Summer Class: COM 8100

I just finished taking Disaster, hazard and crisis communication at Mizzou. First Ph. D class. I'll plan to post the papers I worked on for these courses as soon as I get my feedback back.

Last Week: Lab 1

In class today we will have our last Twitter quiz, and start viewing final projects. I will randomly select three groups for today and the remaining two will go on Wednesday.

As for exporting your website files, I will go over this briefly in class today. Basically you should create a folder on your desktop (named something like J2150CSlug) and save all the files in it that you are putting on your site: word docs, video files, flash files, the sound slides publish to web folder and any jpgs that appear on the site. Then save the actual site as an html file (from the homepage) to that folder as well. That folder (the one you made on your desk top should then be zipped exported to blackboard).

I'll walk through this again in class.

Wednesday we will be getting Pizza. I'll take a vote on what types today in class.
I will come to class at the beginning and collect $, and go get the pizzas while you all fill out your course evaluations (since I cannot be in the room). I'll return and we will finish the presentations and have dinner.

For this week you should write a blog about what you learned in the class and what you will take with you in your future career path (or on the journey to that) if you wrote it last week for your blog assignment that is fine.

Examples from class this week

 Coal: A Love Story- This is amazing

PEEPS- JUST FOR FUN

Week 15: Lab 2

Today in class you need to have your website ready for my review. I will look at websites and send you back an email critique of them before Saturday night so you can make changes before class and presentations on Monday.

Today you must turn in:

One for the group
-Your sitemap and storyboard
-Your updated budget with completed dates indicated to the side of each portion (make sure you include your story slug).
-Your web address for the project site, emailed to me before the end of class today (6:30 p.m.)

Each person in the group-
-Peer review, available on the class site under course content if needed. Please hand-write or type legibly on the form.

Monday each group will do a 20 minute presentation of their site in class. You might use time in class today to run through this one or two times and decide who will talk about the site. Each person must talk about a portion of the project.


Please email me before noon today if you have questions about today.
See you in class.

Week 15: Lab 1

I cannot believe we only have two weeks left of class. Today in class you will need to work on your projects and we'll have a current events quiz.

Due dates for final project are as follows. 

Final project for my review submitted by April 25th before class--you should also turn in your peer reviews, budget with updates, storyboard and web-map on Wednesday. Monday, April 30, we will begin presentations. Each group gets 20 minutes to present their website and take questions from the class. We will be doing peer evaluations of the sites in class.

The last day of class we will finish up presentations and do evaluations. 

Website story boarding

Here's a link to the story boarding site I shared. 

http://www.webhostdesignpost.com/website/websitestoryboarding.html

Week 14 Lab 2

Here are some examples of other final projects if you want to get ideas for your story board, remember to email me by noon today if you have Flash questions you would like explained in class:

http://murugby.wordpress.com/
http://j2150finalproject.blogspot.com/
http://www.miz-sec.blogspot.com/
http://mizzourotc.wordpress.com/
http://comospiritsquad.blogspot.com/
http://web.missouri.edu/~aby76/Armed_Services_Outreach_Project/Armed_Services_Outreach.html
http://getlostpoetryandperformances.wordpress.com/

Week 14: Lab 1

Tomorrow in class we will learn how to produce your own interactive graphic using Adobe Flash, but there will be no current events quiz. You should start your Lynda.com Adobe Flash tutorial.

Also come prepared to share with me what you have done so far on your final projects.  Your final project deadline is fast approaching. You projects will be presented in class on April 27 and I will need to have seen the entire project by April 25.

Lab 2: Week 13

Today we are going over your mobile assignments and we'll be looking at Flash. Then you'll get 30 minutes with your group.

Week 13: Lab 1

See you all in class today and remember to be on budget with your final projects and be working on your mobile assignments.

I'll give a brief intro to Adobe Flash (you have a Lynda.com tutorial) and we'll  chat in teams about your final projects. You'll get the last 30 minutes of the class to work on your projects.

