Instructors Guide for Video Assignments:

"projects provide opportunities for students to develop a variety of skills, including critical viewing skills, language and communication skills, observation and investigation skills, collaborative learning skills, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving skills, project management and organizational skills, and visioning and analytical skills."

Video Assignment Calculator

https://tools.lib.umn.edu/AssignmentCalculator/AssignmentCalculator.html
(Currently under development. Questions? E-mail: Kate Peterson)

Example projects:

• Documentary video
• Artistic Video
• Interview
• Audio project
• Scripted, drama
• Narrated story
• Public service announcement
  
  

Best practices for assignments

• Clearly state goals and learning objectives
• Have students turn in storyboard
• Have students turn in scripts or any narration, interview questions, etc.
• Give students a realistic timeframe to do project
• Give the length of Project
• What is the final product DVD or posting
• YouTube considerations
• Citing Source material using a specific citation style
• Copyright
• How will the project be graded? Give grading rubric

Additional Sources:
Websites:
Creating and Assessing Video Assignments from Penn State (http://digitalcommons.psu.edu/node/416)

Articles & Books:

Gallery for Example Projects:

• Sparky Awards Video Winners: http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0122.shtml
• Kansas State University student examples: http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/march08/videos32508.html

Have Questions? Need Help?

• Getting Help to create assignments
• Help for students