Video Production

The 2025 MAPLE Media Awards

January 23, 2026

The Education Technology Office has been recognized by the 2025 MAPLE Media Awards.

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FASE Faculty Perspective: Setting up a recording for a panel discussion

January 19, 2026

Professor Samin Aref, a faculty member in U of T’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was interested in creating short-form video content to be shared in his Engineering Economics […]

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Behind-the-Scenes: How We Approach Capturing Backgrounds for Green Screen Productions

July 25, 2025

Marisa and James show the behind-the-scenes of capturing backgrounds for green screen videos.

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FASE Faculty Perspective: Planning and recording an on-location instructional video

May 14, 2025

As one of the instructors for MIE100 Dynamics, Assistant Professor Fatemeh Jazinizadeh is interested in developing educational media for first-year undergraduate engineering courses. For the Winter 2025 term, she wanted […]

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How lighting, audio, & camera settings impact talking-head video quality

January 23, 2025

ETO’s Education Media Specialist, James, shares behind-the-scenes hardward upgrades that improve our production quality of “talking-head” educational videos. We’ll use a recent example, a video created for Professor Alan Chong from Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP). James will discuss the technical setup for lighting, audio and camera, and how each contributes to the quality of the final video.

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Faculty Question of the Week November 21, 2024

Faculty Question of the Week (November 21, 2024)

November 21, 2024

What is a video release form and should I use it for my project?

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