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There are several assignments due for the current cycle

DON’T FORGET WE ARE MEETING ON APRIL 26 AT 7PM (CHANGE) ON ADOBE CONNECT TO DISCUSS CITIZEN KANE.

Here are the assignments in order of due date:

•  DUE April 25, MIDNIGHT:  Book Trailer – Upload using Easy Uploader. Select ‘trailer’ as the Assignment selection in the drop down. The video should be formatted as an .flv. Check out the rubric for the trailer evaluation. Then post as a comment in the drop box set up in canvas the name of the book you did your trailer for. This will set up the opportunity for each of your classmates to post a peer evaluation of your project submission.
•  DUE April 26, 5pm (CHANGE)  Watch the Citizen Kane movie that I have posted for you on this site. It is password protected. The  password is 123456  During our Adobe Connect meeting the next evening we will be answering the questions found at the end of this activity.
•  DUE April 29, MIDNIGHT (CHANGE) Peer Evaluation of the Trailers – Watch each trailer and submit your comments using the peer evaluation link menu found once you go to the drop box set up in canvas.Use the rubric.

  Here is the link to viewing page. The trailers will play if you have uploaded them correctly and to the correct location. Up to 10 Fudge/Bonus Points will be added to your trailer activity for completing the peer reviews (NOT A LOT OF TIME TO DO THE REVIEWS!!). Enter your review on the Peer review link found on the right menu when you open the drop box link on Canvas. Use the rubric from this page (you can pop it out from the iFrame for easier reference).

•  DUE April 29, MIDNIGHT:  Final Reflection – Please write up a final one page reflection on your experiences with this course.. what you liked, what you did not care for, any improvements you might offer. In all I am looking to make this course better and could use your input. Use the Drop Box on Canvas.
  The Upload of your Trailer to Livetext is due on this date

There are several assignments due for the current cycle

Here are the assignments in order of due date:

•  DUE July 18, MIDNIGHT:  Book Trailer – Upload using Easy Uploader. Select ‘trailer’ as the Assignment selection in the drop down. The video should be formatted as an .flv (file conversion s a part of this assignment). Check out the rubric for the trailer evaluation.
•  DUE July 20, MIDNIGHT  Peer Evaluation of the Trailers – Submit your comments about your role in the trailer and what you learned from the experience. Rate the trailer as it relates to the rubric. Use the rubric.
•  DUE July 20, MIDNIGHT:  Final Reflection – Please write up a final one page reflection on your experiences with this course.. what you liked, what you did not care for, any improvements you might offer. In all I am looking to make this course better and could use your input. Use the Drop Box on Canvas.
  
  The Upload of your Trailer to Livetext is also due on this date

This cycle there are two lessons and two Training Activities… we are continuing with  video editing. Besides competing the tutorials on video editing, you should be spending some time on your Book Trailer project.  By now, you should have begun reading your book and should be well under way towards completing the video. Do not wait until the last cycle to begin. Your project will be graded as to quality, whether there are live scenes in it and whether is compares more or less favorably to the videos already posted on the digital booktalk site. We are expecting quality videos for this project.

Here are the deliverables for this cycle:

1. Review the lesson on Visual Language of the Moving Image. Then complete the written assignment and post it into the drop box on Canvas.
2. Review the lesson on compression/file formats. There is no deliverable for this lesson, but you will need this information for your final reflection that will be due at the end of this semester.
3. This cycle we get to watch a movie. Citizen Kane has often been referred to as the greatest movie ever made. I have digitized it for you and provide a link to watch it. Like always, the password is 123456.

   Once you finish viewing see of you can answer the questions in the self-check quiz. It is going to require that you do some digging on your own around the Web. No worries if you cannot answer them all. We will discuss next time we are together at the end of the term.

4. Review the short lesson on storyboards then produce/assemble a coherent video using scenes that has been decomposed and posted in a random order to create a coherent story. Upload the self-playing video file (convert it to a Flash .flv format 480×320 aspect ratio) using the Easy Uploader and select assembly_project in the assignment drop down. Post your confirmation on Canvas.

These activities should take you about 8 hrs to complete

Here are the two major activities for this cycle, plus an introduction to story for your trailers.

Reminder: Don’t forget to vote for your top two favorite stop action videos!

The readings/lessons this week have two parts:

1. First review the lesson on story and change. It is an important preamble to the next project: Change Story
2. Then you are to produce a 2-3 minute change story video .The assignments to create a video based on the context introduced in the lesson.

There are two parts to the assignment that deals with your final project:

1. A few weeks ago we covered the Story Invention Process, followed by visual storytelling. The Lesson Module for this cycle takes the latter discussion one step further. In it we discuss how to parse an existing story (whether you are reading it or viewing it on a movie) to look for the four story elements. Our exemplar is scenes from the movie The Adjustment Bureau.
2. Review the Lesson on Book Trailers. This is broken down into three parts.This lesson introduces the final project.  I am assuming all three of you have agreed to work together. So, your only deliverable is get together with your team and allocate responsibilities for the George Washington’s Socks trailer. Develop your story board and begin your planning. .

This cycle is six days long. There are two lessons and one activity, resulting in two artifacts to post (one reflection and one artifact to upload and confirm). This is the first lesson in this course that directly relates time based, visual media.

Story and Visual Structures

• First check out this module on Story and Visual Structures. Answer the reflection questions and submit your responses in the Drop Box set up on Canvas.(three paragraphs maximum!)
  

  This lesson should take you about 2 hrs to complete.

Time-Based Media

• Next is the lesson on visual time based media. Last cycle we introduced story and visual structures. You are now being introduced to the element of time lines in media production leading up to our lesson next cycle on video editing. There is no direct deliverable for this lesson but leads directly into the stop motion tech ed lesson below. .
  

  This lesson should take you about 1-2 hrs to complete.

Introduction to Stop Motion/Animation

1. Our tech ed/production lesson activity for this cycle deals with animation and stop motion and the various software products can be used to create them.
2. Upload your final product then confirm it via the one question survey in Canvas
3. Do the two-part activity that demonstrates your understanding.
   

   To do this one correctly it is expected you will be spending between 5 and 6 hours to complete it.

This cycle is short!!. There is one lesson and two related activities, resulting in several artifacts to post. This is the one tech ed lesson in this course that is directly related to still graphics.

Visual Literacy

• First check out this module on Visual Literacy. Answer the reflection questions and submit your responses in the Drop Box set up on Canvas.(three paragraphs maximum!)
  

  This lesson should take you about 2 hrs to complete.

Introduction to Digital Graphics

• Read this lesson on still graphics and which software products can be used to create them.
• Then do the two-part activity that demonstrates your understanding of digital graphics.
  

  This is a 4-5 hour activity

For this cycle, (which is two weeks long) there are two activities; one set of readings and a two-part tech ed activity

1. Review the Lesson Module on Story Invention. There is no specific assignment on these readings but you will be responsible for creating a valid story using the four elements of story invention as noted in the lesson.
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2. Review the Tech-Ed Lesson on Audio (We are using Audacity but you may select another software product of your choosing). There are two activities and two different artifacts to upload.

This cycle lasts only four days. There are two administrative and one short lesson activities to do by the due date.

1. Course Introduction/Administration:
   • Review the Syllabus for this course and online materials.
   • Review the course introduction to become acquainted with the course content site and its relationship to Canvas.
   • Answer the question on the survey on Canvas to confirm you have read and understand the course sequence and syllabus.
2. Review the short lesson on the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Answer the question on the confirmation survey on Canvas to confirm you have read and you understand the information found in this short lesson.