Videopaper workshop

Education department to offer software tutorials in July

The Department of Education will offer a series of free workshops on VideoPaperBuilder2 software in July. Open to members of the Tufts community, the three-hour workshop will provide users with a hands-on tutorial of the software and its many uses in annotating digital video. Participants will create sample videopapers that are viewable on both Macs and PCs.

Session times are:
Tuesday, July 8, from 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, July 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, July 10, from 9 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, July 22, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, July 23, from 9 a.m. to noon
Thursday, July 24, from 1 to 4 p.m.

If you would like to register for one of these free workshops, e-mail Carla Walsh at carla.walsh@tufts.edu or call her at (617) 627-5702. Seating is limited to four participants per session. Participants are encouraged to bring along a digital movie on a CD in Quicktime (.mov) format at 320x240 or smaller. Sample footage will be available for those who do not bring their own.

How does Tufts already use videopapers? To read a short description of how the education department uses the software in its middle and high school teacher education program, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/education/curriculum/videopaper.asp

What is a videopaper? To download the free software and to learn more about what it can do, go to http://vpb.concord.org