CUIN 7358 Linked with CUIN 7336

10 Hands-On Assignments - worth 2 points each, a maximum of 20 points possible
1. Find digital images
2. Create picture collage
3. Use image editing program
4. Create digital story
5. Add narration/music to digital story
6. Write 1st version of script
7. Create a storyboard of final project
8. Edit audio file
9. Submit Engines of Our Ingenuity project via online transfer site; try to download YouTube video
10. Save a copy of your final semester project on a CD or DVD that you will submit on the last day of the course, Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

10 Discussion Blog Postings - worth 1 point each, a maximum of 10 points possible
1. Post personal introduction
2. Post question about Class 2 topics
3. Mini-review of online image editor
4. Paste the URL of the video file you created and then post questions or comments about the process used
5. Discuss final semester project topics
6. Post question/comment about storyboard process
7. Post question/comment about audio editing process
8. Post comment about downloading/using video
9. Post comment about copyright/educational fair use
10. Discuss at least one thing you learned about CDs or DVDs

10 Personal Blog Postings - worth 1 point each, a maximum of 10 points possible
1. Create personal blog, post link to image collage
2. Upload edited images
3. Discuss 1st digital story assignment
4. Upload digital story w/narration and music
5. Discuss Engines episode you selected
6. Discuss feedback to 2 on scripts from Story Circle
7. Post link to edited audio file
8. Discuss the process of making a CD/DVD of your final project
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Engines of Our Ingenuity Midterm Project - worth a maximum of 20 points

Final Semester Project - worth a maximum of 25 points

Final Semester Project Report - worth a maximum of 15 points

Review Assignments from Last Class

Blog Assignment 11a:

After you have reviewed the reading assignments for this week, post a message on the course discussion blog in which you discuss your reaction to at least one of the following:

something new you learned about copyright/educational fair use that you did not know before reviewing these materials

one thing you read about that you agree with

one thing you read about that you disagree with

one thing you think may have applicability to your own teaching

one thing you think may have applicability to your own digital media production efforts

anything else you would like to discuss

Blog Assignment 11b:

Post a comment on your personal blog in which you list of the different software programs you have used and are using to create your final semester project. This list should include the software you use for the script, still images, audio, storyboard, video, as well as putting all of the elements together into a digital story; plus any additional software programs not mentioned abov

CDs

There are many different typesof CDs, including Data CDs, Audio CDs, Mixed-Mode or Hybrid CDs, Video CDs (VCD), Super Video CDs (SVCD), and PhotoCDs. The chart below describes each CD type.

CD Type	Playback Options	Storage Capacity	Miscellaneous
Data CD (also known as CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory)	Can be played in any computer CD drive.	650 to 700mb	Used to store text and other computer data, such as software and large files. Can also be used to store digital audio files in formats such as MP3.
Audio CD	Can be played in any computer CD drive or any home or car CD player.	74 to 80 minutes	Used to play music recorded in digital format. Audio CDs typically use audio in the WAV format. MP3 encoding is a way to compress Wav files so that they require less space on media and less time to download from the Internet.
Mixed-Mode CD	Can be played in any computer CD drive.	varies depending on content	Mixed Mode CDs usually contain a data track followed by one or more audio tracks.
Video CD	Can be played in some computer CD drives and some DVD players.	60 to 74 minutes	Picture quality comparable to VHS. VCD 2.0, introduced in 1995 adds higher resolution, other options; more popular in Asia than USA.
Super Video CD	Can be played in some computer CD drives and in some DVD players.	30 to 60 minutes	SVCD has similar video and audio quality to DVD but fewer features.
PhotoCD	Can be played in most computer CD drives and in some DVD players.		Manufactured by Kodak, Photo CDs allow you to store high-resolution photographs in digital format in on a CD for display on a computer or television.
Mini-CD	Can be played in any computer CD drive. Fits into inner circle on CD tray.	180mb 21-minutes	Used in devices such as Sony's CD-R digital camera.
Business Card CD	Can be played in any computer CD drive, although sometimes irregularly shape discs cause jamming problems when spinning inside CD drives.	50mb 5-minutes	More of a novelty than a useful alternative to full-sized CDs.

