> If you want to make an html link (for example, in a Google Map) the code is as follows:
Replace url with the url you want to link to. Replace link with whatever you want - it's the text that will be clickable, blue, and underlined. All the others aspects of the code must remain the same (spacing, quotes, etc.). Also, don't forget that if you're putting this into a Google Map placemark you need to do it under the Edit HTML tab.
> Final trailer.
> I'll email you about the collaborative essay
> Present Creative Galleries.> Complete ESEI evaluations.
Trailer! Check it out.
> Collaborative trailer. Goal: to make a single video trailer about the whole course and the topic "What is a multimedia author?" Possible soundtrack for trailer.
> Goal: to make a single essay about the course and topic. Work on collaborative essay.
> Work on creative galleries.
> We will make a collaborative trailer for the entire class. It will include "snippets" from everyone's project. These might be a few images, some text, some sound, .... etc. The trailer and the collaborative document are a statement on the class as a whole (along with your individual projects). What should we include in the trailer? Write a blog post on what we should include from your project - the post may be text or may be an image or a link or some combination. The goal is to create a post with your thoughts on your content for the trailer. We will return to this and assemble the trailer on Thursday.
> Find a partner and work on the collaborative document. Read it through. We want it to read as an essay on the class, gathering together the various ideas and debates. What do we need to do? Where do we need to edit it? Edit it for transitions, arguments, style...
> Work on creative galleries.
> Questions?
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Cool joke song
Remember: for Thursday's class (4/15) we meet in Colson 130 to hear the presentation by digital poet and critic Loss Glazier. I will take attendance: find me and let me know that you're there, and I'll mark you present.
> Audacity is a free, flexible sound editor. It is more powerful than the free editors included with most computers. (I would say it is on a par with or slightly better than Garage Band.) Download. Be sure to also download and install the LAME mp3 encoder in order to make mp3s. Some important tips:
- Each "track" is a clip of music. You can work with multiple tracks. When you save the file to a .wav or .mp3 or other format, the tracks are mixed down to a single track.
- The record button (red) creates a new track every time it is pushed.
- You can select, delete, copy, split, and paste whole tracks or sections of a track. You can apply filters and other transformations to whole tracks or sections of a track. You can drag whole tracks or sections of a track to different times in the timeline.
- There are excellent Audacity tutorials here. Also remember Creative Commons Search, try Freesound and Open Music Archive.
- Download some clips and make a piece of audio with at least three tracks. Upload it to your Google account and link it to your blog (click on the uploaded file and go the Share options).
http://www.as.wvu.edu/english/mapping_home.html
> Return to the collaborative document. Work in partners: one person writes, the other helps. Continue to edit and add to the document, but also do the following: choose a paragraph and work on the "writing style." Try to retain the interest of the individual writer's style and argument, but also edit the paragraph to be less of an individual statement and more of a paragraph in an essay. In short, normalize the paragraph style so that it is part of the larger, emerging essay. For example, shift from "My project is concentrating on Facebook" to "Facebook is" followed by a claim about Facebook. Once you and your partner complete editing that paragraph, move to another.
> Sound. Look at Murmur. For finding free audio tracks, along with Creative Commons Search, try Freesound and Open Music Archive.
> Using QuickTime. You can do most audio recording/editing using QuickTime. It's easy. Select File > New Audio Recording. Once the recording is made, adjust audio settings using Window > Show Movie Properties > Audio Properties. You can export the audio using File > Export and you can set the exports options by clicking the Options button.
- Tip: if you want to make a recording for an iPod, go to Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences > Audio Recording and set format to AAC (.m4a). You can set other recording preferences here as well. Why not make a podcast and publish it on iTunes!
> Using Audacity. Audacity is a much more full-featured audio editor, available for free download. Be sure to also download and install the LAME mp3 encoder in order to make mp3s. The encoder is available here. Additional Audacity plugins are here. Use Audacity for multi-track recording and editing, adding filters, and so on. There are also good Garage Band tutorials here, if you want you to work with it.
> Hear about the status of a few creative projects. Questions in general?
> Hear about the status of a few creative projects. Questions in general?
> Topic: Images and video for collaborative gallery. I will talk about images and videos a bit, and then you can work on your projects. If there's time we'll work on the collaborative document, otherwise we'll do that on Thursday.
> For images, Photoshop is the best, but for images that will go on the web, there are free alternatives that work just as well. Try pixlr. Play with it!
- Two tips: 1) Use Layers. 2) Save as a .jpg (photographic images) or .png (good format for all types of images).
> One way to edit movies is Windows Moviemaker. Moviemaker is free and installed on Windows machines, but is limited in functionality compared to QuickTime or iMovie.
- Important tip: you must publish the movie as .wmv or .avi before uploading!
> Remember, get your images and movie clips from all over. Use Creative Commons search to find usable, open copyright movie clips. Or make your own (use your cellphone)!
> Lots of examples of video art out there. We've already looked at some, but jhave Johnston's site is good for creative use of video.
> Multiple embedded YouTube example, using a Google Docs presentations. Functions like inBFlat. Offers a quick way to make a "mixable" page of videos.
> Return to the collaborative document. Work in partners: one person writes, the other helps. Choose a single paragraph and work on the "writing style." Try to retain the interest of the individual writer's style but also edit the paragraph to shift the style away from an individual statement to a paragraph in a larger work. For example, shift from "My project is concentrating on Facebook" to "Facebook is" followed by a claim about Facebook. In short, begin to normalize the paragraph style so that it is part of the larger, emerging essay. If you and your partner complete editing that paragraph, move to another.
