Andrew Smith – The Learning & Applied Innovation Digital Garden

March 22, 2024

Generative AI as a Collaborative Tool for Transforming Digital Storytelling Projects

Recently, a group of design minded folks in the NY6 gathered for some conversation around generative AI, and the potential impacts that it can have on teaching and learning. One of the outcomes of this gathering for me has been a renewed interest in thinking about how we can transform the digital narrative project into a more robust and engaging...

Teaching

March 19, 2024

Digital Stories in Modern Academics: The Post-Pandemic Value of Storytelling

Digital storytelling has been part of the lexicon of course assignments for several decades at this point. So, as I’ve been pondering the work of the Digital Learning and Media Center, the ever-present question has been, what’s the relevance of digital stories in modern, post-pandemic coursework? Further, should this be our bread-and-butter project type? Before answering these, it’s worth grappling...

Uncategorized

April 30, 2023

3 More Useful Features of Panopto

1) Assignment Folders One of the cool features of Panopto that many users are not aware of is assignment folders. The idea is simple, these are special folders that you create for a course that give students the ability to create and upload their assignments in video form so that you can see, and comment on them from one location...

Digital Life/Resources

March 15, 2023

Public 3D Printing at Colgate

If you’ve been on the fifth floor of Case-Geyer you may have seen, or heard, the row of FlashForge Creator Pro printers working away outside of the DLMC. These are part of our public 3D printing resources offered by The Hub and The DLMC, and are an excellent resource to learn and develop additive manufacturing skills. 3D printing technology has...

Resources

January 30, 2023

3 Useful Features of Panopto

If you’re not familiar, Panopto is a dedicated video platform that has a robust set of features to aid in teaching and learning. It’s a generally great tool, and as a video delivery service, it works exceedingly well. That said, there’s a lot more to Panopto than just a ‘YouTube for college campuses.’ Taking a dive into the features, here...

Digital Life/Learning

January 13, 2023

Design Daze

As we prepare for the start of the Spring semester, I’ve been busy preparing for the launch of Design Daze here in the Digital Learning and Media Center (DLMC). Digital Design Daze are 90 minute workshops aimed at helping take a project from concept to prototype using digital tools that we have access to at Colgate. Some workshops will help...

Articles of Interest/Events/Learning

December 2, 2022

Open source: for more than just applications?

In looking around for some new stock footage with which I could teach, I rediscovered a concept I first encountered years ago: open source films. You might be familiar with open source projects, or the concept of open source. Many popular pieces of software are created, distributed, and maintained by using this principle: Firefox, VLC, Blender, and most of the...

Articles of Interest/Digital Life

October 31, 2022

Liquifying Faces and Other Adobe AI Fun

Adobe Sensei never ceases to amaze me. Over the past couple years, the Adobe backed AI research has had tremendous, practical implications on multiple creative applications. For those unaware, the strides are truly tremendous, and at times a bit scary. Take a look at the facial manipulation in Photoshop using the liquefy tool, or making things disappear with content aware...

Digital Life/Resources

October 4, 2022

Quick Wins Using Adobe Express

Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) is a free, low barrier to entry tool that anyone can use. Registering for a free account using any of a number of quick sign-up options allows anyone to quickly spin up projects that autosave, and are accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. There are a number of great things to say...

Learning/Resources

September 21, 2022

Resurrecting the Podcast as an Engaging Assignment Option

Lately in the DLMC we’ve been diving back into sound recording conversations. Working with faculty, fellow staff, and the Media Mentor student staff, capturing sound has been the focus of multiple folks, and not just for film! Podcasts have resurfaced as a teaching tool that provides a valuable set of skills for students and offers a different form of assessment...