The following list of resources may be helpful to you in ENGW 1302. This list will grow as the semester progresses, so be sure to check this page often. If you have any suggestions for additions to this list, please let me know.
St. Edward’s Resources
- The Writing Center
- Scarborough-Phillips Library
- SEU’s Computer Competency Requirement
- Computer Workshops
Audio Documentaries
Photographs
- The Big Picture (Boston Globe’s site for news stories in photographs)
- In Focus (The Atlantic’s new photo site, edited by the creator of The Big Picture)
- New York Times Multimedia/Photos
- New York Times 2010 Year in Pictures
- Washington Post
- MSNBC Week in Pictures
- National Geographic Photo of the Day
- Reuters Photos
Documentary Films
- Documentary Channel
- Documentary Wire
- Documentary Archive
- Top Documentary Films
- Everynone
- Fadiman Social Documentaries (via Internet Archive)
- Freedocumentaries.org
- Documentary Film Network
- Frontline (PBS)
- Hulu-Documentaries
- LinkTV
- PBS POV (Point of View)
- Snag Films
- UT’s Student Showcase
- Vimeo Video Awards — Documentary Finalists
- YouTube Documentaries
Online Exhibits
Writing Help
- Common Errors in English Usage (Prof. Paul Brians)
- The Process of Research Writing (Prof. Steven D. Krause)
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Twenty Most Common Errors and How to Fix Them (Bedford-St. Martin’s)
- Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips
Video Composition
Free Video, Image, and Audio Resources
- Prelinger Archive (2,000+ public domain films)
- Musopen (catalog of free online music files)
- Moby Gratis (free music for student and amateur filmmakers)
- Public Domain 4U (free, legal music)
- Royalty Free Music
- Public Domain Image Resources (Wikipedia list)
- The Sandbox: WGBH Lab
Video Editing Software Help
Mac
- iMovie HD (free Mac software; contact Quinn about this)
- iMovie Help from Apple
- Final Cut Pro user manuals and discussion forums
Windows
- Windows Live Movie Maker (free Windows software)
- Windows Movie Maker 2.6 (old version, with the timeline view)
- XP Codec Pack (helps Windows Movie Maker read more file formats)
- Get Started with Windows Movie Maker
- Uploading Windows Movie Maker Files to YouTube
Online Video Editors
- Jaycut (online video editor)
- Stupeflix Studio (online video editor)
Video Capture Tools
- Jing (desktop software for Windows and Mac)
- Screencast-O-Matic (browser-based capture software)
- Capture Fox (Firefox browser plugin for screen recording)
Audio Editing Software Help
- Audacity (free audio-recording software for Windows, Mac, and Linux)
- Recording Voice Overs with Audacity
- Recording the Spoken Word