All advice documents, training courses and blog entries tagged 'training'
Cross-media advice tagged 'training'
Signposts to Relevant Organisations
This page provides links to four types of organisation that digitisation project staff may be interested in: Academic Service Providers; Public Sector Organisations; Standards Organisations; International Organisations.
Read full advice document...Digitisation Staff Training
This paper takes a general looks at the staffing issues related to a digitisation project from a management perspective. It is intended to be of use to resource management staff considering the digitisation of all or part of their collection.
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Training courses tagged 'training'
Building Effective Screencasts
Screencasts - videos of on-screen computer activity, accompanied by voice-over, and possibly other media (webcam video, Powerpoint slides etc) - have in recent times increased massively in popularity, scope and acceptance, and can now provide a sophisticated learning experience, incorporating slides, images, video, audio, screen annotation, subtitles, interactive quizzes and more.. Whether you want to narrate a presentation, demonstrate the use of software, or record and share your screen for any other reason, a screencast may well be the answer.
This practical one-day workshop provides an opportunity to learn how to maximise the value of screencasting in presentation, demonstration and digital storytelling for teaching and learning, in the context of the whole workflow from planning your own short screencast to rendering it as a video. We've even had some delegates posting finished screencasts to YouTube by the end of the day!
Read course description...Advanced Techniques in Digital Image Capture
This course looks at the technical background behind, and procedures for, image capture and optimisation delivered through hands-on activities. This workshop will teach you how to produce the correct end product for your intended purpose and teach you the easy 'science' of scanning to remove the guesswork from your image capture.
Read course description...Digital Photography - Taking Control of your SLR
This action packed course looks in depth at using a digital SLR's creative controls to put you in charge of your photography. You will also have plenty of hands-on practice with the camera and be shown how to effectively illuminate 2D and 3D objects using tungsten and fluorescent studio lighting.
Read course description...Digital Photography - Getting Started with your SLR
This entry level course will provide you with an understanding of the techniques and skills needed to produce great quality images from a digital SLR camera with ease. Some illuminating background theory will be supported by hands-on practical exercises in photography.
Read course description...Colour Management
Effective colour management is vital within the digital workflow and anyone working with digital images should understand and be employing the core principles. This training course introduces colour management theory and 'good practice' to ensure that you understand how to achieve consistent and accurate colour between applications, platforms, and devices.
Read course description...Audio Production: Recording Lectures, Seminars, Interviews and Podcasts
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to record and produce recordings of spoken word audio, with specific emphasis being placed upon the recording of lectures, seminars and events. You will learn the basic concepts of recording technologies and through practical exercises you will learn how to confidently apply these to practical situations. The workshop will also introduce you to ideas for delivering new media such as podcasting, and suggest methods for managing your digital recordings.
Read course description...Introduction to Image Metadata
This course is designed specifically to help you consider how to effectively incorporate metadata into the fabric of your image collection, through explanation, discussion and practical activities.
Read course description...Digitising Analogue Video Recordings
Over the past fifty years the videotape has grown from an obscure television production tool into a vibrant and vital social document. But videotape has proved to be a fragile long-term medium and its contents are at risk. This risk can only be mitigated through careful planning. This workshop will investigate the challenges associated with the preservation of videotapes. Through practical exercises, we will look at how digitising materials to archival standards can both safeguard and help develop a collection. We will also look at the challenge of creating a sustainable digital collection. Quality assurance procedures and best practice will be referred to throughout.
Read course description...Essential Techniques in Digital Image Capture
This entry level course provides an easy to understand theoretical overview of digital images and image capture combined with practical exercises using both a scanner and digital SLR camera for those getting started with creating digital images.
Read course description...Using Digital Media in VLEs
This one day workshop focuses on the effective use of digital media online including the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). During the workshop attendees will discover how to improve their presentation resources, know when and how digital media can be used to enhance learning materials and be able to successfully embed their new knowledge in their VLE and online services.
Read course description...Essential Photoshop Skills
This course will get you up and running with Adobe Photoshop. You will learn key concepts and skills to enable you to understand and start using this exciting application with confidence.
Read course description...Image Optimisation for Print and Web
This course covers the essential skills you need in order to maximise the quality and visual appeal of digital images from both scanners and digital cameras. You will learn the tips and tricks necessary to transform your images quickly and easily.
Read course description...Building a Departmental Image Collection
This course will provide you with a hands-on experience of creating, managing and delivering a departmental image collection. You will acquire the foundation knowledge required to make well informed decisions about building an image library. You will also have the opportunity to discuss and share information with people from the HE/FE/Cultural sector facing similar issues in order to help you develop practical solutions.
