This article looks at various ways of presenting work digitally or remotely, rather than physically in a space, and may be useful for students who are seeking alternative ways of presenting their work.
This content relates to both FacultiesNote
This article contains some suggestions of ideas or platforms, but should not be considered a definitive list. Nor should it be construed that the platforms below are recommended by Trinity Laban. Where possible, all the platforms listed below are free or low cost for students.
Introduction
We know that students are constantly seeking new ways of presenting works, so thought it would be a useful place to have a regularly updated article where ideas about different platforms can be shared.
If you have any suggestions about other platforms which you think may be useful, please email avsupport@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
Video hosting
eStream
https://estream.trinitylaban.ac.uk
eStream is Trinity Laban’s institutional multimedia streaming service. Students are allowed to upload assessment recordings, as well as other recordings to it, however, each recording uploaded by students is only accessible by them, unless it is uploaded into a Moodle forum, or an embed code (which enables the recording to be included in a website) is requested.
Pros:
- Private to Trinity Laban staff and students,
- Accounts are already set up,
- Secure,
- Fair use of 3rd party materials is permitted and recordings will not be removed if one of the permitted copyright exceptions applies (in most cases for students this would be covered by Section 34 of the CDPA if sufficient acknowledgement of the source is provided (this can be in credits at the end of the recording, or accompanying documentation)).
Cons:
- Not all website builders allow embed codes to be used for videos from eStream,
- Content uploaded by students is private, unless embedded.
There is lots of information about using eStream available on this knowledgebase.
YouTube
YouTube is the world’s largest store of online video. As such, it is robust and has many useful features, however, requires an account to be set up, and has some restrictive practices to protect copyright holders (so recordings can be removed or access restricted with no notice).
Pros:
- Robust,
- Easy to use,
- Most website builders allow very easy embedding of YouTube videos
Cons:
- Use of 3rd party materials is robustly policed, so if you feature copyrighted music or images in your recording, it will likely be removed, or access restricted, even if educational exemptions apply. For this reason, we would urge students who require quotation of copyrighted works in their assessments to use the eStream platform for recordings rather than YouTube.
- Content is uploaded to 3rd party servers, so requires acceptance of their terms and conditions.
Vimeo
Vimeo is a very popular video hosting site, particularly with creatives. As such, it is robust and has some useful features, however, requires an account to be set up. Free accounts have some restrictions to protect copyright holders (so recordings can be removed or access restricted with no notice), and accounts can be frozen. The upload limits for free accounts are fairly low.
Pros:
- Robust,
- Quite Easy to use,
- Most website builders allow very easy embedding of Vimeo videos
Cons:
- Use of 3rd party materials is robustly policed on free accounts, so if you feature copyrighted music or images in your recording, it will likely be removed, or access restricted, even if educational exemptions apply. For this reason, we would urge students who require quotation of copyrighted works in their assessments to use the eStream platform for recordings rather than Vimeo.
- Content is uploaded to 3rd party servers, so requires acceptance of their terms and conditions.
- Fairly low upload allowance for free accounts each week.
Video Editing
Davinci Resolve
Platforms: Windows & Mac.
Download and install (free) from https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/
Davinci Resolve is a feature rich and free video editing software. It is very powerful, but has quite a steep learning curve, but thankfully there are plenty of walk through videos online. And did I mention, it’s free!
Adobe Spark
Platforms: Online (web), Android, Apple IOS
Free access can be provided through Trinity Laban, and we will explain how soon. If you are eager to get on this platform now, please email avsupport@trinitylaban.ac.uk.
Quik
Platforms: Android, IOS
Quik is GoPro’s mobile video editing app – it’s feature rich, although some features have to be paid for in app. It’s easy to use if you only have access to a phone.
Video Tools
Motionbank – Piecemaker & MoSys
Research Video
Audio editing
Adobe Audition
Platforms: Windows, Mac
To use Adobe Audition on your personal computer, see the article on Using Adobe applications on your home computer.
Audacity
Platforms: Windows, Mac
See AV Support webinar on using Audacity
Live seminars
Microsoft Teams
Zoom
Jitsi Meet
Hypersay
Website Makers
Wix
Adobe Spark
Canva
WordPress.com
Presentation software
Canva
Powerpoint
Prezzi
Virtual Exhibitions
ArtSteps
Stock/Sample images, music, video
See the separate article on Free music and video resources to use when creating content.