Are you a graduate student, faculty, or staff member at the University of Washington? Are you curious about showcasing your scholarly story or research to a broader audience? Are you interested in making a digital story (basically a short video) that will dazzle viewers?
The UW Libraries are offering a fun, community based, 4-week online workshop focused on the process of digital storytelling. This totally free, online program will take you through the start-to-finish process of brainstorming your idea with others, writing a script for narration and production, recording your narration, creating and collecting digital materials for your video, putting everything together with an easy-to-use beginner’s video editor called Clipchamp, and, finally, getting feedback and recognition from supportive peers in an accepting learning environment.
In this workshop, you can expect to:
- Interact, exchange ideas, and give feedback to fellow UW digital storytellers in an interdisciplinary, relaxed, and empathetic learning environment.
- Write a script for a short video.
- Collect, create, and organize digital materials to realize that script—like recorded narrative, images, video, sound effects, and music.
- Learn about Creative Commons, fair use, and copyright in media making.
- Learn how to use a beginners’ video editor called Clipchamp. (If you’re comfortable using other programs like iMovie or Adobe Premiere, then you’re welcome to use those.)
- Learn about making accessible media complete with captions and transcripts.
Workshop Details:
- The course will run from May 1 to May 22.
- There will be four live Friday sessions on May 1, May 8, May 15, and May 22 hosted via Zoom from 2:00-4:00 pm. These sessions will not be recorded: please plan on attending all of them.
- The amount of time you can spend on your digital stories is definitely open ended, but we believe that over the course of four weeks, you’ll probably spend 15-20 hours going through the process of attending classes, coming up with an idea, writing a script, collecting digital materials, putting everything together with a video editor, sharing your work with others, and finalizing and celebrating your finished digital story!
To apply, please fill out this registration form by April 23rd.
