Tentative
Indian Space Research Organisation
Development and Educational Communication Unit
Ahmedabad
Training schedule on Content Generation for RPs
5 days
Training schedule:
Day – 1
 Introduction of Participants, Resource persons and others
 Edusat Users of Network – aspirations & expectations from User / Nodal Agency
 Course Outline
By ISRO representative
 Background (ISRO in general & DECU in particular)
By ISRO representative
 Challenges and Issues for effective network utilisation
By ISRO representative
 Edusat Networks, Network Configuration for Department of Tr. & Technical Education
Edusat Network & Technological Possibilities
By ISRO representative & HECL Representative
 Advantages of Edusat System & Comparison between 3 Methods for imparting education / training
By ISRO representative
 Understanding Content Delivery System
By ISRO representative
Day – 2
 Content Generation - The real challenge (For TV network and MMDE network)
 Content Generation for Television
 Multimedia Content Generation
By ISRO representative
 Content Generation – Budget
By ISRO representative
 Content Generation – Team Mode of Working for TV & Multimedia
By ISRO representatives
 Content Generation Process, Formats & Players
By ISRO representative
 Role of Research in Content Generation and Brief Writing
By ISRO representative
 Idea to storyboard/Script
By ISRO representative
 Multimedia – Sky is the limit
By ISRO representative
 How to generate power point presentation
By ISRO representative
Day – 3
 Content Generation Players – RP-Dos & Don’ts
By ISRO representatives
 Role of Technical Mentor and DEMO of Network for teaching end and Classroom end +
accessing/generating content
By ISRO representative
+ HECL representative
 Group formation (4 Groups) for Content Generation – instructions and guidelines (Each participant from the
group will make 4 minutes’ presentation using Multimedia and the real Edusat network with the interaction
real type and some dummy type)
By ISRO representatives
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Group and/or individual activities:
 Defining roles in the group and sharing of work
 Idea/Topic Selection for Content Generation of about 1-2 Minute quickie
 Brief writing exercise
 Preparations for Pre-During and Post Content Generation (TV & Multimedia)
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Preparations for group presentations including PPT and/or Flash.
Identification of existing Photos/video clipping available if any
Common exercises - for all groups up to 1600 hrs.
Specific Activities:
Clipping / Quickie shooting – simple (2 to 3 Nos.) - (Group 1)
Group 2, 3 & 4 continues earlier activities
(1600 – 1815 Hrs.)
(Exercises may be continued for extended hours if required)
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Day – 4
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Specific Activities:
Clipping / Quickie shooting – simple (2 to 3 Nos.) (Group 2)
Clipping / Quickie editing (Group 1)
Other exercise continued (Group 3 & 4)
(0900 – 1115 Hrs.)
Specific Activities:
Clipping / Quickie shooting - Simple (2 to 3 Nos.) (Group 3)
Clipping / Quickie editing (Group 2)
Presentation preparations and rehearsal (Group 1 & 4)
(1115 – 1330 Hrs.)
Specific Activities:
Clipping / Quickie Shooting – Simple (2 to 3 Nos.) (Group -4)
Clipping / Quickie editing (Group 3)
Presentation rehearsals (Group 1 & 2)
(1400 – 1615 Hrs.)
Specific Activities:
Clipping / Quickie editing (Group 4)
Presentation rehearsals (other groups)
Dumping of the content generation for the final presentations on Computer by each group for all the
participants and discussing the chronology with DECU team
(1615 – 1830 Hrs.)
(Exercises may be continued for extended hours if required – remaining editing and the final dump out on
DVD + DVCAM/BETA as the case may be. )
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Day – 5
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Activities:
Presentation by Group 1 (25 – 30 Minutes including 5 Minutes Interaction)
Presentation by Group 2 (25 – 30 Minutes including 5 Minutes Interaction)
Presentation By Group 3 (25 – 30 Minutes including 5 Minutes Interaction)
Presentation By Group 4 (25 – 30 Minutes including 5 Minutes Interaction)
(1000 – 1600 Hrs.) including the changeover period for the Group presenting. The presentations are to be
made using the actual network and also the interaction using the co-located SIT and other available SITs if any.
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Activities:
Analysis of 4 Groups’ presentations
Feedback and closing
(1600 – 1700 Hrs.)
Important Note: System requirement for Presentations and Demonstrations by Resource Persons
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from DECU:
PC for Presentation (with capability to handle word, power point, flash, movie files) with LCD
projector for the participants viewing.
Stand alone DVD player to be used by Resource Persons from DECU
Edusat Network availability having one teaching end and one classroom collocated at the venue of
the training - Both with LCD projection separately.
Proper Audio projection through public address system and Audio mixer with the inputs like
Resource Persons voice, DVD audio, Computer audio from Presentation computer or Teaching
end computer and collocated classroom end computer.
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System requirement for the group exercise, rehearsals and final presentations:
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4 additional PCs with proper software like MS Power Point, Macromedia Flash at separate rooms
for rehearsals. – For day 3,day 4 and 5.
Shooting equipment (2 Sets): Camera with VCR or Camcorder (Beta of DVCAM), Tripod,
External Microphone, Monitor, Porta kit light with manpower like Cameraman, Lighting assistant
and a helper – For day 3, 4 (Note: 2 set of equipment and 2 set of manpower for 2 days for the
shooting purpose) If you do not have at your place, in that case you need to hire accordingly.
Editing Equipment (2 Set of Non-linear Editing):
Non-linear editing simple type required capturing the shoot material by various groups on NLE
setup, edit as required with multilayer and text superimposed, final dump out of clippings
generated on DVCAM and/or DVD. These clippings would be finally used by the resource persons
(Participants) during their presentation on the actual network of Edusat. Required for day 3
(Extended hours), 4 (late night) and 5 (Morning in emergency – may be only dump out could be
required) (Note: 2 set of Non-linear Editing setups with manpower like efficient Editors for 3
days for the editing purpose) If you do not have at your place, in that case you need to hire
accordingly.
Teaching end PC (with capability to handle word & power point with desired fonts with transitions
also flash, movie files and other .exe files). The computer has to have enough space to store large
data and having faster speed to access the data. The data has to transmit on Edusat network on
which the content delivery will be made.
Classroom end PC to receive the content through Edusat Network and also to allow participants to
ask questions through Voice, Text or Live mode as the network possibilities.
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