Category: Digital Projects

Technical and pedagogical resources for multimedia projects that span disciplines and tools. Includes information on things like mapping, timelines, podcasting, online exhibits, and network analysis, as well as more general guidance about planning and scaffolding in your courses. More project examples are available on the Digital Liberal Arts website, which houses a running list of digital projects on campus, and an overview of our first annual DLA showcase.

Podcast Workshop

Podcasting workshop held at New Faculty Orientation 2021. Features a slideshow, schedule, and links to resources.

Digital Projects/Workshops

Create a Transcript of a Recorded Zoom Meeting

Creating a written transcript from interviews and presentations is now possible when using the closed captioning feature in Zoom. Make sure you are using Macalester’s Zoom account by logging in at macalester.zoom.us. The host may enable Live Transcript by selecting the CC icon on the bottom of the Zoom screen Select Enable Auto-Transcription If you would like to a running...

Access and Inclusion/Activities/Asynchronous/Digital Projects/Group Work/Lecture/Presentations/Sharing Media

Shooting Video with a Cellphone

General Tips and Tricks Tip that camera sideways! Make sure you’re recording landscape unless you specifically need to record in portrait. Clean your lens! Don’t use digital zoom – it can lead to pixelization Use airplane mode to help silence notifications Shoot with the back lens (even when you’re shooting yourself) rather than the selfie lens Turn on grid lines...

Asynchronous/Digital Projects/Flipped Classroom/Lecture/Presentations

Podcasting

I need to make a podcast… A podcast is a digitally recorded audio file that can be downloaded or streamed for listening. Podcast content is as varied as the hosts who produce them. They can be long or short, serious interviews or comedic parodies, groundbreaking research or fictional stories that last for 5 minutes or span several episodes. As class...

Asynchronous/Digital Projects/Practice-based

Creating Podcasts

Xavier Haro-Carrión shares the assignment prompt and project examples from his course GEOG/LATI 249: Environment and Society in Latin America, for which his students created podcasts.

Assignments/Digital Projects/Faculty & Staff Stories

ArcGIS StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps allows you and your students to create inspiring, immersive stories by combining text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content. Stories can be published and shared with the public, with only Macalester users, or with more limited groups within Macalester, which allows you to tailor content to a chosen audience. Use this guide to get started with ArcGIS StoryMaps!

Digital Projects

Teaching and Working with Google Sites

Google Sites is an easy-to-use design application that’s great for building simple websites for use in teaching, research, and sharing information. Use this guide to learn how to use Google Sites and incorporate it into your course!

Digital Projects

WeVideo

WeVideo is a web-based video editing platform that is relatively simple and user-friendly, and is completely in the cloud. Use the tutorials in this guide to learn how to use WeVideo!

Digital Projects

Creating an Online Exhibition

Naomi Sussman shares how she adapted her students’ development of a prototype exhibit for the San Diego Old Courthouse into an online exhibit using Google Sites and other online resources. Working together online, her students created the Toolkit of Resistance: An Online Exhibit Prepared by “The Native Southwest” in conjunction with the San Pasqual Band of Kumeyaay.

Digital Projects/Faculty & Staff Stories/Group Work

Online Exhibitions 101

Online exhibitions can always make for dynamic class projects, but they’re especially useful when in-person class might not be possible. Watch this video by Aisling Quigley to learn what kind of online exhibition to use in your course.

Digital Projects/Group Work/Presentations