Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Final Project Guidelines Fall 2011
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.
Write a 300-word story to complement your project.
Deadlines:
Monday Nov. 28: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Wednesday Dec. 7: Project is due at the start of class.
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.
Write a 300-word story to complement your project.
Deadlines:
Monday Nov. 28: Post a description of your project on your blog.
Wednesday Dec. 7: Project is due at the start of class.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Video Projects Spring 2011
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 embed the video 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. Do not interview family members or significant others.
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 “Lend me a Tenor,” and the text could review the play.
Intermediate deadline Wednesday Nov. 9:
-- Post the topic of your video project on your blog, along with the sound source or sources you plan to use.
-- Bring to class a minute or so of video from the video camera you check out. We will look at editing options.
Final deadline Wednesday Nov. 16:
-- Upload the project to iReport and embed the video on your blog, along with the 400-word text that accompanies 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 embed the video 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. Do not interview family members or significant others.
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 “Lend me a Tenor,” and the text could review the play.
Intermediate deadline Wednesday Nov. 9:
-- Post the topic of your video project on your blog, along with the sound source or sources you plan to use.
-- Bring to class a minute or so of video from the video camera you check out. We will look at editing options.
Final deadline Wednesday Nov. 16:
-- Upload the project to iReport and embed the video on your blog, along with the 400-word text that accompanies it.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Soundslides Hosting Test
Hey, Soundslides hosting works!
Farewell Divshare. It's been fun knowing you.
But you just can't handle audio slideshows.
The key to Soundslides hosting seems to be the Export and Zip command, which was not available on the version of Soundslides I had on my computer originally.
It creates the publish_to_web zip file with no muss and no fuss.
Farewell Divshare. It's been fun knowing you.
But you just can't handle audio slideshows.
The key to Soundslides hosting seems to be the Export and Zip command, which was not available on the version of Soundslides I had on my computer originally.
It creates the publish_to_web zip file with no muss and no fuss.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Boy, is my face red
Those long, involved instructions for uploading your Soundslides project to Divshare and unzipping the folder and embedding the project on your blog?
The instructions won't work!
For some reason, Divshare won't let you unzip an uploaded folder.
Soundslides to the rescue!
Soundslides offers hosting -- free for a month -- and includes these helpful instructions for uploading and embedding.
I created an account that everyone can share.
go to host.soundslides.com/admin
The login is danielwms
The password is Lyndon
Good luck, and sorry for the confusion!
The instructions won't work!
For some reason, Divshare won't let you unzip an uploaded folder.
Soundslides to the rescue!
Soundslides offers hosting -- free for a month -- and includes these helpful instructions for uploading and embedding.
I created an account that everyone can share.
go to host.soundslides.com/admin
The login is danielwms
The password is Lyndon
Good luck, and sorry for the confusion!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
CNN iReport critique for Oct. 31
Please check out the offerings at iReport.com.
This is CNN's effort to get viewers to submit multimedia pieces.
Some are used in news shows.
Critique at least three submissions that have not aired on CNN.
At least two need to be video submissions rather than slideshows.
Criteria:
Is it interesting?
Why or why not?
Is it news?
If you were a CNN producer, would you put it on the air?
Could you do the same thing as well or better?
Post the critique on your blog by the start of class on Monday Oct. 31.
This is CNN's effort to get viewers to submit multimedia pieces.
Some are used in news shows.
Critique at least three submissions that have not aired on CNN.
At least two need to be video submissions rather than slideshows.
Criteria:
Is it interesting?
Why or why not?
Is it news?
If you were a CNN producer, would you put it on the air?
Could you do the same thing as well or better?
Post the critique on your blog by the start of class on Monday Oct. 31.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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 Divshare.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 Divshare, create a new folder and give it a name. Upload your zip file to that folder.
Unzip.
(If it asks, allow it to overwrite files.)
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory; you don't need it any longer.
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 Divshare.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 Divshare, create a new folder and give it a name. Upload your zip file to that folder.
Unzip.
(If it asks, allow it to overwrite files.)
Delete the Archive zip file in the directory; you don't need it any longer.
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.
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