Are you a graduate student, faculty, or staff member at the University of Washington? Are you curious about showcasing your scholarly story or research to a broader audience? Are you interested in making a digital story—basically a short video—that will dazzle viewers? 

The UW Libraries are offering a fun, community based, 4-week online workshop focused on the process of digital storytelling. This totally free, online program will take you through the start-to-finish process of brainstorming your idea with others, writing a script for narration and production, recording your narration, creating and collecting digital materials for your video, putting everything together with easy-to-use beginner video editors like Clipchamp and iMovie, and, finally, getting feedback and recognition from supportive peers in an accepting learning environment.

In this workshop, you can expect to:

• Interact, exchange ideas, and give feedback to fellow UW digital storytellers in an interdisciplinary, relaxed, and empathetic learning environment.

• Write a script for a short video.

• Collect, create, and organize digital materials to realize that script—like recorded narrative, images, video, sound effects, and music. 

• Learn about Creative Commons, fair use, and copyright in media making.

• Learn how to use beginners’ video editors like Clipchamp and iMovie.

• Learn about making accessible media complete with captions and transcripts.

Workshop Details:

• The course will run from April 16 to May 7.

• There will be four live Tuesday sessions hosted via zoom from 10:00am-12:00pm on April 16, April 23, April 30, and May 7. These sessions will not be recorded: please plan on attending all of them. 

• The amount of time you can spend on your digital stories is definitely open ended, but we believe that over the course of four weeks, you'll probably spend 15-20 hours going through the process of attending classes, coming up with an idea, writing a script, collecting digital materials, putting everything together with a video editor, sharing your work with others, and finalizing and celebrating your finished digital story! 

To apply, please fill out the registration form by April 9 or visit our web site for more information.