Teaching videos

Tutorials show a precise gesture: examining an object, checking a document, using the BIOP database. Lectures record the talks given at conferences. Interviews give practitioners a voice. Tutorials explain how to use OIMAP's online services.

Each video comes with a summary sheet, a five-question quiz and links to related resources.

The Identification channel teaches how to recognise materials, techniques and styles. The Law channel explains conventions and procedures. The Market channel presents good selling practices. The Protection channel is aimed at law enforcement. The Conservation channel deals with documenting collections. The Digital channel presents the tools.

Playlists offer pathways of several videos to reach a specific goal.

All videos are subtitled in French, English and Spanish, with a downloadable transcript. Audio descriptions are available for visual tutorials. The player lets you slow down or speed up playback.

For weak connections, low-definition versions are offered, along with a download for offline viewing.

Trainers and alumni may propose videos. The Academy has a studio in Paris and recording kits for Nairobi and Singapore. A production guide specifies format, length and image-rights rules.

An editorial committee approves each video before publication: accuracy, teaching quality, respect for people and works.

Videos are published under a non-commercial open licence. They may be used in training, citing the source. Images of seized objects are blurred when the investigation is ongoing.

Excerpts may be built into other teaching materials. Commercial uses require authorisation.

The Academy's reception service answers practical questions Monday to Friday, in French, English and Spanish, and can direct each visitor to the programme, scholarship or free resource that fits their situation. A guidance counsellor also offers a thirty-minute individual meeting, by appointment, to build a realistic training pathway.

Trainees' feedback is valuable: each session gives rise to a questionnaire, and the most useful suggestions are examined each quarter by the teaching committee. Do not hesitate to write to report a difficulty, propose a subject or tell us what the training has changed in your practice.