Teaching Strategies

Tip01: Clip Notes

Clip notes are a great way to give your students valuable timeline based feedback they can use to improve their projects. Set a due date for clips notes to be turned in (I usually make it a Friday so I can review them over the weekend). Then plan on giving the students at least 1-2 days to import the clip notes back into Premiere Pro and make the appropriate changes.
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Tip02: Project Manager

The project manager is a great way to manage files size when you are working with large projects or archive an important project. The Adobe Premiere Pro Project Manager can help facilitate an efficient workflow by performing two functions: reducing the storage needs of a project, and consolidating the files associated with a project. Go to Project>Project Manager and then create a new trimmed project. Select the location for the new folder. Premiere will automatically create a new project with all the trimmed clips used in the sequence and a Premiere project file with all the clips on the timeline ready to edit. This can be a significant file size reduction.
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Tip03 Screen Capture Software

Adobe Captivate: http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/
Adobe® Captivate™ 3 software enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations, software demonstrations, and scenario-based training without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.
Camtasia Studio: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
Camtasia Studio is the complete professional solution for recording, editing and sharing high-quality screen video on the Web, CD-ROM and portable media players, including iPod.
Easily record your screen, PowerPoint, multiple audio tracks, and webcam video to create compelling training videos, screencasts, and presentations without ever leaving your desk. With the power of interactive Camtasia Studio videos, you can deliver high-quality content anytime, to even your most remote audience.

Tip04: Free Tutorials

iTunes Podcast: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
This is a great source of free tutorials that students can watch/listen to on their computers or iPods. Many of them are very short (2-3 minutes) and make a great starter activity while you take attendance. Download and install iTunes. Then have students go to the “iTunes Store” and use the search box to find “Adobe Premiere” or any other product you are working with.
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DJTV (Digital Juice TV) http://www.digitaljuice.com/djtv
These are excellent 4-8 minute videos on all aspects of video production. This is a great filler when students complete a project early or you want a short activity.