For my project, I choose to create a place-based heritage experience here at Michigan State University. Michigan State is a fairly young institution, only 169 years old, yet it still does have a substantial heritage that is largely unknown to the average student. I wanted to be able to provide a bit of context to the university, focusing on four of the oldest spots. These spots often have green historical markets, but many students walk by as they tend to not only blend in with the landscape but can be rather dull. To fix this, I created a video giving basic information to enhance their understanding of the history at Michigan State. My videos are very short, only around a minute, and they have different pictures of the location, even some historical photos. I built this by first choosing my locations. I picked the most iconic symbols of Michigan State that I would be able to place a QR code at; for example, I did not choose the Rock, as it is often repainted, or the Spartan Statue, as I do not want to ruin any grad photos with a QR code. I ended up choosing the Beaumont Tower, The Union, Alice B. Cowles House, and the Beal Botanical Garden. Each of these locations is an integral part of Michigan State University’s history, and I wanted to be able to showcase that. After this, I began writing my script using news articles and the official MSU website. After I had a bit of information ready, I found images. I decided to use a mixture of photos I have taken during my time here at MSU and images from MSU websites. After this, I used cap cut to make a video with all of the photos together, then recorded a voiceover of myself reading my script. This worked incredibly well, and the videos turned out better than expected. Next, I was tasked with creating four different QR codes for each video in my other locations. I attempted to use my phone to upload the video to a free QR Code generator website, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. Luckily, unlike Cap Cut, I could upload each of my videos through Vimeo, another free editing app. However, Vimeo generates a link to the video, allowing me to put that link in the QR Code Generators.

I used a free website called The QR Code Generator (TQRCG), which allowed me to place the links I gained from Vimeo and form a QR Code. This leaves me with my last step. I was placing them at their designated locations. This was pretty easy. All I did was put the QR Code on a Google doc under each hold a small statement such as “Scan Here To Learn About The History of Alice B. Cowles House”. After this, I printed them, cut them out as they had two QR codes per paper, and taped them at their designated locations. I have included photographs of where they were taped so you can see them. You should also be able to scan the QR code to see the videos themselves!