This assignment is due on Thursday, April 15. You can work on it right after you mail in your taxes!
Critique the video offerings of two newspapers.
Find one that offers video and does an effective job with it, and another that offers video but does not do an effective job with it.
Post your critique on your blog along with links to the video offerings.
Sorry, but you can't use the New York Times.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Final Project Guidelines
For the final multimedia project in the class, please choose two (or more) of the forms we have worked on during the semester and tell a fresh story.
You may work in teams or solo.
The only form that is off-limits is the blog, though you will post your project on your blog.
You may combine interactive maps, podcasts, slideshows, audio slideshows, and videos.
Examples: a podcast, slideshow or video that plays out of an interactive map; or a video that combines still and moving pictures.
This project does not require a text component.
Deadlines:
Tuesday, April 27: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Tuesday, May 11, 2:45 p.m.: Project is due at the start of this class period, which is the time set aside for your final exams. The final projects will serve as your final exam. Each team will present its project.
You may work in teams or solo.
The only form that is off-limits is the blog, though you will post your project on your blog.
You may combine interactive maps, podcasts, slideshows, audio slideshows, and videos.
Examples: a podcast, slideshow or video that plays out of an interactive map; or a video that combines still and moving pictures.
This project does not require a text component.
Deadlines:
Tuesday, April 27: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Tuesday, May 11, 2:45 p.m.: Project is due at the start of this class period, which is the time set aside for your final exams. The final projects will serve as your final exam. Each team will present its project.
Video Project
Due April 22
Create a video package that runs 1:30 to 2 minutes, and a 400-word text to accompany it.
As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.
Post the project on iReport.com, and on your blog.
Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group.
Any music needs to be royalty-free.
The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for “Rent,” and the text could review the play.
Create a video package that runs 1:30 to 2 minutes, and a 400-word text to accompany it.
As with the audio slideshows, create a journalistic narrative with a beginning that introduces the subject, a middle, and an end.
Post the project on iReport.com, and on your blog.
Include sound. This can be natural sound or an interview, or both. It can also include your own narration; however, the project must include sound created outside of your group.
Any music needs to be royalty-free.
The text and the video package should complement each other and not simply repeat what the other says. For instance, a team could put together a video about rehearsals for “Rent,” and the text could review the play.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Soundslides tips
You’ll need the following ingredients to create an audio slideshow using Soundslides and post it on your blog:
The Soundslides program (available for free from Soundslides.com).
A folder containing jpg photos.
An mp3 audio file.
An account with Webng (available for free from Webng.com).
A bit of patience.
Getting started:
Open Soundslides.
Ignore the Registration page by clicking Later.
Select NEW Create a project.
Give your project a name and give the computer a place to save it.
You’ll come to a page that asks you to load your jpg folder and mp3.
First, select an Output size on the left. Try “small” because you’re putting it on a blog.
Now load your jpg folder.
Then load your mp3.
You can change the order of your photos, and change the amount of time they stay on-screen.
You cannot alter the mp3 file once it’s loaded.
To change the order of your photos, drag and drop them where you want them. If that doesn’t work – it didn’t work well for me – you can specify the time at which they appear. This is done in the Slide Info tab.
You can adjust the length of time a photo stays on-screen by clicking the side of a photo in the timeline and sliding it left or right.
Put captions on your slideshow by using the Slide Info tab. Give your slideshow a headline (and give yourselves credit) under the Project Info tab.
When you’re happy with your audio slideshow, click export.
This creates a folder called publish_to_web.
You must highlight all of the items in the folder and create a zip file of them – go to File, and select Create Archive. You will need the zip file when you upload the slideshow to the Web, so find out where it resides (I had trouble finding mine).
In WebNG, use File Manager and create a new directory. Open that directory, then upload your zip filed.
Unzip.
Allow it to overwrite files.
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory.
Click Current URL to view the soundslide.
Copy the URL and paste it into:
www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/
This generates an embed code that you can place in your blog.
You can modify the width and height of your slideshow at this point. If you change them, click Modify. That generates a new embed code.
The Soundslides program (available for free from Soundslides.com).
A folder containing jpg photos.
An mp3 audio file.
An account with Webng (available for free from Webng.com).
A bit of patience.
Getting started:
Open Soundslides.
Ignore the Registration page by clicking Later.
Select NEW Create a project.
Give your project a name and give the computer a place to save it.
You’ll come to a page that asks you to load your jpg folder and mp3.
First, select an Output size on the left. Try “small” because you’re putting it on a blog.
Now load your jpg folder.
Then load your mp3.
You can change the order of your photos, and change the amount of time they stay on-screen.
You cannot alter the mp3 file once it’s loaded.
To change the order of your photos, drag and drop them where you want them. If that doesn’t work – it didn’t work well for me – you can specify the time at which they appear. This is done in the Slide Info tab.
You can adjust the length of time a photo stays on-screen by clicking the side of a photo in the timeline and sliding it left or right.
Put captions on your slideshow by using the Slide Info tab. Give your slideshow a headline (and give yourselves credit) under the Project Info tab.
When you’re happy with your audio slideshow, click export.
This creates a folder called publish_to_web.
You must highlight all of the items in the folder and create a zip file of them – go to File, and select Create Archive. You will need the zip file when you upload the slideshow to the Web, so find out where it resides (I had trouble finding mine).
In WebNG, use File Manager and create a new directory. Open that directory, then upload your zip filed.
Unzip.
Allow it to overwrite files.
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory.
Click Current URL to view the soundslide.
Copy the URL and paste it into:
www4.soundslides.com/apps/utilities/
This generates an embed code that you can place in your blog.
You can modify the width and height of your slideshow at this point. If you change them, click Modify. That generates a new embed code.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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