I am very critical of those learning environments because it is easy to claim that technology enhances education without considering the dark side of ICTs.
It was time to give the platform a try. After all, the university is also advocating the use of FLOSS, so...The creation of a virtual environment was rather easy, but to produce content is perhaps the most time-consuming activity. Fortunately, my basic GIMP skills gave me a decent standing concerning the presentation of the different sections.
Then I decided to go ahead and produce a simple video. For this task, I selected Audacity (for recording/editing sound) and Kdenlive (for the video sequence).
I was expecting many problems because I am not an expert in sound/video. In addition, it was my first time with Kdenlive.
The video-creating process was pretty straight-forward, however. I got the still images and organized them to fit the sound track that I produced with Audacity and I never felt confused or got stuck; everything was intuitive.
Of course, my video was very simple, but I can say that Kdenlive and Audacity make a powerful combo for beginners who need to produce a quick video for a presentation.
I need to keep experimenting with them.
