Instructional Technologies Media Studio

In December 2014, the Division of Instructional Technologies opened a Media Studio in response to evolving curricular needs including more flipped classroom teaching and active learning opportunities. The Media Studio, located in Room 1008 on the first floor of the Medical Education Building in Irvine, has made it practical for School of Medicine educators (faculty, staff and students) to produce high-quality videos for use in teaching medical students, residents, patients and CME. Presenters can take advantage of the studio’s teleprompter, background canvas, green screen, high fidelity audio and studio lighting. Videos can include a “talking head” (video capture of the speaker), presentation slides and live demonstrations. Bring your imagination!

           

To see some examples of videos recorded in our Media Studio, visit:

BrainPath and Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Dr. Jeff Chen (using separate video feeds of the presentation and talking head and including a live demonstration)
PEP Talk – Holiday Decoration Safety with Dr. Alisa Wray (using the green screen technique to integrate the talking head into the presentation)
Motivational Interviewing by Dr. Lauren Marshall (using an interview format)

For more information on our Media Studio services, contact Francisco Chanes, fjchanes@uci.edu.

Workshop: Taking a Tour of Canvas Features Part 2

In our next workshop series, we will be presenting a demonstration of Assignments, Discussion Boards, the SpeedGrader and the Gradebook. These workshops will be offered on the following dates:

• Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 1-2 p.m., Medical Education Building, Colloquium Room 3070
• Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 9-10 a.m., Medical Education Building, Conference Room A1000

Systems Updates

• Ilios (Curriculum Management): We have finished Phase 1 of the preparation of our courses in Ilios for the upcoming academic year. Phase 2 will involve reviewing the course content for identification of topics/MeSH terms and defining/mapping meaningful learning objectives.
• Canvas (Learning Management): Canvas courses have been set up for all MS1-MS4 core courses that will use Canvas this year. The Canvas-Ilios integration is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
• Examsoft (Online Exam Administration): Our team is completing required administrator training and working out implementation details. We will provide more updates about Examsoft soon.
• PollEverywhere (Audience Response): We have an institutional license for this tool. Please contact us if you are interested in integrating audience response into your teaching. We will schedule training on PollEverywhere in the next few weeks.