HOW TO – Share a Google Drive file with an individual

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In other handouts under Using Google Docs, I’ve explained how to share files with your class by putting them into the appropriate subfolders in your class folder. Any file you …

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HOW TO – Create a shared collection on Google Drive

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This screencast illustrates how to create a shared collection on Google Docs. Once you create the collection, you can then share it with your students, colleagues, or friends and then …

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HOW TO – Make a Screen Recording with QuickTime X for Mac

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NOTE: The instructions below are for QuickTime X, which comes on all Macs with OS 10.6 and higher. TIPS: BEFORE YOU START Make a Test Version When using a new …

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HOW TO – Make a screen recording with Camtasia for Mac

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UPDATE: The post below refers to Camtasia 1. Camtasia 2 has recently been released and features a new interface. Until I have time to make some screencasts on how to …

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HOW TO – Install Camtasia for Mac (for screen recording)

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(1) Go to the Camtasia downloads page, enter your email address, and click on Download for Mac OS X. Your web browser may prompt you to specify a location for …

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HOW TO – Install Camtasia for Mac (for screen recording)

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(1) Go to the Camtasia downloads page, enter your email address, and click on Download for Mac OS X. Your web browser may prompt you to specify a location for …

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HOW TO – Remove a File from a Shared Folder on Google Drive

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For the latest instructions, see the Google Drive help page: Add or remove something from a folder If you accidentally put the wrong file into a collection (or put a …

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LINKS – Tools for Converting Digital Media Formats

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Multimedia applications on Mac and Windows computers don’t always make it easy to save or export files in a format that any computer can open, so if you find yourself …

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GUIDE – Tips for Building a Course Web Site

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UPDATE: See this new post, which expands on some of these suggestions: Rhetorical considerations for online course materials NOTE: These tips are under development, but I’m posting what I have …

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HOW TO – Export a shareable video from Windows MovieMaker for XP/Vista

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While you’re working on a project in Movie Maker, you should periodically choose Save from the File menu to save your project file. But when you’re ready to share your …

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HOW TO – Save a portion of an online video

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If you’re working on a project that would benefit from having clips from videos, such as scenes from TV shows, and you’re only able to find the full episode online, …

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HOW TO – Use Windows MovieMaker for XP/Vista to Compose a CDS-Style Digital Story

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MovieMaker for XP and Vista is pretty easy to use as it guides you through the process of adding photos, adding audio, creating title cards, and inserting special effects and …

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HOW TO – Install Audacity for Windows

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If you choose to use Audacity for your audio project, you’ll need to download it as well as the separate mp3 encoder that works with it and install them on …

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HOW TO – Use Audacity to record audio

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This screencast tutorial demonstrates the basics of using Audacity to record an audio essay and export it as an mp3 file. The tutorial shows the Mac version of Audacity, but …

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TIPS – Improving audio essays

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I wrote this handout for students in my 2010 sections of WRTG 1150 as well as my Spring 2011 section of WRTG 2090, to help them with the digital literacy …

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WEB RESOURCES – Technology in Plain English

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From the CommonCraft channel on YouTube: Blogs in Plain English [youtube NN2I1pWXjXI] Twitter in Plain English [youtube ddO9idmax0o] Wikis in Plain English [youtube dnL00TdmLY] RSS in Plain English (how to …

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TIPS – Working with video clips

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If you’re planning to import video clips into your digital composition project, make sure you have access to the highest quality version of the video clip, saved in a format …

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TIPS – Working with images

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If you’re planning to work with photos in your digital composition project, make sure the photos are of the highest quality possible before you import them into the composing tool …

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TIPS – Troubleshooting Problems with Images in Web Pages

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Having trouble posting an image on WordPress, the wiki, or another web site? Here are two possible causes: (1) The image you’re using isn’t in the right file format for …

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HOW TO – Export an mp3 from Audacity for Windows

