Introduction

Each week you will submit a link to a video that you have recorded which provides a brief report of your progress for your instructor. You are not being judged by how far along you are at any given stage: we're instead subjectively analyzing whether or not you are staying engaged and making progress consistent with your project plan.

In the exploration, you've seen examples of unstructured (bad) and structured (good) progress reports, the latter's structure coming from the required use of the progress report framework. You've also seen a video focusing more on the live walkthrough portion of the progress report. Now you have to tackle making your own video progress reports each week.

Video Content

Your video report should include these items:

Show and verbally discuss the code, graphics, research, training, and/or designs that you have accomplished this week. Do not just talk about them (doing so is worth 0 points): show what you have been doing. Consider showing not only the successes you had but also the difficulties and unsuccessful experiments you created if any.
Use the Progress Report Framework to structure and guide your report.
Discuss the overall status of the Project as you work towards the objectives described in the Project Plan.
Be specific, but brief: the total length of your video must be between 3 and 5 minutes.

Making the Video

There are many ways to record videos, and how you do it is really up to you. You could:

Use a webcam (even a laptop webcam) to record yourself.
Capture your screen as you narrate a demonstration of code, graphics, or web links you've been reading.
Take still photos of screenshots and stitch them together into a video, adding an audio track for narration.

If you're new to recording videos, we recommend you consider OSU MediaSpace for both recording and hosting -- this may be your simplest approach. To use this site, log in there with your ONID credentials, then click on the Add New button in the upper right corner. You'll see the following:

Media Upload: Upload a pre-recorded video
Webcam Recorder: Use your webcam to record a video for submission
YouTube: Upload a YouTube video
Recording Tools / Capture: Use the Kaltura tools to record what's happening on your screen, narrating using your microphone

Below is a short video demonstrating the use of Kaltura tools:

Screen-Capturing Example Using Kaltura

Hosting the Videos

You may host the videos using any online site you choose, including:

OSU MediaSpace.
Video sharing sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
Your own web site which can stream the video for viewing without requiring it to be downloaded first.

If you're unfamiliar with hosting videos online, we recommend you use the OSU MediaSpace site.

What to Turn in

Simply provide the web link to your video in the text box given in this assignment.

For information on how to submit a video to a Canvas Assignment, refer to this guide.

Grading criteria

Each report is worth 5 points. It must show code, graphics, research, and/or designs according to the grading rubric given on the actual assignment pages linked below.

Weekly Report Submission Links

Assigned Weekly Reports will be due on Mondays. Please see the assignment list below to know when your next Weekly Report is Due:

Assignments