ET620 Multimedia Design in the Classroom

This page is designed to point to some resources for students taking ET620 with Dr. Marcovitz in the Summer 2009 semester. Click on any of the pointers below to find the information you need. While I will try to maintain this site with up-to-date information, you must attend class to get final versions of any assignments. If there is a conflict between any information given in class and any information on this site, the information given in class should be considered accurate. (If you have stumbled upon this site before the start of the semester, you may use this as a guide for the kinds of assignments that will be required for the class and the kinds of topics that will be covered. However, everything is subject to change before the semester starts.)

Syllabus ET620.51 ET620.52 ET620.61
Course Requirements Assignments Pick-A-Partner Project Everyday Object Critique PowerPoint VBA Project Video Project Final Project and Storyboard
Computer Lab Access Data Storage at Loyola Including Accessing Network Files From Home Timonium Campus Computer Laboratory Columbia Campus Computer Lab	Administrative Information Using Blackboard for Discussion Boards, File Access, the Digital Drop Box, and Group Communication
Resources
PowerPoint and VBA Powerful PowerPoint for Educators Web Site Don't Use PowerPoint for Anything Serious Until You've Done This PowerPoint FAQ (includes a brief section for VBA programming) PowerPoint VBA Examples (these examples are fairly complicated) Introduction to Macro Programming in PowerPoint (from Microsoft) Advanced Animation Techniques  for PowerPoint 2000 and above (from Microsoft; must be installed although it is simply a PowerPoint presentation) Advanced Animation Techniques for PowerPoint 2002 and above (by Glen Millar) Linked vs. Embedded Sounds (from Microsoft) PowerPoint 4 Teachers (by John Fallon) Dynamic PowerPoint Tutorial (by Glenna Shaw) Guide to Moving from VBA to Applescript (by MacTech Magazine)	Design of Everyday Object Bad Designs Designing a Remote Control (from the New York Times) Affordances and Design
Graphics and Images and Media http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~netinfo/backupcs1604/graphicformats.html Introduction to graphic formats, including: bitmapped vs. vector graphics; and JPEG, TIFF, GIF. http://tinyurl.com/4ouda Basic introduction to graphic formats, concentrating on BMP, GIF, and JPEG. http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Web_Graphics_for_Beginners Good article on basic graphics.. http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdgraph.htm Good description of compression technology in the context of the web and GIF and JPEG graphics. http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/general/image_formats/ Tutorial about GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats http://www.indezine.com/products/clipmedia/freeimages.html Pointer to free images http://search.creativecommons.org/ Search for media that is licensed under Creative Commons licensing, giving you restricted (but fairly broad) rights to use it without asking permission http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Information about what images fall under Creative Commons licensing on Flickr http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55850 Information about search options on Google's Picasa, explaining how you can search based on copyright status http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ Music that can be freely incorporated into educational multimedia projects by students.

Send email to Dr. Marcovitz at marco@loyola.edu.

Send email to the class (enrolled students only) at et620@listserv.loyola.edu.

Last updated: July 16, 2009