Whatever we don't get done in this class we'll try to cover in the next. 

Week 12 Follow-up

Remember to bring your smartphone or check out one from the lab before class next class. We'll be practicing posting mobile assignments. For those who have already done this assignment, be prepared to wait patiently.
Also I'll be asking you about progress on your final progress, each group should speak for 3 to 5 minutes about what they have done so far. You'll get the last 30 minutes to work in groups and ask me questions.
Make sure one of your group members submits a budget to Blackboard before next class.

You should submit a mobile proposal to me by email two days before your event. You have two weeks to complete this assignment (due April 16).

Week 12: Lab 1

Welcome back from spring break! Just a reminder you should email me your budget before class tomorrow:  

Budget guidelines can be found here

In class you will: work with your team on the final project,  and take a current events quiz, I'll show some examples.

Class today

Be prepared to talk about final projects and the mobile journalism assignment.

Week 8: Lab 2

Here are some examples of final projects from last semester:

http://mizzourotc.wordpress.com/
http://www.wix.com/threexbee19/sweet-home-columbia
http://moonbellydance.blogspot.com/
http://inthecatacombs.wordpress.com/
http://irontiger2150.wordpress.com/
http://muwheelchairbball.wordpress.com/video/
http://comospiritsquad.blogspot.com/p/follow-us-on-investigation.html

Remember the Final Cut Pro X quiz deadline is Friday, 11:59 p.m.

The News Video should be turned in before class on Wednesday, March 20 (you get an extra day). 

Make sure you let me know by class today who is in your final project group. See deadlines below: 

Brief summary

Each team will present three project ideas to the class during the first lab the week 10 (March 19).

Headline and two paragraphs

Due: Headline and two paragraphs is due first lab week 12 (April 2).

Create a budget for your story

Due: Final budget is due First lab week 13 (April 9).

Week 9: Lab 1

Today in class we will have a CE/Twitter Quiz, and we will look at some of the video assignments. Be prepared to send me two people you would like to have on your final project team, as we will be assigning teams on Thursday. We will talk about your final project as well. See you in class.

Week 8: Lab 1

Today you should be submitting your audio slideshow via blackboard. You need to upload the entire folder that says "upload to web" from Soundslides to Blackboard. I will use the index file to view your sideshow.

In class today I'll answer questions on Final Cut Pro. We'll talk a little more about the your two video assignments.

Television news-style video assignment is due in Blackboard before the first lab in two weeks.

This week — Continue watching Lynda.com tutorial on Final Cut Pro X ( Chapters 1-7, 9 and 10 chapter one “Managing Media Files” tutorial by end of Week 9) and remember to take the quiz on Blackboard.

Examples from class

Example I wanted to share in class today:
Bicycle Portraits - everyday South Africans and their bicycles. from Bicycle Portraits on Vimeo.

Week 7: Lab 1

Just a reminder to turn in your Three Photos Finals before class tomorrow. I am reading through your blogs and tweets, remember you must tweet on two different days in order to receive credit for both your tweets.

Tomorrow there will be a Twitter Current Events quiz and I can promise one question will pertain to the Oscars. 

For this week:
Continue watching Lynda.com tutorial on Final Cut Pro X ( Chapters 1-7, 9 and 10 chapter one “Managing Media Files” tutorial by end of Week 9) and for PC users watch Adobe Premiere Elements (Chapters 1-5 by the end of Week 9)
and take the Week 8 reading’s quiz due by 11:59 p.m. Friday

In class tomorrow we will talk about shooting video with the five shot method for your short video assignment. You do not need to check cameras out for class.

Wednesday we will do an in class critique of your audio slideshow assignment. Remember to post this to Blackboard before class if you want feedback in class. 

I'll also pass back feedback on your audio assignments.

Due Dates

Just a little review of due dates for upcoming assignments:
All final for projects are due before class on the date listed. We will look at the projects in the class before they are due for critique.