The Difference between Audio CDs and Data CDs

Audio CDs most commonly contain music or other recorded material (such as speeches, narration, audio books, etc.) and can be played on CD players (such as the ones found in cars or homes). These discs can also be played on computers using CD playing software like Windows Media Player, Winamp, VLC Player, and many others.

Photo CDs and Picture CDs

Photo CDs and Picture CDs are special types of compact discs that contain digitized photographs. The Photo CD format was developed by the Eastman Kodak Company, and today when you are having a standard roll of film developed, one option is to have the processed images stored on a CD in addition to the paper prints that come from the roll of film. Photo CDs generally store the same image in a variety of different resolutions which provide different levels of image quality. Picture CDs are similar to Photo CDs but usually only one medium resolution image of each picture is stored on the disc.

Photo CDs can be played back on just about any computer and viewed and modified with image editing software such as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, and some newer DVD players also will play these CDs so you can display your still images on your television set.

Recordable CDs (CD-R) vs. Re-Writable CDs (CD-RW)

What's a Multi-Session Disc?

Some CDs are recordable only one time. These discs are called CD-R, which stands for Compact Disc Recordable. You can record information onto these discs until you reach the capacity of the disc. Usually, after information has been recorded onto a CD, the CD is finalized and and no more recording can take place.

According to the HP website:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=61282&docname=lpg40081#

"A multisession disc is a compact disc to which data is added incrementally in more than one recording, allowing you to add, update, or "delete" files and directories. All the data on a multisession disc, when read on a multisession CD-ROM drive, can be seen as if it were all recorded at the same time (if you linked the data between sessions)."

CD Writing Software Programs

Although there are many to choose from, two of the most popular CD burning software programs have been Easy CD Creator and Nero Burning ROM. However, today both of these software programs are able to burn both CDs and DVDs and have added numerous other capabilities to deal with digital media files. Explore the site below to learn more about these and other commercial disc authoring programs.

CD Burning Software Review 2008
http://cd-burning-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

If You Don’t Want to Spend any Money on Software …

You can also burn your own CDs without any additional software if you are using the Windows XP Operating System. The directions for creating a CD this way are shown below.

But first, go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279157

and follow the instructions to make sure that the Enable CD recording on this drive is checked in the CD Drive Properties dialog box.

To copy files and folders to a CD using the Windows XP operating system tools.

1. Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.

2. Open My Computer.

3. Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.

If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.

4. In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.

5. In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.

6. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

Notes:

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High-capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.
After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics.

For an illustrated tutorial on using the CD burning capability of Windows XP, see:

How do I burn a CD-R in Windows XP
http://dallas.tamu.edu/e-learn/WinXP-CD_Burn.html

Other Free CD Burning Software Applications for Windows

Burn At Once
http://www.burnatonce.net/downloads/

Burn Aware Free
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html

CDBurnerXP
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download

DeepBurner
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

Express Burn
http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html

InfraRecorder
http://infrarecorder.org/

Ultimate CD/DVD Burner
http://www.mispbo.com/burner.htm

Specialty Programs:

ImgBurn (for burning ISO and other image files)
http://imgburn.en.softonic.com/?gclid=CObtm_W3_5YCFQXGsgodrlsvYA

Hands-On Assignment 10:

Save a copy of your final semester project on a CD or DVD that you will submit on the last day of the course, Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

Blog Assignment 12a:

Post a comment on the course discussion blog (http://cuin7358-pop.blogspot.com/) in which you briefly discuss at least one thing you learned about CDs or DVDs from this week's materials, or something you already knew about this process and would like to share with the rest of the class.

Blog Assignment 12b:

Post a comment on your personal blog in which you describe the process you went through completing the hands-on assignment for this week which was to create a CD or DVD of your final semester project. Please indicated what software, hardware and media you used to complete the assignment.