tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post2727388065617677411..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: Using video in a presentation: 7 steps to successMax Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-64067171184242250932011-03-12T13:24:18.006+00:002011-03-12T13:24:18.006+00:00Longer videos are not all that bad. I still rememb...Longer videos are not all that bad. I still remember things I learned back in 1992 during a presentation that was basically built around the lecturer showing a certain video called Claptrap.<br /><br />It was a very good presentation. :-)Max Anderssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046432998274931608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-87127859477162511572011-03-09T15:55:24.553+00:002011-03-09T15:55:24.553+00:00Hi Max
Thought-provoking post, thanks.
One thing...Hi Max<br /><br />Thought-provoking post, thanks.<br /><br />One thing that I'm chewing on, here: I agree with you that advert-length is good, so the audience doesn't get too comfortably passive. However, in my teaching (admittedly this is sometimes quite technical stuff), often the thing you want to illustrate with the video takes a bit longer — it's complex, but still worth sharing. Also, I feel that sometimes, it can take the audience several seconds to settle down into really watching/listening, and information at the very start of the video can get a bit lost in that settling-down-ness, because several seconds is a big chunk of 30 seconds. So all this pushes me towards the feeling that if you do really play a short, advert-length clip, it must be something very simple. Any thoughts on this?<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-18404979333153908752011-03-09T15:19:30.467+00:002011-03-09T15:19:30.467+00:00Nice post Max. Two thoughts for you and your reade...Nice post Max. Two thoughts for you and your readers:<br /><br />1. Since switching to Mac, I have found the embedding videos is a breeze with Keynote. Drag and drop. And, as you have noted, you can set the video to start and stop wherever you like. Plus, you can select any frame in the video as a still image to lead into the video (if you want one).<br /><br />2. While I agree in principle with your suggestion to keep clips short, there are (as always) exceptions. In one of the courses I teach on public speaking and presentation skills I am required to teach for an entire day. (Imagine that, 8 full hours of me - ugh!) Anyway, in such cases, a lengthier video (say, 5 minutes maximum) is fine in my view as it gives the audience a break from me and me a break from talking. Also, I use the videos of other speeches to demonstrate certain aspects of public speaking and thus, letting the audience see a bit more of the speaker is useful in my view.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />JohnJohn Zimmerhttp://mannerofspeaking.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-89861580797249105222011-03-09T14:57:35.073+00:002011-03-09T14:57:35.073+00:00Thanks very much for this, Jakob. So helpful that ...Thanks very much for this, Jakob. So helpful that I'll be trying it out on a blog post in due course - sounds like a great time-saver.Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-26403303922015369612011-03-09T14:41:42.206+00:002011-03-09T14:41:42.206+00:00Just wanted to chime in and tell you there is a wa...Just wanted to chime in and tell you there is a way to edit the embed URL in a way that starts the Youtube video at the specified time.<br /><br />http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/youtube/player_parameters.html#start<br /><br />With the start parameter you tell the player to skip a certain amount of seconds. Voila, no manual skipping necessary.<br /><br />Regarding embedding of video in presentations editing gives you the best control, so go ahead and shine up your presentation by all means. If you are not touching the quality/size/sound/whatever of the source material and only want to decide the start/end points, you can do that easily within Keynote for example, by selecting a starting and ending frame. No editing software necessary.<br /><br />best wishes,<br />JakobJakobhttp://blog.jochmann.menoreply@blogger.com