Friday, December 18, 2009
Final Projects
As you all know, the deadline for final projects was 10 am this morning...
To those of you who got your projects in -- congratulations....
If you haven't uploaded yet, get that done ASAP. We will be taking points off for late work, and the later the project comes in, the more will be deducted.
Looking forward to watching the projects.
-Jeff
To those of you who got your projects in -- congratulations....
If you haven't uploaded yet, get that done ASAP. We will be taking points off for late work, and the later the project comes in, the more will be deducted.
Looking forward to watching the projects.
-Jeff
How to Post Soundslides Projects to the Blog (same info I e-mailed)
So to post a Soundslides project... There are two ways:
There are two ways you can do this:
1. The first step will be to export from Soundslides (once you're finished), and that will generate a whole folder full of files. Next, upload the Publish_to_Web folder full of files to your Web space.
For Web space, you can use the file hosting service that Maryland provides, ... it's File Manager under TerpConnect
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/myweb
Then post the link to your slideshow to the blog.
The OIT help desk should be able to walk you through any problems that come up with that (http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/4/4781/)
2. Some of you have found that Soundslides lets you convert your project so you can upload it to Blogger or YouTube without having to put it on TerpConnect. Here's how Michaelle did it (thanks Michaelle!)
First, go to this link:
http://support.soundslides.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=132
Then, after the project is already exported, create a zip file out of the "publish_to_web" folder by using the steps listed based on the type of computer you are using.
Then, click "online video converter." (a link in the first sentence).
Type in your email address and click "continue."
Then, select your file and upload it. It will be converted into an MP4 file and emailed to you.
Go to the link, save it and upload it to the blog.
These steps are all outlined on the Web page.
Issues with Method 2:
Some students are reporting that the captions are dropping out of Soundslides when the projects are converted to mp4 video files (the method I sent most recently). After doing some digging, I've learned that this is a bug of converting Soundslides to video formats:
(see: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/using-soundslides/publishing/)
So, if you've already finished your project and posted it that way, then post a comment on the blog with the captions you intended and note what time each was to appear.
Or, use the first method of uploading that I described and upload the folder of files to the TerpConnect Web space -- that will keep the captions in place.
-Jeff
There are two ways you can do this:
1. The first step will be to export from Soundslides (once you're finished), and that will generate a whole folder full of files. Next, upload the Publish_to_Web folder full of files to your Web space.
For Web space, you can use the file hosting service that Maryland provides, ... it's File Manager under TerpConnect
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/myweb
Then post the link to your slideshow to the blog.
The OIT help desk should be able to walk you through any problems that come up with that (http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/4/4781/)
2. Some of you have found that Soundslides lets you convert your project so you can upload it to Blogger or YouTube without having to put it on TerpConnect. Here's how Michaelle did it (thanks Michaelle!)
First, go to this link:
http://support.soundslides.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=132
Then, after the project is already exported, create a zip file out of the "publish_to_web" folder by using the steps listed based on the type of computer you are using.
Then, click "online video converter." (a link in the first sentence).
Type in your email address and click "continue."
Then, select your file and upload it. It will be converted into an MP4 file and emailed to you.
Go to the link, save it and upload it to the blog.
These steps are all outlined on the Web page.
Issues with Method 2:
Some students are reporting that the captions are dropping out of Soundslides when the projects are converted to mp4 video files (the method I sent most recently). After doing some digging, I've learned that this is a bug of converting Soundslides to video formats:
(see: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/using-soundslides/publishing/)
So, if you've already finished your project and posted it that way, then post a comment on the blog with the captions you intended and note what time each was to appear.
Or, use the first method of uploading that I described and upload the folder of files to the TerpConnect Web space -- that will keep the captions in place.
-Jeff
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Musical Life of Katie Speer- Hannah Bruchman Final Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSvaWKT9N8s
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Links to Pieces We Heard in Class Today
Here are the two long profiles we heard portions of today in class:
My Way or the FBI Way
Dumpsterologist
My Way or the FBI Way
Dumpsterologist
Next Homework: Profile of Person, Place, or Event
The listening homework for next week is:
Ira Glass on Storytelling #3
Ira Glass on Storytelling #4
The reading homework for next week is "Chapter 3: Writing for Broadcast" pp. 25-38. You'll need these tips for the exercise we'll do in class next week.
And this week the homework project is a Person, Place, or Event Profile:
* The piece must be at least a minute and a half but not longer than two and a half minutes.
* The piece must include at least two voices other than you. That means if it's a profile of one person, also get some tape of the person's best friend (for instance, could be someone else), or have a scene in which the main subject interacts with the friend.
* The piece must include at least 2 ambient sounds. Feel free to have more if it makes sense in your piece.
* You must get your story approved by me before your do it. That means if you change your pitch from the one you submitted in class, e-mail me the new pitch before you do it to make sure it will work.
Have fun
Ira Glass on Storytelling #3
Ira Glass on Storytelling #4
The reading homework for next week is "Chapter 3: Writing for Broadcast" pp. 25-38. You'll need these tips for the exercise we'll do in class next week.
And this week the homework project is a Person, Place, or Event Profile:
* The piece must be at least a minute and a half but not longer than two and a half minutes.
* The piece must include at least two voices other than you. That means if it's a profile of one person, also get some tape of the person's best friend (for instance, could be someone else), or have a scene in which the main subject interacts with the friend.
* The piece must include at least 2 ambient sounds. Feel free to have more if it makes sense in your piece.
* You must get your story approved by me before your do it. That means if you change your pitch from the one you submitted in class, e-mail me the new pitch before you do it to make sure it will work.
Have fun
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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