Audio- Feb. 20
Three Photos- Feb. 27
Slideshow is due- March 5
Short Video- March 12
TV News- March 19

Week 6: Lab 1

Remember to submit your audio assignment before the beginning of class today. Come prepared to learn about video. Bring questions about your slideshow.

Photo critiques will be on Wednesday, final submission for photos should be on Monday by 5 p.m. (Feb. 27). Slide show critiques are Monday Feb. 27 and finals are due Wednesday Feb. 29.

Watch Lynda.com tutorial on Final Cut Pro X ( Chapters 1-7, 9 and 10 chapter one “Managing Media Files” tutorial by end of Week 9) and for PC users watch Adobe Premiere Elements (Chapters 1-5 by the end of Week 9)

You must take either the Final Cut Pro X quiz by 11:59 p.m. Friday of Week 9.

Week 5: Lab 2

Remember to upload your audio file to Blackboard before class if you want feedback. You should save it as an MP3 and upload it.
If you do not have your interview done, bring the questions you prepared for your interview. Each student will get three minutes.
I'll answer questions about the photo and audio slideshow assignments. Please email me if you have questions so I can make sure I have the answer in class.
We will also go over the next steps in SoundSlides.

Week 5: Lab 1

I just wanted to remind you all to download the LAME encoder so you can export your audio file from Audacity onto Blackboard as an MP3. Only save it as an MP3 when you are done editing, as it will compress all your files into one. This file form is better supported by the Blackboard interface.
Remember to save your final file as an MP3 through Audacity and load the MP3 onto Blackboard by Wednesday if you want feedback.

Let me know if you have any questions. We will do a photo review for the Three Photos assignment and we'll be reviewing Sound Slides in class tomorrow.  Get an idea of the audio slideshow assignment.

Preparing for Week 5

Although your final audio assignment is not due until Monday, Feb. 20, there will be a critique class period on Wednesday. Your clip does not have to be finalized, but I would suggest you take advantage of this opportunity. Wednesday we will review the three photos assignment. Monday, Feb. 20, we will go over your three photos assignments in class. The three photos will be due before lab on Monday, Feb. 27. 

If you want feedback before you turn in your audio presentation, please bring it to class this week on Wednesday. Each student will be asked to present their audio clip and talk about why they chose to interview who they interviewed. Also bring questions for me and your classmates. You will each get three to five minutes. We will do the same thing next Monday (Feb. 20) with the three photos assignment.

We will be learning SoundSlides this week too. Make sure to download the program demo and bring your laptop to class on Monday. Directions for downloading it are on the convergence site under Week 5.

Just a reminder as to what is due this week:

• Blog and two tweets due at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Make sure to read my comments on your blog and make changes.
• Complete the Photoshop Elements Quiz by  11:59pm on February 10. (Required chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7). This is on Blackboard.
• Week 6 readings’ quiz due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17.

Week 4: Lab 2, learning to edit sound

Today in class we will be working with Audacity. I finally figured out why my computer could not project sound and fixed it so we should have a pretty productive class.

Remember to bring what you recorded at the end of class so we can walk through the process step by step of downloading sound and uploading it onto your computer. Bring your laptop too.  See you in class.  Here is a brief review video of how to use the Zoom Audio Recorder. Rather than selecting an MP3 you will need to select WAV.

You might also want to take a look at the audio assignment before class to get any direction you might need for the assignment. 

Week 4: Lab 1

I see that you are all beginning to turn in your Seeing Red assignments. Do not forget to turn them in before 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Also we are going to begin our audio unit tomorrow. Make sure you go down and check out an audio kit before class so we can use them for a few exercises/training. You will also have a Twitter Current Event's quiz tomorrow.

Review the Audio Assignment, and the Audacity basics tutorial before class so we can hit the ground running. We'll be going over this in class. We'll talk about audio editing in class Thursday as well.

