by Greta Hammen
At the onset of the semester, I would diligently review the list of assignments for the upcoming week. The task list might include nine items, such as three daily creates, reading an article, watching a video, or recording an audio. Initially, the prospect of completing these tasks seemed daunting, but as I began working on them, I found the experience to be not only manageable but also deeply rewarding. The assignments added significant value to my life and I learned a lot.
To make this video, I first created an avatar on www.d-id.com, with the prompt of blonde lady with brown eyes on a university lawn. I used text-to-speech generator on www.elevenlabs.com to share my summary of a favorite project by another student, our final group project, and one that I made as well. The ending brings in our class theme. Then on d-id.com, to create the video, I selected the “create a video” prompt, and the avatar I you wished to use, and uploaded the saved mp.3 audio just created. The website syncs the two files and makes a mp.4 that is downloadable. I opened up Premiere Pro and selected that download for a new project. Her gray t-shirt needed text, I added UMW in a dark blue. I did look on the school website for the exact identification for the blue color with letters and numbers, however I was unable to locate it, “I needed Librarian Bond”, so I just went with my selection, exported it to my saved videos and then uploaded the video to YouTube, copied the link and embedded it in the blog. The links to the videos referenced in my video; http://tubbanoor.com/uncategorized/video-project-ai-in-space-skis/, http://gretahammen.com/ds106/final-project-%f0%9f%8e%a5/ and http://gretahammen.com/ds106/public-service-announcement%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f.
Watching what my classmates made for their exit video was both fun and sad. I typed some responses: ATconference – its_Senpai (lesenpai.com), That’s a wrap – Leila’s Corner (the-comeup.com), Passion, Young, Fever – Sunrisen, and They need us – HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com).