LibGuides: Copy of Social media for research: Sound and vision

Make a noise!

Could sound and vision help you disseminate your research? Is it easy to make a podcast or video? Want to use online images but worried about copyright?

Explore the showcase and try things out for yourself by using the links on the right hand side.

Podcasts: research institute

Podcasts from the Institute of Historical Research.

German Historical Institute podcasts

Videos: conference

Research Libraries UK 2014 Conference videos
Videos from a recent research libraries' conference.

Photos: sharing via Flickr

Flickr photo stream for a UCL research institute.

Videos: research dissemination

60 Second Politics
Can you explain your research in 60 seconds? Nottingham University politics lecturers can...
Dance your PhD
This has now become a fiercely-contested annual academic contest!
Postgrad researcher videos
Postgraduate researchers in arts and humanities made short videos about their research at a recent AHRC public engagement/social media training conference.
JISC Virtual Research Environment projects
If 60 seconds is too easy, how about 30 seconds?

Videos: public engagement

UCL's public lunchtime lectures are on YouTube.

Photos: sharing and tagging

Flickr the Commons makes photos from cultural institutions available and invites others to tag and comment.

Visualisation tools

There are many free tools available which enable you to create professional-looking 'visuals' to help convey your research, such as infographics, flowcharts, timelines and context-sensitive explanation.

Easel.ly
Visualisation tool which enables you to create flowcharts and more.
Explanation with thinglink
Newcastle University Library has used thinglink to explain how to fill in an inter library loan form.
Timelines with Dipity
Create interactive, visually appealing timelines.
Twitter visualisations
Visualisation of tweets designed for display in public places.
World Oral Literature Project
This Cambridge University project is using Google Maps to show where its collections are located.

Audio visual material: sharing

CRASHH
This research centre is sharing videos, photos and audio materials online.
Historypin
Users can upload old photos,which are then geotagged and overlaid on current location. Enables sharing of stories relating to locations and topics.

Learn more! Making videos

Shooting video
JISC Digital Media produce training resources for people creating and using digital media resources in higher education.

Explore! Researchers' videos and podcasts

iTunes U
iTunes U gives educators an easy way to design complete courses with audio, video, and other content and distribute them through the iTunes U app.
YouTube Edu
Search YouTube EDU for videos from university departments around the world.

Have a go! Find images

Images guide
Our separate images guide has more information and links for finding images of all kinds, including those which you can reuse.

What does the future hold?

There is much speculation about the future of social media and other technologies. Watch this short student film predicting our future everyday life with Augmented Reality...

Learn more: making podcasts

Podcasts

Audacity
Free open-source software for recording and editing sounds.
audioBoom
Listen, record, upload, edit, broadcast sound.
Freesound
Collaborative database of Creative Commons-licensed sounds.
Podcasting
Short overview of podcasting in an educational context from JISC Web2practice.
SoundCloud
Create and share sounds.

Presentation by Steve Boneham about recording and producing audio.