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)

Week 10

*Powerpoint:
- review of what you already know
- photographing steps/slides of a marketing presentation and importing a photo gallery into a slide show (1 image per slide)
- ACTIONS
- Custom Animations

*Open Source:
OpenOffice
Audacity
Gimp
7ZIP

*Windows Explorer & 7ZIP
- View Details, Unhiding recognised file types, Details View, Same For all Folders.
- 7ZIP, download and install, configure to reate ZIP files, creating a ZIP of several files.

* How to simulate software using screen capture (Print Screen, Alt + Print Screen)

* GROUP ASSIGNMENT - DUE NEXT FRIDAY
Organise yourself into pairs.
Choose a piecjavascript:void(0)e of software e.g. Word. Create a presentation explaining how some functionality within it works (e.g. sections). You may need to choose more than piece of functionality.

* We will continue in class next week.

Week 9 - Class 3/4

Test on Word

Week 9 - Class 2

* Images

compression, size, line art, photo/gradients
dpi/ppi

JPG
GIF
PNG
TIF

* Scanning

* Cameras

Week 9 - Class 1

Create a poster (using a Word template, for Portfolio Day - Friday 3rd December)

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Now use mail merge from word to send an email to all your customers.

The mail should be an invitation to Portfolio Day

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294694

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Review Panel
Track Changes, Comments, Permissions

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Reminder: As mentioned last week, there will be an inclass test this Friday on ALL aspects of Word already covered. Moodle will be used to reveal the details of the test and for taking up the test at the end of the class. Deadline will be enforced by Moodle.

Week 8 - Class 3/4

Review of applying techniques learned in last class to our ongoing development of the book.

Mail Merge
- creating the master
- creating the data source
- merging both to create an output file

Redo using ACCESS, EXCEL.

A look at templates when creating new files e.g. flyer.
Create a new document using a flyer template, edit the details.

Sites for stock images
Sites for web and office templates (including Word & Powerpoint)
Sites for web templates (HTML & FLASH)

Week 8 - class 2

Page Layout - Portrait, Landscape
Columns
Sections
Breaks
Applying different layouts using Next Page sections
Applying different layouts using Continuous sections

Headers / Footers - global, per section

Line Numbering
Watermarks
Borders


Homework, re apply the formatting techniques learned in class to the last chapter in your book. Apply global techniques to the entire document.

Week 8 - class 1

Announcement of new timetable. Friday class has changed to a double and has been brought forward to 12.15 & 1.15 finishing at 2.15 in room ITG17.

Harvard Referencing - EndNote, Reference Manager, Word

Creating an index
Creating a bibliography (citations)
Footnotes

Week 7 - Class 2 - Wed Pract before mid term

Insert Images, Fig captures, Editing images and styles, wrapping text, Shapes and smart art.

No class Friday

Week 7 - class 1

Word

get your book from dropbox.
open it.
Word Options.

Insert a Cover Page.
Insert a blank page before each chapter
Put in 2 sub headings in chapter 5.
Insert a page break before each sub heading in chapter 5.

Before the paragraph 1, create a table (using the grid dropdown.
Choose a style. Explore options. NB TAB button SHIFT TAB.
Row & Column banding.

In chapter 2, create a table using the table dialog

In chapter 3, create a table using the pencil (Draw table)

Go back and insert captions below each table. see the references tab.

Insert a table of figures defaulted to TABLE below the table of contents.

Modify tables Insert/Delete rows columns.

Insert a table after paragraph 1 in chapter 1 with 2 rows 3 columns.
Use paragraph formatting to right justify column 1.Resize the column. Make column 2 small. Now select the whole table and remove all the borders. Add a box around the whole thing.

Save to dropbox ready for the next day.

Week 6

Log into Google, create goolge calendars.
Register your phone with your calendar by modifying settings.
Create a calendar for your college timetable.
Now for each entry on your calendar have it send you an SMS reminders to your phone 10 minutes before class starts.
Create another calendar for your social life with a different colour.
Superimpose one on the other - Look for clashes.

Later we will share our calendars with others and use the technology to find an available time to call a meeting.

Word - Book

Create a book with all the trimmings.

After 2 classes, 100 paragraphs with 10 sentences in each.
Split up into 5 chapters. Uses Heading styles.
Create sub headings
Generate TOC.

Save to Dropbox so you can open at the next class.

Week 5 - class 3

Discovered that module descriptor is incorrect.
Digital Marketing Skills should be Marketing Presentation Skills.
4 hours per week required.