Hey guys! We have come to the last blog post of the semester, and honestly I didn’t think I would have this much fun with this course. I was initially afraid and anxious about the course because it was named “Strategic Presentation” and I really hate presenting. It was a huge relief when Professor Dorrielan mentioned in the first day of class that we are actually not going to do any presenting, and the fun just started from there.
My first memorable takeaway from the course was definitely the first project, which was creating the tutorial video. I myself had a lot of fun with this one because I’ve always wanted to create a video game review, and this course was my first step in doing so. I was able to research the best programs to use and styles I could do to better present the video. It actually only took me like half an hour to take the video/play the game, but almost took me the whole day to do the editing! Fortunately enough, the program I found to edit videos was amazing and very user-friendly (Davinci Resolve) So if you want to edit your videos, I would definitely recommend that. Best thing about it is that it’s free!
My second memorable takeaway was the copyright week. I didn’t know certain photos weren’t available for reuse and every photo in the internet has a specific “use” for them. I only knew that videos had copyright and so do songs but I didn’t know that pictures did as well. I did not know things like Creative Commons existed and if I didn’t take this course, I wouldn’t have found Creative Commons and found certain uses and how to properly look for ones you can use online! So I would probably take this information until I die. This was honestly so helpful and I’m going to be using it a lot.
Lastly, I just want to mention how much fun I had during lecture. Even though it was a night class, I did not dread to go to lecture and actually enjoyed coming in. I sat in the front row and the front row people had the funniest people, which made the lecture even more fun. Professor Dorrielan is actually a really fun professor and I was hoping to take him again, but I didn’t see him in any of the available classes for next semester which was a bummer. Hopefully I get to take him again soon!
Alright guys, I guess it is time for me to log off. I had a lot of fun and I hope you guys stay safe!
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