Additional Topics

1)
While we have used pdf files, you should be aware that Adobe Acrobat is the definitive pdf creation tool and Acrobat X will be released shortly. For your future careers I suggest you find out more about it's features. It is particularly useful for signing off digital documentation e.g. Ad copy etc.

2)
As regards collaboration and working in groups, you should take a further look at Google Docs.

3)
With multiple authors, version control becomes very important. You should familiarize yourself with Word's Track Changes feature. Use it as follows.

Create a Word document, Save it. Before sending it to a reviewer, turn on Track Changes. The reviewer should make corrections by actually editing the text and/or adding comments. The display will be unusual at first because by default there will be additional markup shown on screen. You can change the View to remove this markup. When the reviewer is finished he/she saves the document and sends it back to the author. Changes are tracked. The author opens it up and can review the changes one at a time and accept or reject the change(s). You can also just accept all. This can be done with multiple reviewers together.

Week 12 - Class 3 - FINAL CLASS

The previous 2 classes did not run according to plan this week.
Class 1 was spent creating movies, images and fixing movie playback problems.
Class 2 was spent examining the presentations in class.
So I have made a presentation available to cover topics listed on the blog within Moodle. Please login to moodle and go through the presentation.

There are also 2 deliverables requested in Moodle:

a) upload your presentation to Moodle (after going through my presentation to learn how to do it correctly). I have extended deadlines due to weather please upload this by Monday

b) portfolio Taking account of the weather conditions I have extended the deadline for the portfolio to Wednesday

Exact due dates and times are available within Moodle.

Week 12 - Class 2

Document Version Control

Collaboration

more...

Week 12 - Class 1

technical class on images:

types
size
files
formats
scanning

Week 11 - class 3

UPDATE:
Go back to your Powerpoint presentation, Rehearse timings, Record Naration
Make sure to set the mic level correctly.
Change the Quality to 44,100 kHz, 16 bit MONO
Make sure the LINKED checkbox is selected.

You can download your photos and videos for inclusion in your presentation from MOODLE (I put them in MOODLE so that they won't be available on the net to all and sundry!)

Include your presenter notes within the presentation.


Narration
- recording
- mic setup
- embed v linking
- some narrations tips for different systems and versions of powerpoint
- instructions from microsoft

Notes:
* In your presentation, only one sound can play at a time. So if you have inserted a sound that is to play automatically, it will get overridden by voice narration.
* To run the presentation without narration, on the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show, and then select the Show without narration check box.
* If you have saved slide timings but want to run the presentation without the timings, on the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show, and under Advance slides, click Manually. When you want the timings on again, click Using timings, if present.

Tools:

Audacity
virtual audio cable
jack
handbrake
ffmpeg



Assignment Presentations

- running order to follow
- Presentations to be made in class (or remotely live)

Week 11 - class 2

continuation of last class

Week 11 - class 1

Group Assignment - Review 1

Highlighting class mistakes.

I'm looking for subtleness in use of advanced feature and techniques like keyframing that you were shown in the last 2 classes.

Encouraging subtle changes in graphics.
Appropriate transitions and graphics.
Intro Slide and Sections slide
Simplify, simplify ...
Remove speech text from slides, put it in the notes instead
Dimming (part of custom animations)