Photo Ethics

Sometimes we create things that did not happen to illustrate a story. These are called photo illustrations. Recently the Sacramento Bee published a photo that had been altered in Photoshop but did not state that the photo was altered.  In their correction editors stated: "The Bee's ethics policy strictly forbids such manipulation of documentary photographs. It is considered a violation of our core values, as it misrepresents the accuracy of the event. When we alter a photograph for illustrative purposes, we disclose that at the time of publication." Good to know some publications still maintain ethical standards.

Week 3: Lab 2

Today we will be toning and cropping the Seeing Red assignment in Photoshop. I'll give a brief tutorial and the rest of class will be a workshop. You should turn in your newly corrected photos by Monday at noon to receive credit for the assignment.

Our class will be doing the audio assignment next, followed by the three photos assignment. Be sure to download Audacity so you can work on that assignment. Make sure you have taken the Wordpress  Lynda.com quiz on Blackboard. Also make sure to take the Photoshop Elements tutorial and the quiz following it.

HW: This weekend read at least one of your classmate's blogs and come to class prepared to share something you liked about his/her blog we will share these in class Monday.

Week 3: Lab 2, follow-up

I sent out an email to you all and forgot to post it to the blog as well. So, here's some things from the email I sent out before class yesterday, and some things I spoke about in class concerning your Seeing Red Assignment...

1) The problem with Lynda.com not listing the Photoshop tutorial has been resolved. You should now be able to take the tutorial. The tutorial is long, but you can look at the individual chapters to figure out how to tone, quick edit and crop your photos. There is also a great tutorial for resizing. I went over all three of these along with the videos in class yesterday.

2) You will have until Monday to submit your Seeing Red photos for a second time. That should give you all weekend to tone, crop and take the tutorial. When you submit your photos it will be an additional attempt on Blackboard. I will take your last attempt as the assignment I will grade. Make sure that you include your edited photo captions (in AP Style) in a word document with your first and last name at the top of the left top of the document and label the captions with the corresponding photo document name, and then name the Word document with your last name and captions, for example: Perreaultcaptions.doc.

Also rename the photos as your last name and then 1, 2, 3. So if I was submitting pictures my files would be Perreault1.jpg, Perreault2.jpg, and Perreault3.jpg. NEF files should be converted into jpg files and the files should be the sizes specified in the Seeing Red assignment.

3) Some people wanted to know if they have to buy Photoshop Elements 9 if they have another version of Photoshop that they know how to use. No. But you still have to do the Lynda.com  tutorial and take the quiz. Complete the Photoshop Elements Quiz by  11:59pm on February 10. (Required chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7)


4) You must re-submit your Seeing Red photos in the format I asked for before class Monday. For each day it is late I will take a point off of the total assignment score.

We are starting the Audio Assignment next week!
Also remember to download Audacity  and view the online guide to learn how to use it. Check out the audio recorder before you come to class Monday. Also check out the audio assignment information.

Remember you must also have taken the WordPress quiz in Blackboard before Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:59 p.m.

Week 3: Lab 1

Tomorrow in class we will have a current events quiz. We'll talk about blogs, tweets and grading. And then we'll share our three Seeing Red photos and captions.

Waiting for Seeing Red

I'm waiting for all the students to turn in their Seeing Red assignments. Looks like you all enjoyed looking at the cameras. I'm commenting on you blogs today and tomorrow, and checking for Tweets today.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. What a snow last night.

For fun here's a reader Snow Gallery I found on the Cape Cod Times website.



Here are the links to your classmate's blogs:

Lauren: http://laurenbale226.wordpress.com/

Rachel: rachel2150.wordpress.com

Amanda: http://amandamc92.wordpress.com/

Tom: http://j2150tomcasselman.wordpress.com/

Michelle C: http://mclemensnews.wordpress.com/

Marissa: http://marissaeifert.wordpress.com/

Jenna: http://jlew0427.wordpress.com/

Reagan: reagannielsen.wordpress.com

Michelle R: http://mreichmeier.wordpress.com/

Emma: http://realworldrunner.wordpress.com/

Zach: http://ifyoucanball.wordpress.com

Alicia: http://aliciawagner.wordpress.com/

Lindsey: http://pretendjournalist.wordpress.com/

Erin: erinwest2150.wordpress.com

Alyssa: http://thescrapbookoflife.wordpress.com/

Class today

Great class today folks! Thanks for all the great ideas. I look forward to your Community proposals coming in by Thursday at Midnight. Please email me if you have questions.