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If you followed the instructions on How to use Audacity to record audio and can’t get the Export as MP3 option to work, there are two possibilities: you didn’t follow …

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HOW TO – Screencasts on using Google Docs

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Also see other screencasts on Using Google Docs and on the PWR Students channel. More to come — taking requests! [vimeo 28117523] [vimeo 29560945] For more help resources, see the …

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WEB RESOURCES – New collection of resources on "Learning through Digital Media"

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Interesting new collection of resources relevant to anyone teaching with and through digital media: Learning Through Digital Media Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy From the site intro (by Trebor Scholz): …

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ASSIGNMENT – Share a Digital Literacy Tip for Classmates

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This is an archived version of an activity that asks students to share a digital literacy tip with their classmates, which I used in WRTG 2090 in Spring 2011. SHARE …

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ASSIGNMENT – Contribute an Instructions Article to wikiHow

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This is an archived version of an assignment I’ve used in WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090 that asks students to write an instructions article for the collaboratively edited site, wikiHow.com …

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COMMENTARY – Notes on the Rhetorical Nature of Web Design

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These are the notes for a presentation I shared with colleagues on August 10, 2011, as part of the PWR Digital Composition Workshop. Notes on the Rhetorical Nature of Web …

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WEB RESOURCES – Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade

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Dave Underwood just sent me this very timely article from a NY Times blog. I highly recommend it! Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade

HOW TO – Using iMovie with an external drive

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If you want to use iMovie on a Mac on campus, perhaps because you don’t have a Mac of your own, then you’ll need to take a moment to learn …

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GUIDE – Strategies for study guide layout

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NOTE: I wrote this page for my WRTG 3020 students, who have the option to customize a blog as part of one of their projects. The layout of the study …

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HOW TO – Use GarageBand '09 to record an audio essay

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This screencast tutorial gives you an overview of how to use GarageBand ’09 to record an audio essay and how to export the file as an mp3. GarageBand comes free …

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TEACHING TIPS – Working Definition of Digital Literacy for College Students

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NOTE: Originally posted on the PWR Teaching with Technology blog in October of 2011. I thought a few of you might find it helpful to see one approach to defining …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Gender Norms in the Top 50 Highest-Grossing Animated Films

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Research Report by Pearce (WRTG 3020 – Spring 2011) GENDER NORMS ANALYSIS IN THE TOP 50 HIGHEST GROSSING ANIMATED FILMS INTRODUCTION Gender norms are integrated into children’s lives at a …

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WEB RESOURCES – Re-articulating the Mission and Work of Writing Programs with Digital Video

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Interesting article on the value of using video as a way to document and promote the work of a writing program: “Re-articulating the Mission and Work of Writing Programs with …

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TEACHING TIPS – Screencasts to help with using WordPress.com for a class blog

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Below are a few screencasts that might be helpful to those of you who are using WordPress.com blogs. For more handouts and screeencasts, see this new page under the Resources …

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TEACHING TIPS – Set up a class blog on WordPress.com

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TEACHING TIPS – Using a class blog on WordPress.com

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STUDENT SAMPLE – The Social Construction of Kennady Nickell

CATEGORIES: SAMPLES - CDS-Style Digital Storytelling, SAMPLES - WRTG 3020: Rhetoric of G&S

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[youtube WGmzN1EK55U] Amy’s Note: The photos and narrative structure are compelling on their own, but Kennady also provides a piano soundtrack for her story that she played herself, which enables …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Misidentified

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A Personal Narrative by Erin (WRTG 3020 – Sumer 2011) Read Erin’s rhetorical rationale on the class blog.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Gender Identity of a Straight, Suburban Girl

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Final Digital Storytelling Project by a Summer 2011 student

WEB RESOURCES – A few videos to inspire and enlighten

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Below is a small selection of video projects that demonstrate some of the possibilities of digital composition, and, in a few cases, make commentary on it. Consider what would be …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – The Influence

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A Personal Narrative by Renata (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Read her Rhetorical Rationale.