Maybe this is old news to some of you, but it is news to me.

I just can't help but share some information about this free online video production management software I recently discovered online called, Celtx. I tested it out on one of my video productions and I have to say, thus far, I really like the whole idea. There is a corresponding web 2.0 site that supports the free software called Project Central. It reminds me of basecamp a bit, but with so many more options specifically for media production. I highly suggest it when you are planning a video production for SciVee. You can log in and collaboratively write a script, add storyboards, and create a production schedule linked to your shot list, to name a few things I have tried out thus far. There is a decent review of celtx at: (more)

A very important part of creating a pubcast is properly linking specific sections of the text and figures in your paper to appear highlighted as your video plays. When you link your paper to the video in this way, the value of your pubcast is increased because attention is drawn to the scientific data included in your publication. In addition, when the video is annotated with data at specific points in the timeline, it not only creates a form of chaptering of the video but the value of the video is increased because of the later possibility of data mining the video content. Although, SciVee does not yet use this data in searches, the data you create when connecting specific synchronize points in the video could be used later on to search specific parts of the video.

There is an older tutorial of a screencast that walks you through the whole process of creating a pubcast, but if you want to view a newer tutorial that covers ...

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SciVee Members,

If you have not noticed, I just wanted to mention that you can now attach files to your discussions and blogs. I have attached some storyboard files here to test out the feature.



Thanks,

Apryl

I just wanted to share a little bit about the FEST conference as it is taking place in Trieste, Italy. If you are at the conference and have questions about SciVee, feel free to leave me a message or meet me after the roundtable on Friday. I will be giving a presentation about SciVee at 6:30 and taking questions afterwards.

For those who have not heard about FEST, it is an international science media fair, but you can learn more about it at: http://www.festrieste.it/eng_chisiamo.html.
The Italian version is at: http://www.festrieste.it/

At the roundtable “Science Communication in Europe” both Franco Del Campo and Michel Claessen, two European scientific journalists, mentioned a study where surveys were conducted questioning who would be the preferred source of scientific communication. A journalist who shares information about the science, or a scienti...

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I just wanted to share information about a new feature that you may have recently noticed in the "Browse" section of SciVee. It has been updated to allow viewers to sort through videos more effectively. You can sort videos and pubcasts by target audience and subject area. If you have uploaded a video prior to this feature being added to the website, this means that it is important to identify which target audience and subject areas your videos or pubcasts belong.

I recently sent out an email to a several SciVee members that described these steps, but perhaps it was not as clear as I intended because I have been receiving quite a few emails requesting further details about how to do this. In case you were wondering, I thought I would post steps that were more clearly understandable.

You can now choose which target audiences and subject areas that your videos or pubcasts should be included by taking the following steps:

1) Lo...

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