As you’ve probably noticed, online videos are used more and more by universities and colleges trying to reach (and entertain) prospective students and their parents. According to a report released last Thursday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, The State of Online Video, 69% of online adults now watch videos online. The use […]
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Higher Ed TV: SUNY Plattsburgh President stars in a funny video invitation to summer reunion
While I’ve never met Dr. John Ettling, SUNY Plattsburgh President, I’m pretty sure he has a good sense of humor. Following in the path of several college presidents (Macalester College President is the most recent one that comes to mind), President Ettling stars in a 4-minute YouTube video serving as the official invitation to this […]
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 […]
Higher Ed TV: Behind the scenes of “President’s Day at Macalester College” with Amy Phenix, Director of Communications & Public Relations
You might have already heard about this YouTube video as several higher ed bloggers (mstonerblog, The Old College Try and edustir among others) and twitterers have mentioned it this week. President’s Day at Macalester College is a 5-minute online video featuring President Brian Rosenberg. Not your traditional college president video at all. This online video […]
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: T’is the season of out-of-the-(gift)-box videos
While I was working on the web redesign of Higher Ed Experts those past few weeks, I received a few interesting tips about creative projects created by 3 different institutions. Patric Lane, Health and Science Editor at UNC News Services, sent me this first tip. Santa is ready to ride! is a YouTube video about […]
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. […]
LipDubbed Campus Tours: Suffolk University and Texas State University did it
It looks like the incredible success of the lipdub produced by students from UQAM in Montreal, QC (more than 2.5 million views as of this writing) has pushed some institutions in the US to finally join the university lipdub movement. Texas State University in San Marcos did its lipdub on November 8th in the LBJ […]
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 […]
Want a fresh take on the campus tour online video? Have a look at the University LipDub Project!
This is one of these posts I have to write as soon as possible. I was working on my weekly newsletter when I checked very quickly Twitter and saw this tweet from Mike Richwalsky about an online video: Twitter / Mike Richwalsky: Great 1-take video from UQAM. Great coordination + shooting. Mike knows online videos, […]
The registration deadline for Online Videos 360 Webinars has been postponed to this Friday (September 11) at 9PM ET
I’m postponing the registration deadline for next week’s webinar series: Online Videos 360 (September 15, 16 & 17) to this Friday (September 11) at 1PM ET. For more info and to register, you can visit www.higheredexperts.com/onlinevideos360 This 3-webinar series will be presented by Mike Richwalsky (Allegheny College), Liz Giorgi (University of Minnesota) along with one […]
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 […]
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