Community Project

The Community Project will include these assignments:

• Three Photos
• Audio
• Audio Slideshow
• Thirty-Second video
• TV News Video

This is the proposal you are bringing three ideas for today. Its just to get you planning so you don't end up doing things last minute. You may choose to not use the same idea for all the assignments, but you'll need three ideas.

Please bring those tentative ideas to class today. The proposal is not due until Thursday evening though. In your proposal you should say why your three ideas would fit with these assignments. The details of the assignments can be found on the convergence site. I'll take more questions in class.

Week 2: Lab 2

Here's some info to follow up from last class and prepare you for class tomorrow....

Answers to the first Current events quiz:

1. Senator Kirk
2. Joe Paterno, Penn State
3. Chile
4. Number 2
5. In a 57 year old woman's suitcase at a KC bus station.

Quiz grades have been posted to blackboard

Tomorrow: 

Remember to bring the cameras and a memory card to class. Have you done all the readings for class? These will help you prepare.

We'll do a photo assignment where you and a partner will practice taking photos. Make sure to try out the photo simulator before then.

Be prepared to present three ideas for your community issues project, although your proposal is not dune until Thursday evening.

We will review AP Caption Style

Due by the end of this week:

Two tweets and a blog post by  Saturday at 5 p.m. if you have questions email me before noon on Friday. If you need a topic to blog about talk about the difference between using a DSLR camera and other cameras you have used in the past. I'll be posting a blog roll of your classmate's blogs this weekend so you can keep track of each other. I'll also be posting a list of twitter handles.

Make sure to complete WordPress tutorial on Lynda.com on ways to enhance your site. (Required chapters: 2,4,5,6 and 9). You will need to complete the 50-question WordPress quiz in Blackboard before Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. There will be no extension. You can take the quiz as often as you like to increase your score up to the deadline.

Your community issue Project Proposal deadline is Thursday, January 26th at 11:59 p.m. Please send me an email with your proposal. Come prepared to present three ideas for this tomorrow in class, but the final proposal does not need to be email to me until Thursday night.  

Make sure you have taken the Readings Quiz that was announced in class on Tuesday. 

For next week: 

Have three photos for your "Seeing Red" Assignment. These should be turned in by Monday's class (5 p.m.). Please post them in Blackboard in the designated folder. If they come in after the beginning of your first lab, you will lose a letter grade. See grading policy for a rubric on how we grade your first assignments.

We will  be working with these photos during Lab 2 of week 3. Toning them in photoshop. Read over assignment for Week 3 on the Convergence Site.

Week 2: Lab 1 Preparation Post

Make sure you have read over the assignments and readings for Week 1 and at least started on Week 2. Also read over Lab 1 on Week 2.

You should be following my Tweets and Twitter handle @mediatingmimi. Please send me your blog web address and twitter name. Always tag your tweets with #J2150C so I can find them and grade them weekly. If you do not tag it you will not get credit.

Just a note
My office hours are Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. (right before this class in 221B Lee Hills).  Please email me if you need to meet with me. I have other office hours available by appointment. Email is best. If you Email me before noon I will get back to you by noon the next day with the exception of Friday and Saturday. Emails I receive after midnight on Thursday will not be answered until Monday morning. Make sure you read everything on the course site, what I have emailed you or posted here on the blog before you send me an email asking questions. My email address is perreaultm@missouri.edu.

