Saturday, February 27, 2021

CST 300: Week 8

 Team Video Project Review


Orion Analytics: Trends in Cryptography

This team's short video was simple and informative and made nice use of visuals. I really liked the Cardan Grille example of encryption and decryption. The explanation for asymmetric encryption is confusing, however. A slide with bullets is shown while the speaker quickly narrates. It is a barrage of information that is too much to take in at once. The presenter should speak more slowly or simplify the slide. Perhaps have the bullets appear one line at a time as the narrator speaks. 

Their long video is very well researched, full of cool animations, and uses technical language aimed at professionals. However, the video is too long and research heavy. While I enjoyed learning about the history of cryptography, particularly since it relates to military history, the segment could have been shortened. Also, the slide on fully homomorphic encryption had way too much information. Teamwork is evident, although it seems like one team member spoke more than others. Some segments should have been re-recorded due to speaking mistakes and there are some bad cuts in the film. 

Open Sorcerers, Inc.: IoT and Energy Conservation

This team's short video is straight to the point and seems to target a general audience. There are some bullet points that are a sentence long and should be shortened. I had to adjust my volume for one of the speakers. The end of the video should be trimmed by a couple seconds to eliminate the excessive pause and breathing noise.

Their long video targets a professional audience and is clearly a team project. Visuals are nice. I like the animated graph. Research seems adequate. The end of the video is cut perfectly. However, the audio problem persists for the one speaker. His presentation is fine, but I should not have to turn my volume up that high for his segment. He may have to invest in a better microphone. 

GRID: 3D Prosthetics

This team's short video seems to target youth. The first speaker does not seem very enthusiastic and the audio feels slapped together. There is a bad cut during his segment as well. Although the video starts out weak, the rest of the team put out strong segments. I laughed at the reference to Luke's prosthetic arm. 

Their long video has a more professional format. The video is very informative and goes into detailed description of how 3D printers build prosthetics. A lot of research went into the details of the video. The first speaker did a much better job here than in the short video. The opening was much stronger. Unfortunately, the video does not meet the minimum length requirement. A 30 second conclusion to review everything would have been sufficient to meet it. There is also a joke about how it used to cost an arm and a leg to get prosthetics which may be upsetting to some.

Keeping Up


Final Video Project

My team's final video project is complete. This was the first time I ever put a research video together and also the first time making a video with a team. I am satisfied with the way out videos turned out. One issue we faced was everyone's audio recording volume being different. The differences are more noticeable in the short video. I would like to learn how to fix common issues with audio recording and video making so that our future videos can be even better. 


CST 300 Final Reflection

So here I am 8 weeks later. This certainly has been a crash course introduction to the program. It is very fast paced for being part time. Usually I would have a full semester to leisurely complete 8 units, but this program has me completing 4-unit, 8-week courses back-to-back. I imagine this is what being on a quarter system feels like, but we have two quarters smooshed together into a single semester. It's manageable, though.

I am really glad that this class is out of the way. We learned a lot of useful information and skills that can be used to make ourselves more professional, but I really saw it as a writing class in disguise. Research papers stress me out. Finding out that I had to meet the GWAR in such a short time was intimidating, but it's over now. Maybe I can relax. Or maybe this is just the beginning.

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