Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Posting Your VoiceThread to Your Blog

1. Go back to voicethread.unc.edu and click on the “My Voice” tab. Click on the VoiceThread you wish to post.

2. Click the menu icon at the top left of the screen then click “edit.” Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says “Playback Options” and enter 0 as the time to wait between slides and check the button that says “Start playing when opened.” Click the “Save” button.

3. Click the "Export" button at the bottom of the screen, then click the "export" button in the pop-up window.

4. You will need to wait for an email from VoiceThread saying that your video is ready to be downloaded. Once you receive this email, click the link and download the "HQ" version. It should save a Quicktime file to your computer.

5. Go to youtube.com and log in with your Google account. Click the upload button at the top of the screen.

6. Point it to the quicktime file you downloaded above and wait for the file to upload and process.

7. Once your video is available on Youtube, go to the video page, then click the button just below the video that says "share," then the button that says "embed." Copy the html code provided.

8. Log in to blogger.com and create a new post. Click the "HTML" button and paste in the code from the previous step. Click the "Compose" button and add your works cited list if necessary, then give your post a title and hit "Publish."

9. Make sure to check your blog to make sure everything posted correctly, and to watch your video to make sure there are no slides missing, in the wrong order, etc. 

10. Get through your finals and have a great break!

Screencast: Assembling Your VoiceThread

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Screencast: Splitting Your Audio into Multiple WAVs

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Note: when exporting your files, choose "WAV" as the format rather than mp3.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Audio

1. Revisit the PowerPoint on introductions:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B11JiXOw1yx0MHVCd0h0a1R3b2c/edit?usp=sharing

Has the author began immediately with a strong and specific detail, telling the reader something s/he doesn’t already know? Does the author transition to the thesis statement quickly, using the right side up triangle model rather than the inverted triangle model? Are there any generalizations or other unimportant information that can be removed from the introduction?

2. Does the audio have a sense of balance? Does it seem that the author spends too long on any on particular slide or idea and not long enough on others? 

3. Estimate the proportion of the audio devoted to direct analysis of the main image. Is it more than 50%? If not, suggest ways the author could revise the presentation to devote a larger portion to analysis.

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When you have completed the workshop, turn it in here:  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dcl0Xi35DtsuKfj6vRA-ITaMnmmGS38st_kzhS1fHHo/viewform