using digital media @ Leicester college

opportunities for

using digital media

Advice documents - covering many uses of still images, moving images and audio

Training & consultancy - One day workshops or tailored collaboration

Free Helpdesk - Responses within five days

Online surgery - Regular sessions you where you can ask us anything or watch a themed presentation

User experience

Context

Design for the medium

Before, during and after

Usability testing

DESIGN

A system makes it manageable

Common workflow

Set of guidelines – that you can break later

Cues – if I am meant to respond then make it clear

DESIGN for PowerPoint

Common PowerPoint issues

Crowded slides

Low quality images / graphics

Poor line-height

Positioning of bullet points

Improving PowerPoint

Default PowerPoint size is 4:3

960 pixels by 720 pixels

Use consistent styles

Headings, copy, quotes

Use a type scale

24, 36, 48, 60, 72

Line-height (spaces between lines)

Consider a grid

Improving PowerPoint

Default PowerPoint size is 4:3

960 pixels by 720 pixels

Use consistent styles (headings etc)

Use a convention

Use a type scale 24, 36, 48, 60, 72

Consider a grid

Use consistent styles

Use a type scale

Line-height (spaces between lines)

Consider a grid

24, 36, 48, 60, 72

Headings, copy, quotes

Constraint

A method of limiting the actions that can be performedon a system

Diversity in Leicester CollegeFacts and Figures…

In the College

•72% of our students are studying part time•16% of our learners are studying English for Speakers of Other Languages•46% of our learners are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds•73% of our learners are over 19 years old•7% of our learners are disabled•7% of our learners have learning difficulties

In Leicester City

•40% of people are from

• Black or minority ethnic

• backgrounds

•(31% of those are Asian)

•There are 240 faith groups

• and 250 places of worship

•70 languages are spoken

•There are around 1000

• asylum seekers and 2000

• refugees

•Around 12% of people are disabled

Diversity in Leicester CollegeFacts and Figures…

• 72% of our students are

studying part time

• 46% of our learners are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds

In the College

• 7% of our learners have learning difficulties

• 16% of our learners are studying English for Speakers of Other Languages

• 7% of our learners are disabled

• 73% of our learners are over 19 years old

Diversity in Leicester CollegeFacts and Figures…

• 72% of our students are

studying part time

• 46% of our learners are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds

In the College

• 7% of our learners have learning difficulties

• 16% of our learners are studying English for Speakers of Other Languages

• 7% of our learners are disabled

• 73% of our learners are over 19 years old

http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint

Finding and using free images

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/imagesearching/

http://www.picnik.com/

Organising media

Free icons

SCREENCAST

http://handbrake.fr/

DESIGN for VLE

http://web2practice.jiscinvolve.org/wp/rss-2/

http://web2practice.jiscinvolve.org/wp/podcasting/

http://podcast.open.ac.uk/

DESIGN for mobile

“The information era in which we currently live is changing the culture of education”.Retta Guy, 2009

USABILITY TESTING

http://www.slideshare.net/whitneyhess/diy-ux

Advice documents - covering many uses of still images, moving images and audio

Training & consultancy - One day workshops or tailored collaboration

Free Helpdesk - Responses within five days

Online surgery - Regular sessions you where you can ask us anything or watch a themed presentation

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/helpdesk/

Get in touch

www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk

www.twitter.com/jiscdigital

www.twitter.com/zakmensah