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User Education: Multimedia
Daily
Outline (last
updated 06/09/11)
Office Hours:
After class or by appointment. Google chat sessions may be
arranged.
Goals:
*Produce professional digital images, sound, and video for distribution
on the internet
*Create and manage the directory structures of dynamic websites
*Use multimedia in the context of a library's instructional programs
Expectations:
*attend all classes
*complete assignments by due date
*read assigned readings
*participate in class discussions
*contribute to a collegial work/learning atmosphere
Purchases:
*Readings
for the course will be available electronically via free Internet
sources, the ICON course page, and s well as free Internet
sources.
*Flip-style and mini-DV video cameras are available for checkout in the
SLIS office.
*You will need to have access to a dedicated digital still camera
greater than 4 megapixels (i.e. not a cellphone camera)
*A quality microphone if your laptop does not come with an integrated
microphone input.
* Please bring a simple set of headphones to class for more discrete
editing in Audacity and IMovie
* It
would be impossible to create step-by-step handouts for every scenario
we will encounter across multiple computer applications and platforms
ina distance learning environment.
Therefore, it is your option to purchase books for the programs your
system supports if you deem it
necessary to supplement lecture and hands-on experience.
General Notes:
This course a) helps the rest of the SLIS community of learners get to
know
you as a person b) compared to the rest of the SLIS curriculum, has
some degree of levity and creative possibilities. You are afforded an
opportunity to stamp your personality on your projects.
Beware,
these labors of
love can sometimes be a black hole for work time. Budget your
time accordingly and expect to be asked to present on deadline dates.
Assignments:
Assignment 1:
Multimedia Journaling 20%
Assignment 2:
Podcast 20%
Assignment 3:
Screencast 15%
Assignment 4:
How-to video 20%
Assignment 5:
Wordpress
portfolio 15%
Class participation 10%
A Note On Grading:
You
may be used to grading systems that quantify your work using points and
percentages. For projects in this class, grades are by necessity
sometimes more qualitative than that. Media itself is evaluated on
different terms than text (a look at the local film review section of
your paper will demonstrate that truth). Most of the project
grades will be equally balanced between three components: 1)Artistic
Quality, 2) Conceptual Quality, and 3)Technical Quality. See each
assignment's grading rubric below.
For Assignments 2-5 you may optionally
create an Artist's Statement. The purpose of this informal
email is to afford YOU an opportunity to illuminate the
overarching idea that should be used in evaluating your
project. In it, you should explain what you were trying to
achieve. The reasoning behing the Artist's Statement it is
that, to some extent, human judgment plays a role in
evaluating media. You will receive clear explanations of
grades, but these grades will not be quantified as they may be in other
courses.
Course reserve:
(Must be signed into ICON course reserve to access)
Farkas, B. (2006). Secrets of Podcasting:
Audio Blogging for the
Masses. Berkeley: Peachpit Press.
Cochrane, Todd. (2005). Podcasting: Do it
yourself guide. Indianapolis:
Wiley.
Carlson, Jeff. (2009). iMovie '09
& iDVD for Mac OS X. London: Peachpit Press.
Breen, Christopher (2009). The Flip Mino
pocket guide. Berkeley: Peachpit Press.
Schroder,
Carla (2011). The book of Audacity: record, edit, mix, and master with
the free audio editor. San Francisco: No Starch Press.