Creating+Publishing 4 Learning Platform
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Creating Contentfor your
Learning Platformon the Mac
Oldham CLC june 09Julian Coultas
Fundamentals
Are we uploadingour content direct?(the content will be on our LP server).
Are we pointingcontent from other
sites to our LP ?
or
• You Tube
• Flickr
• Slide share
• any embed tags
What we’ll (try) and cover
Creating/Repurposing
• Capturing simple pupil vox-pops video • Capturing classroom activity as audio • Creating for playback on hand held devices eg. 3G Phone or iPod/mp3 player • Capturing image, video and sound from the internet for use in the class/VLE • Repurposing existing Powerpoint slides adding voice overs
• Repurposing precious video and other older formats for use within the Learning Platform
Directing Web 2Content
Fundamentals
key file formats
image - jpg
audio - mp3 and AAC
video - MP4 - AVI - Quicktime
with PhotoBoothit’s quite easy!
• Capturing simple pupil vox-pops video with Photobooth
I look I look rough!rough!
• Capturing simple pupil vox-pops video with iMovie 09
iMovie
How ?
Go to File Open a new project.
Select iSight camera icon
save asQuicktime
Quicktime will providemore optionsthan the “share”option - but “Share”can publishdirect to you tube.
Click on “Capture”edit
(if required)
note - iMovie willprovide betterquality thanPhotobooth
• Capturing classroom activity as audio
with GarageBand 09
Choose Voice Record and share to either disk or iTunes - but save as Mp3
• Capturing image, video and sound from the internet for use in the class/VLE
Capturing screen shot (evidence gathering esp useful @ks3/4)
1. cmd/shift/3 (for full screen)
2. cmd/shift/4 (for cross hairs then choose the area)This can be helpful when creating handouts!
Mac screen shots will be in PNG format Save them as .jpg from the“Preview” software.
http://plasq.com/skitch
Capture the screen and annotate
• Capturing still image using Skitch (free Beta)
Skitch allows you to add text and highlight areas/add arrows etc
tip - use Safari when googling imagesright click the files straight into iPhoto
Creating for video 4 playback on hand held devices eg. 3G Phone or iPod/mp3 player
the old version of iMovie has this built in as an export featureso don’t delete this version!
Creating for video 4 playback on hand held devices eg. 3G Phone or iPod/mp3 player
Note - Files exported by “Shared for iPhone” won’t play on 3G phones.
iTunes is set up to convertfiles to Apple’s AAC formatThis can be changed in the preferences.
Choose mp3 for audio for most Learning Platforms
Converting for Audio for playback on hand held devices eg. Phone or iPod/mp3 player
iTunes can provide basic file conversions to change the format go to the preferences in iTunes.
How do I know what a file format somethingis in iTunes?
If the file is outside iTunes -
simply highlight it and click CMD/I - This will give you info about any file.
• Repurposing existing Powerpoint slides adding voice overs
or simply upload to Slideshareand point using the embed tags
http://www.slideshare.net/category/education
• Keynote and voice over - simply hot record slide show and talk!
• Capturing sound from the internet for use in the class/VLE
Option 1. 3.5mm stereo cable from one mac to an another. Set GarageBand audio in in the GB preferences to “line in”.
Play from web here
record from web here
connect with
Option 2. Free Software
Sound flower - http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower
Once installed you can route audio from any sourcelike the web browser andrecord the sound in sayGarageBand
http://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
• Capturing video from the internet for use in the class/VLE
Need Youtube content?But Youtube is blocked?
http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/
Enables you to download and convert Youtube clips to play back in class/upload to LP
Using embed tags from flickr
<object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjuliancoultas%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjuliancoultas%2F&user_id=21461298@N00&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjuliancoultas%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjuliancoultas%2F&user_id=21461298@N00&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>
The code is simply copied and pasted into the html editor on your Learning P.
Managing long urls
http://tinyurl.com/l5de25
exporting to PDF
Use the Quartz filter to compressThese slides have been reduced from Keynote - 22MB
exported as PDF 8MB and exported via preview to 976k