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Digital environments have fundamentally changed the way people read and communicate. So why are we teaching students to write to audiences that won’t exist in the future, using mediums that are relics of the pre-digital world?
To communicate successfully in digital environments and with digital media, students need training in the core principles of digital rhetoric. The handouts on site are a step in the direction of offering that training.
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Category Archives: WORKING WITH DIGITAL MEDIA
How to annotate PDFs on a Mac
Being able to highlight passages and put notes on a PDF file is extremely useful, particularly for students who don’t want to have to print out lots of documents but …
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How to annotate PDFs on Windows
Being able to put highlight passages in and put notes on a PDF file is extremely useful, particularly for students who don’t want to have to print out lots of …
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How to share a video you created with others
OVERVIEW To embed a video or audiovisual essay you created into a blog post, you will need to upload it to a free video hosting site like YouTube or Vimeo …
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How to add music to an audio essay in GarageBand ’11
This screencast shows you how to add a bit of music to the opening of your audio essay and also in the middle, perhaps for a transition into a new …
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Making a photo essay in iMovie ’11: Adding title cards and transition
This screencast is part 2 of a series on how to create a photo essay using iMovie ’11. In this screencast you’ll learn how to add title cards and transitions.
Making a photo essay in iMovie ’11: Getting Started
This screencast shows you how to create a new project, add photos, adjust the display time, and apply photo effects like Ken Burns or cropping. The screencast features iMovie ’11 …
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How to make an audio recording in GarageBand
This screencast demonstrates how to make a simple voice recording in GarageBand ’11 (which should look similar to GarageBand ’09). The screencast also shows how to export the recording in …
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How to make an audio recording in QuickTime X Player
This screencast shows you how to make a simple audio recording using QuickTime X Player for Mac, which comes with Macs running 10.6 or 10.7. Older versions of the free …
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How to record video with a smart phone
If your phone can record video, if you have a digital camcorder, and/or if your digital “point and shoot” or DSLR camera can record video, you can use that to …
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How to make a video blog entry with MovieMaker or iMovie
The easiest way to make a video blog entry is to use the built-in camera on your laptop (or a computer with an attached web cam). Launch iMovie or Windows …
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How to export a shareable video from iMovie
Go to the Share menu and select Export. Select “medium,” give the video a file name that starts with your last name and has no spaces, and pick a spot …
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How to make an audio essay trial recording
Overview After you’ve developed a written rough draft of the essay you plan to record, you should make a trial recording of it, even though you will continue to revise …
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Hosting sites for documents, videos, and images
Need to share files, images, or videos with others, either in online albums or by embedding them into blog entries? Try one of these free hosting sites. DOCUMENT HOSTING Scribd …
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How to create a header image for a blog
Note: I originally wrote these instructions for students in my WRTG 3020 classes, but most of the information below is relevant to students in any of my classes who would …
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How to format images for the web (rather than print)
Before you post an image on the web, make sure the image has an appropriate file size as well as display size. Doing so demonstrates that you have good “digital …
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