Read course description...Copyright and Digital Media
This informative and stimulating course is run by a leading expert in copyright. It looks in-depth at how copyright and other legal issues impact upon digital media and it will enable you to develop practical approaches to clearing and managing those rights within your own collections.
Read course description...Scanning with the CLA Licence
This course provides a thorough practical overview of how to digitise images and text from print-based materials. You will use a desktop scanner and related technology to effectively enable you to leverage the rights granted to you by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) scanning licence.
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Blog entries tagged 'training'
Online surgery retrospective
With online sessions gaining in popularity and use, this is a quick look at how we have used Elluminate for our online surgeries, and some of the feedback we've had from users. Many of our users have recently been expressing increasing interest in delivering online interactive sessions. If you want more information contact Zak or Gavin, and check out the surgery archive.
This is a short promotional video we made to explain what it's all about...
Read blog entry...RIP Teachers TV 2005-2011
Teachers TV is no more. Although broadcasting ceased last August, Teachers TV continued to exist as a web-based resource up until last Friday, but now that has gone as well.
Read blog entry...Any suggestions for a video surgery?
Following on from the success of our recent online surgeries, we're planning to hold a couple of live sessions on the subject of video.
Read blog entry...JISC Digital Media Training Schedule Winter/Spring 2011
JISC Digital Media is happy to announce its workshop and seminar schedule for January to April 2011.
Read blog entry...JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminars 2011
Following on from its sell-out beginnings in 2010 the new JISC Advance programme of Digital Media and Copyright seminars moves north to Glasgow and also for a return visit to London in early 2011.
Read blog entry...New date for copyright seminar
Our JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar in London is now fully booked, but we have just announced a new date in Somerset.
Read blog entry...JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar, London
Do you use images from the internet in PowerPoint? Are you struggling to get your head around the rights of your digital collection? Are you embarking on producing your own digital media resources? JISC Digital Media in association with JISC Legal is hosting a brand new JISC Advance - Digital Media and Copyright Seminar to help disseminate information in order to help you protect your resources and your institution.
Read blog entry...New training dates for Sep - Dec
We've just pubished our new training programme for September to December.
Read blog entry...Screencasting workshop - extra date
We're now taking bookings for our new Building Effective Screencasts workshop on September 16th. UPDATE: 16th Sep is now fully booked, but we have added an extra date Tuesday 12th October.
Read blog entry...New screencasting workshop
We are very pleased to announce a brand new screencasting workshop in our training programme.
Read blog entry...New training dates and details released
We've just published our new training programme.
Read blog entry...Five new training courses for 2010
We're very pleased to announce our training programme for January to April 2010... and we have no fewer than five brand new courses in the schedule!
Read blog entry...Three new moving image documents just added to the website!
After some delay, the Basic Guide to Videoing Interviews, the Basic Guide to Videoing Lectures and the Basic Guide to the Flip are now up on our website.
Read blog entry...Free-to-attend digitisation seminars
JISC Digital Media have just announced a series of free-to-attend seminars in September.
Read blog entry...And the winner is…
The first two institutions have been chosen for JISC Ditital Media's new Video Assist programme.
Read blog entry...New digital restoration course among autumn training dates
The keen-eyed among you will have already noticed we have just released details of our new training programme for September to December.
Read blog entry...Helpdesk and training provide expert guidance
A new case study reveals how we have been of help to our FE colleagues.
Read blog entry...April training update
Due to high levels of demand JISC Digital Media is putting on an additional course for Audio Production: Recording Lectures, Seminars, Interviews and Podcasts on the 3rd June.
Read blog entry...Spare places on Finding Free Images course
Following a cancellation, we now have two spare places on next week's training course.
Read blog entry...Video training course - place available
UPDATE: 24th April now full, next available date 4th August. Following a cancellation, we have a spare place on our new Digitising Analogue Video Recordings training course on Fri 24th April.
Read blog entry...Summer workshop programme
We've just published our new series of courses for the summer term
All of these courses are scheduled to run in Bristol. However, we are often able to provide training for you in your institution and almost all of our workshops can be requested as a one-to-one (see the training page on our website for details of this).
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Training courses
- Building Effective Screencasts 14 February 2012
- Introduction to Image Metadata 22 March 2012
- Colour Management 29 May 2012
- Digitising Analogue Video Recordings 20 June 2012
