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Nancy W. Gleason, PhDLecturer, Political Science
DepartmentTufts University
Digital Story Telling & Research Project
PS138 Conflict & Natural Resources
Presentation OutlineVideo Assignment Structure and
OrganizationAssignment Assessment and GradingTechnology Used – Digital Design StudioSharing Student WorkExamples of Video ProjectsChallenges and Next Steps
The Assignment
Create a 3-5 minute video on conflict related to either diamonds or petroleum
Each video was directed to a specific stakeholder in conflict
Assessments provided at three stages in the process:Storyboard submissionRough Cut Final Video
Assignment StructureStudents will work in groups of 5 to create a
3-4 minute video about conflict related to either DIAMONDS or PETROLEUM. Each group will present to a specific audience:
Consumers of resourcesIndustry producers of resourcesPeople in the conflictPrevention workers In total then, there will be 8 videos produced,
4 on each resource that respectively address the above 4 stakeholder groups.
Student Roles within the Group
Student Roles: Each group member is responsible for video content, but there are also separate responsibilities for each group member to take on. For example:
Production manager – coordinate schedules, book technology, etc
Artistic director – compile images, tasteful theme, scholarship quality
Writer role – craft script etcTechnical experts – iMovie guruContent supervisor – manage content collection and
organization of group membersGRADING BASED ON INDIVIUDAL AND COLLECTIVE
PERFORMANCE
Video Project Objectives
Learn how to make an interactive, innovative video presentation using iMovie
Present critical information to a specific audience
Create a powerful education tool to reach out to conflict stakeholders
Demonstrate academic prowess through sound research
Leverage social media to share your work
Project Timeline & DeadlinesThursday September 20th – Groups and topics finalizedThursday September 27th Class Held in DDS, 3rd Floor
Tisch LibraryTuesday October 25th – Story board and bibliography
due. This initiates the productions stage, where students will create images and sounds, identify images and sounds, record narration or a script of some sort to present your research.
November 6th – 7-9pm DDS blocked out for your useNovember 13th 7-9pm DDS blocked out for your use.
ROUGH CUT DUE 10pmNovember 27th – Final Video Projects DueThursday November 29th, Video Viewing in Olin 12
Theatre – 3rd FloorTuesday December 4th, Group Discussion and Analysis
of the Videos
GradingAdapted from the Center for Digital Storytelling's "Seven
Elements of Digital Storytelling" as outlined in the Digital Storytelling Cookbook
ASSESSED ON: Content, Dramatic Question, Script, audio, pacing, emotion, images, economy and credit/sources
EXAMPLE: Dramatic Question EXCELLENT: Content is engaging -- viewer is left with thought-
provoking ideas and/or the story develops in a way that's different from initial expectations. Useful for prompting discussion and dialogue
GOOD: Content is interesting -- viewer is left with thought-provoking ideas and/or the story develops in a way that's different from initial expectations
SATISFACTORY: Some surprises and/or insights, but realization barely differs from the expectation
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: Predictable and not very interesting. Realization and expectation do not differ
Teaching Challenge met by this multimedia assignment
Challenging students to think outside the box about a complex & dynamic problem
Enabling them to share their research beyond the classroom
Provide training in group-project managementTeaching them to articulate solutions to these
problems, not just identify root causes of the problem
Grading 40 outcome products effectively
Technology & Resources UsedTufts Digital Design Studiohttp://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/dds.html
Faculty interested in using the DDS to support a digital media project must submit a DDS project proposal form.
Bryan Revis, Digital Media Technologist
The Digital Design Studio (DDS)Course related digital media projects:Assignment planning/scoping, course-
specific workshops on media literacy and copyright issues, storyboarding, production techniques, etc
Last Fall ~140 student videos were made in the DDS!
Sharing Student Work Sharing your students work from the DDS http://www.youtube.com/user/TuftsEnvStudies/videos?view=0 (1)They had to come up with a list of at least 15 people (email contact
addresses) to whom they planned to send a link to their completed project. These are to be strategic contacts - relevant NGO thinkers, academics at other institutions, personal connections the students may have, and industry relevant contacts. Ask for feedback or a chance to come in and present the video where relevant
(2) Forward it to all their parents and if appropriate ask them to share it with all their friends
(3) Post it to the Facebook pages for their Tufts classes(4) Tweet out the link to their video and ask their friends to do the
same(5) The group with the most hits on their link on the last day of
classes got a gift certificate for the entire group to eat out at CheeseCake Factory
The idea is to learn how to use social media to get your message out there and to use it to network for jobs.
Tufts Visualization Awardhttp://sites.tufts.edu/trva/2013-winners/
video2013/Revamping the Kimberly Process – This video was made for PS 138, Conflict
and Natural Resources Fall 2012By Dani Jenkins, Stephanie Krantz, Karen
Bustard, Daniel Goodman, Meagan Maher
Tisch Library Research Awardhttp://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/award/
winners.html “We Be the Niger Delta”Rebekah Liebermann '13, Anna Vanderspek
'15, Gillian Leitch '13, Jessica Laporte '14, and Mark Rafferty '13
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMgdO_yGeuQ
Assignment OutcomesWhat worked well:Narrowing the scope of the assignmentPlanned time in the DDSClear Deadlines and grading rubrics
Challenges:Managing group dynamics is difficultSignificant out-side class time commitments are
required, this is difficult for some off campus students and athletes
Balancing in-class time for this assignment with covering course content
Assignment Results of note – unintended consequences
Real friendships were made between the students
This becomes part of their online portfolio for life
Tangible skill set to add to their CV and note in interviews
Next Steps for this assignmentCollaboration with an international NGO to
ensure wide exposure for the videoCompleting assignment earlier in the
semester so as to ensure time for “marketing” the video
Working with the Career Center to better leverage the videos for the students with employers – perhaps a lecture on managing your online portfolio
Helping students develop a list of strategic people with which to share their videos
