This Digital Resource Guide offers tips and tools for developing your digital communications presence. While teaching, learning, and working remotely, you may need to create videos, audio recordings, or photos for use in public communications. Or, you may be looking for HGSE-branded digital assets to jazz up your virtual backgrounds or to share on social media. Below are best practices, approved and branded imagery, and directions for finding HGSE social media assets.
Best Practices for Photography, Video, and Audio
These resources can help you create your own quality pictures, video, or audio recording using best practices in the field.
How to create a quality headshot or portrait using your smartphone.
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Best practices for filming yourself.
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How to record audio on your phone.
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Virtual Backgrounds
Using your Harvard e-mail and key, all students, faculty, and staff have access to ZOOM. Here's a primer on how to set up your account and use Zoom. You can showcase your connection to HGSE by choosing a virtual background that can help personalize your online classes and meetings.
View Zoom Backgrounds
This tool has been created to help you generate a Zoom virtual background approved for use in HGSE specific settings. Examples include: classroom sessions, internal meetings, and programming and activities organized by HGSE. The background is not suitable for use in meetings outside of Harvard University, conferences, or personal Zoom sessions with family and friends.
Generate a Personalized HGSE Virtual Background
Need help changing your virtual background?
This Link Offers Guidance
Zoom Webinar Banners
We've created a gallery of Zoom banners and logo assets that you can download and use during a webinar or meeting that you may be hosting.
Social Media Assets
HGSE has created some fun GIF stickers available to be used on Instagram, Snapchat, or other apps. In the platforms, you can search ‘HGSE’ to find our stickers.