Please Read over your first assignment before class: Link to Seeing Red Assignment

This class will focus on the basics of the DSLR Nikon 7000. You need to check out your camera in Walter Williams 11 before class and return it after class. Hours are listed under week 1. We will do some warm-up exercises in class with a partner after the short introduction. You should have read the readings for LAB 1 before class.

You might also want to try out the Camera Simulator before class:

Camera Simulator

To turn in this week: 

There is a Twitter Current Events Quiz today at the beginning of class. You can have your computer open and search for Twitter. The current events will come from noon Sunday until noon today (Monday January, 23).

First Lynda.com quiz should be completed (on WordPress.com). 

Your first Photo assignment: Seeing Red photo assignment. Due into Blackboard before your first lab session next week. 

Make sure to begin researching your Half-semester community project: Continue your research on a community story that you want to work on for the first half of the semester. Each weekly assignment over the next seven weeks will be used to develop this story into a multimedia project. You'll want to come to class with three ideas just in case the first one or two do not work out. 

Week 2-3 reading quiz due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, you will receive information about this on Tuesday in lecture. 

One blog post and two tweets due before 5 p.m. Saturday. These posts should have to

do with multimedia in some way. I will provide an optional question in class for you to

answer on your blog. 

 

First Blog Assignment

Make sure to post your first blog by 5 p.m. Saturday after watching the WordPress Tutorial on Lynda.com.
Also you should be following me @mediatingmimi on Twitter.  See the below blog examples.

Blog Examples, Twitter Quizes

Here are a few blog examples to give you ideas about what to blog about:


Multimedia Blogs

The Newshouse blogs- At Syracuse

Mastering Multimedia

DUCKRABIT

10,000 Words

Here's some other Blogs I read on a regular basis:

Young House Love 

Chris Moody

On Parenting

GetReligion

On Faith



If you have any others you would like to share please leave links in the comments section or tweet them to me at @mediatingmimi.

TWITTER CURRENT EVENTS QUIZES

Also FYI make sure you are following those Twitter feeds suggested by Steve Rice on the Convergence main website. I'll be quizzing you every Monday with a five-question quiz concerning current events from these Twitter sites. You'll get to use your computer to answer the questions, but you'll have to be following them all on Twitter to know the answers. These quizzes will be emailed to you at the start of class (5 p.m. sharp). You'll then email them back to me when you are done.

Must see multimedia projects, other links

Online Journalism Review: Advice for new journalism students 

Here's a site with some superb multimedia projects:

Multimedia shooter Must See Projects

J2150 Lab 1: Intro to blogging

The skills you learn in this class will allow publish messages on multiple platforms. This is important whether you’re covering a news event, a feature story, writing scripts, press releases or using sound with still photography and video. See information about Week 1 here.

You'll be publishing two blogs each week and tweeting those to @MultimediaRice. You can tweet those to me too at @Mediatingmimi. Be sure to add the hash tag #J2150 and your section letter to each tweet (Section C: #J2150C).

You can use WordPress to set up a blogging site after watching the tutorial on Lynda.com. You should have received an email about Lynda.com earlier this week. You are welcome to use a pre-exisiting blog if you have one but be aware the blog will be public. Also, if you have not already, set up a Twitter account. Also follow these twitter links.

After you have set up a site and Twitter account please email me with the web address for and twitter handle at perreaultm@missouri.edu.  Please put J2150 Blog and your name in the subject line.

In your blogs try to include links to other blogs, newsites, multimedia work, photos, and other things you think the class might enjoy. 

Links to help:

Lynda.com
Wordpress.com
Twitter.com

Welcome Students!

Welcome to my newest blog, Mediating Missouri. This public blog will serve as a hub for all my course information. Its main purpose is to help students keep track of course assignments and work. It will also serve as a way to see examples throughout the semester. There are two tabs for different classes. Examples for each class will be posted for each class session.

Below is my contact information.

Mimi Wiggins Perreault
perreaultm@missouri.edu
Office hours: Monday 4-5 p.m. or by appointment

http://mimimediating.blogspot.com/