless you disable it): Data and Statistics. As explained on the YouTube Help Center’s section about Data and Statistics, this new feature is meant to “show you what factors are driving […]
Want to learn how to create better, viral, and ADA-compliant web videos? Register by August 26 for Online Videos 360 Webinars
If you read this blog, there is no doubt you know how important online videos have become in the higher ed marketing and communication mix. With YouTube, iTunes and others, your target audiences have come to expect to be able to watch news and interesting things happening at your institution. Anybody can now upload a […]
To showcase your academic experts, forget TV and embrace Ustream… like Duke University
Duke University has done it again. With “Office Hours,” a new series in partnership with Ustream launched today at noon ET, the institution has found another great way to showcase the expertise of its faculty. The idea – put a professor in front of the camera for an informal Q&A with the university community and […]
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