Calling all undergrads! The Division of General Studies is seeking
your creative video submissions. The
winner will receive a $500 gift card to the Illini Union Bookstore.
Introduction
In August 2013, the Division of General Studies
will host a new class of almost 1,700 new undeclared freshmen at a Welcome Days
event at Foellinger Auditorium. As part of the program, we plan to feature one
or more short, student-made videos promoting the Illinois experience.
Video submissions should:
·
Connect new freshmen to the campus and/or community
·
Illustrate or explain an experience many new
freshmen will encounter
·
Make some reference to the undeclared experience at
Illinois
·
In some way, relate to one of the elements of the
DGS slogan “Explore. Discover. Succeed.”
What do we mean by “an experience many new freshmen might encounter”?
As freshmen, there are many new things to learn and
understand. This is your chance to teach someone else what you learned. You are encouraged to think outside the
ordinary, consider meaningful questions, and explore what would be truly
helpful to new undeclared students coming to campus. Examples include (but are
not limited to):
- Getting
to know your instructors
- Going
to your first class
- Navigating
the dining halls
- Connect
with your advisor
- Getting
good grades
- Making
friends
- Getting
along with your roommate
- Getting
around safely on campus
- Avoiding
the Freshman 15
- Be
creative – come up with your own topic!
Guidelines
- Generate
ideas. Topics can be anything
related to student life, whether academic, social, personal,
community-oriented, etc. You are
encouraged to learn more about the DGS experience by visiting http://www.dgs.illinois.edu.
- Be
creative. Incorporate clever,
interesting, unique, or funny elements to your video. Winning videos will be shared with a
large audience of new Illinois freshmen, so think of how you would want to
address a topic… as a former freshman on campus, you know your audience!
- The
final video should be 2-4 minutes
in length.
Eligibility
- Submissions
will only be accepted from current Illinois undergraduate students.
- All
undergraduate students are eligible to participate; no previous experience
with the Division of General Studies is required.
- Previous
video-making experience is not required.
- Submission
deadline is Wednesday, May 1st, at 11:59 p.m.
- Video
submissions will be accepted from individuals or groups. If a group is selected as the winning
entry, the prize will be split evenly between all group members.
- All
submissions, including the winning submission, may be used for future DGS
events.
Logistics
- Shooting. Stick with the following file formats: AVI, MPEG, MPG, MOV, or WMV.
- Editing. There is no need to purchase video editing software. Free
software should already be installed on your computer or available for
download:
·
Movie Maker for Windows 7 or Vista users:
·
Movie Maker for Windows XP users: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx
·
iMovie for Mac users:
- Uploading. Once completed, you will need to upload your video to YouTube. To become a registered user of the
YouTube site, individuals must register for an account and agree to the
YouTube site’s Terms of Service. There is no fee to become a registered
user. Please become familiar with YouTube
copyright tips: http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright.
- Submitting. By submitting your video
to sdwatson@illinois.edu with
the email subject line “DGS video contest”, your entry becomes final and
you agree that your video may be used for future DGS events . In the body
of the message please include the following information:
Full Name and
UIN (for group submissions, please provide name and UIN for each group member)
Phone number for
main point of contact
YouTube link to
your video
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