Digital Media Support and Equipment

Educational Media refers to multimodal resources designed to engage and assist students in the learning process.

The Media Team within the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education & Student Experience Portfolio can provide advice on technologies, applications and equipment that enable academic staff to design, develop and integrate digital media resources into a course of study. We can assist in media production for teaching purposes and have professional facilities that are available for this purpose. The M²C Media Studios are equipped with a Lightboard for capturing illustrated presentations, a Wacom tablet for screencasting presentations and a green screen for video presentations.

If you are recording DIY videos at home to support your course content, the team can help you with professionally editing the footage.

Please fill in the Media Request Form for any filming and editing requirements.

Recording DIY videos

If you would like to create a DIY video, there are online resources available in the mediaUcreate course (Self Enrolment Key: unsw) designed to give an overview of how to get started with developing educational media resources.

Equipment hire

We also have equipment that is available for you to borrow. Please note: This service is only available for UNSW staff creating media resources for students.

Use the online form to borrow media equipment. The equipment can be picked up from the LowerGround floor of the Goodsell building. Enter via the Scientia Lawn side and we are located at the first door on the left.

Please email the media team beforehand so that we can ensure someone is available to assist.

Media examples

Demonstrations	Lightboard	Mini-lectures

Welcome Messages	Interviews	Simulations

Video types and estimated times

This is a list of the types of videos that we typically produce as well as rough estimates for the filming and editing times we allocate.

Please note that all time allocations are estimates only and will depend on each video’s specific requirements.
All estimates are based on the creation of one video only.

Filming time allocation also includes set up time.

Studio Shoots.

Video Type	Filming Time Allocation	Editing Time Allocation
Welcome Video	1-2 hours	3-5 hours
Direct to Camera Video	1-3 hours	3-6 hours
Interview Video	1-3 hours	3-6 hours
Lightboard Video	1-2 hours	3-5 hours
Demonstration Video	1-3 hours	3-6 hours

Non-Studio Shoots:

Video Type	Filming Time Allocation	Editing Time Allocation
Welcome Video	1-2 hours	2-4 hours
Demonstration Video	3-6 hours	6-9 hours
Interview Video	3-4 hours	4-6 hours
Lecture Video	1-2 hours	1-2 hours
Promo / Marketing Video	3-5 hours	8-10 hours
Event Coverage / Vox-Pop Interviews	Time Dependent	6-8 hours
Re-enactment / Scenario-Based Video	3-5 hours	6-8 hours

For all shoots please indicate whether you require any additional material that we will need to produce such as b-roll cutaway footage, images, photographs or graphics, etc.

This will help us estimate the shooting/editing time required for each project.

Contact

Feel free to contact a member of the team to find out more about how the media team can help:

Brian Landrigan (Educational Media Manager) b.landrigan@unsw.edu.au x58522
David Nguyen david.m.nguyen@unsw.edu.au
Anh Nguyen anh.nguyen1@unsw.edu.au
Roxie Vuong roxie.vuong@unsw.edu.au

Resources for UNSW staff

The Connections Seminar series and the annual Learning and Teaching Forum provide platforms for UNSW staff to explore different aspects of learning and teaching, share ideas and get feedback on practice and research.

Recordings and presentations can be found on the respective Moodle course sites (self-enrolment key provided)

2018 Learning and Teaching Forum on October 26, 2018: Flippo: A tool for easily creating short and sweet educational videos presented by Mr Jake Fitzgerald and Mr Hugh Chan, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (self-enrolment key: lntforum)
Connections Seminar on July 10, 2018: Video e-consultations: Enhancing student engagement and assessment presented by Dr Giriraj Singh Shekhwat, School of Population Health, University of Auckland (self-enrolment key: unswconnections)
Connections Seminar on March 14, 2018: Educational Film: What makes a good one and why should we care? presented by Mr Brian Landrigan, Educational Media Manager, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) Portfolio (self-enrolment key: unswconnections)
Connections Seminar on February 19, 2018: The Effects of Educational Video on Student Achievement presented by Professor Chris Tisdell, Faculty of Science, Director, Scientia Education Academy (self-enrolment key: unswconnections)