BACK
UP YOUR FILES!
- Read
and explore links: Storage
Media, Bandwidth
and Multimedia, Servers, Proxy
Servers, Streaming
Audio and Video Servers, Vectors
and Bitmaps, Graphic
Files, Bit Depth,
Monitor Resolution and Color, Web-Safe
Colors, ColorSync, Compression
and File Size, Web
Pages, Storyboards
and the Audience, Fonts,
and FTP and Yahoo!Geocities.
- For
our Collection of
Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/description for a MAC or Windows sound editor (recording
and special effects) freeware or shareware application to
our forum.
February 26
DEMO: PUT
an index in your Web Page Directory using Dreamweaver.
Submit first
case study essay as Web page uploaded to your CSUN HTML account
directory (public_html). Name the file "case_study1.html" Use
graphics sub-directory if including graphics. Use Dreamweaver
to upload all files to your CSUN directory. Please see uploading
instructions for help with Dreamweaver FTP.
Submit the
URL of your first case study on forum under FIRST CASE STUDY
(item
#261).
Check
Forum. Did you search for and submit download links/review?
It is part of the requirement for the course.
DEMO: Recording
audio, sound effects and Burning an Audio CD
LAB: Work
on Digitized Sound and
burn your audio CD.
BACK
UP YOUR FILES!
- Read
and explore links:Digital
Cameras, Smart
Media vs. Compact Flash, More
on Video, AV
Cards, TosLink and RCA (S/PDIF)
Digital Audio, Graphics
Cards, USB
vs. Serial, More
on USB, CD-ROM
vs. DVD, CD
Burners vs. Removable Drives, Educational
Versions and Licensing, Keeping
Current with Updates, Drivers, and Patches, and Copyright,
Liability and Protecting Students' Privacy.
- For
our Collection
of Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/description for a MAC or Windows music recording/mixing/editing
software to our forum.
March
4
DEMO: iTunes Get Info and setting song same and
artist.
Let's
look at some of the Case Studies.
DEMO: Freehand
Basics
LAB: Work
on your Nametag, CD
Label and Jewel
Case.
LAB: Burn
your Audio
CD--please look at requirements--and assemble
jewel case (you may need to take the CD label home and print
it on your own color printer. Let's experiment and see if we
can make PDFs out of the Freehand files and if they print
perfectly!
BACK
UP YOUR FILES!
March
11
DEMO: Review
of Freehand.
DEMO: "CD
Stomper"
LAB: Continue
to work on CD
label and jewel case inserts.
Remember to print your "guides" to check for fit before
you save as a template and proceed with the design and artwork.
When finished,
double check the fit before printing in color. Burn the audio
CD,
assemble with color labels and inserts, and submit.
DEMO:
Fireworks compression.
LAB: Work
on graphic
files assignment.
March
18
Upload
your second case study essay as Web page saved on your disk
in
the folder named public_html. Name the
file "case_study2.html" Use
graphics sub-directory if including graphics. Make an "index.html" file
with navigation to link to your first and second case studies.
Use Dreamweaver to upload
all files to your CSUN directory. Submit the
URL of the index on the discussion group.
DEMO: GIF Formats from graphic
files assignment.
LAB: Work on graphic
files assignment.
DEMO: Digital
photography with iPhoto (group photo in lab), graphics compression
and conversions, Adobe Photoshop.
LAB: Work
on digital photographs.
March
25
LAB: Work
on Digital Photographs and any other unfinished assignments.
DEMO: iMovie
LAB: Continue
working on unfinished assignments and begin instructional
video.
- For
our Collection of
Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/review for a MAC or Windows multimedia application to
our forum. Try to find software that is similar to the projects
we are working on currently.
- Bring
DV cameras and digital photo cameras.
April
1
DEMO: iMovie
Tutorial/Assignment
and hardware cables.
LAB: Work on iMovie
- For
our Collection of
Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/review for a MAC or Windows multimedia application to
our forum. Try to find software that is similar to the projects
we are working on currently.
- Bring
DV cameras and digital photo cameras
April
8 NO CLASS -- SPRING RECESS
- For
our Collection of
Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/review for a MAC or Windows multimedia application to
our forum. Try to find software that is similar to the projects
we are working on currently.
- Bring
DV cameras and digital photo cameras
April 15
1st Hour
LAB: work on iMovie
Tutorial/Assignment. Here is the file we couldn't get last
time.
2nd Hour
DEMO: Amelia
will show us how to upload
case study 2: add index and navigation for case study 1 and
case study 2. What, exactly, needs to be on your index? We
will discuss correct
directory
structure.
LAB: Upload "index.html" and "case_study2.html" POST
URL OF INDEX TO DISCUSSION GROUP HERE. Note: no uppercase
allowed in discussion titles--will be deleted otherwise.
DEMO:Amelia
will show us how to create a simple Fireworks Rollover.
LAB: Fireworks
Rollover.
If
there is an interest, we can look at making Dreamweaver
Templates.
DEMO: "CD
Stomper"
3rd
Hour
DEMO: Animated
GIF with Fireworks.
LAB: Work with your group and design the story board for your instructional
video.
- For
our Collection of
Software assignment/Review, submit download
link/review for a MAC or Windows multimedia application to
our forum. Try to find software that is similar to the projects
we are working on currently.
- Bring
DV cameras and digital photo cameras
- Storyboard for intructional video due.
April
22
Storyboard
for intructional video due.
DEMO: embed
multmedia into a Web page (video and flash).
DEMO: Multimedia
within PowerPoint: Bad Astronomy.
LAB: Work on PowerPoint
assignment.
DEMO: 10
Laws of Flash
LAB: Work on Flash assignment
If
you need extra practice with Flash, Here is a tutorial.
