Interested in creating videos? JISC Video Assist could help
Have you got an idea for creating video resources to be used in your teaching? Do you and your team lack the skills and experience required to create the resources? An initiative called Video Assist, run by JISC Digital Media might be the very thing you are looking for.
Video Assist is an initiative running in the 2009-10 academic year which aims to provide specific project support for projects which involve the creation of new moving image resources. For each project, JISC Digital Media will provide 4 days’ worth per in-depth consultancy support and practical help.
It should be emphasised that this initiative does not provide you with any funding for your project. Nor will it provide you with staff to actually do the work for you. What it provides you with is access to professionals in the area to help guide and advise you through your project. What you should get at the end is a successfully completed project and staff who have the knowledge and skills to take the specific project further or to undertake similar projects.
The initiative has three rounds, the date for submission for round 1 has closed. One of the projects chosen for the scheme involves the creation of video materials for a Masters course and the other the creation of a video introduction to a Learning Resource Centre (Announcement on JISC Digital Media blog).
However the date for submission for round 2 is 20th November 2009 and round 3 is 26th February 2010 so that gives plenty of time to put something together. Further details about how to apply and the criteria that will be used to judge whether a project might be suitable for the initiative can be found on the JISC web site (link below).
Links
JISC Digital Media Video Assist web page
Photo credit
Andyrob – http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=clapperboard&w=21372046%40N00