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New Media Production. TH 10:50 – 12:05 College Hall 205. JMA 260 - Instructor. Dr. Bill Gibbs Associate Professor in the Journalism and Multimedia Arts. Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. Office – 316 COLH - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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New Media Production
TH 10:50 – 12:05
College Hall 205
JMA 260 - Instructor
Dr. Bill Gibbs
Associate Professor in the Journalism and Multimedia Arts.
Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University.
Office – 316 COLH
Office hours – Monday and Wednesday 10:30 – 2:30, Friday 10:30-11:30
and by appointment
Phone – 412 - 396-1310
E-mail – [email protected]
JMA 260 - Purpose
• Become familiar with developing digital media
• Use digital media for communications
• Become familiar with software tools
JMA 260 – Course goals
Design, develop, deliver New Media content.
Distinguish between dominant graphic types.
Judge the value of digital media compositions.
Produce media with industry software tools.
JMA 260 – Course goals
Develop a Media campaign.
– Design media for various communication modalities oweboprint ovideo
JMA 260 – Course goals
Develop a Media campaign.1. Creative strategy proposal
2. Print design - trifold brochure
3. Illustration - logo
4. Motion and sound - DVD
5. Website
JMA 260 – Optional Textbook
The Design Collection Revealed: Adobe InDesign CS5, Photoshop CS5 and Illustrator CS5 by Chris Botello & Elizabeth Eisner Reding.
ISBN-10: 1111130612, Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (2010)
JMA 260 - Assignments
1. Homework exercises (6)
2. Digital imaging exercise
3. Creative strategy proposal (PDF)
4. Print design and layout exercises
5. Illustration
6. Motion and sound(Ex1) (Ex2)
7. Web publishing (Ex1) (Ex2)
8. Quizzes (3)
JMA 260 - Assignments
1. Homework exercises (6)
2. Digital imaging exercise
3. Creative strategy proposal (PDF)
4. Print design and layout exercises
5. Illustration
6. Motion and sound(Ex1) (Ex2)
7. Web publishing (Ex1) (Ex2)
8. Quizzes (3)
9. Blog
Campaign
JMA 260 – Assignments
Points assigned to each project
JMA 260 - Assignments
• Due at the end of the day on due date.
• Late assignments are only accepted up to 3 days after due date.
• Receive a 10% per class penalty up to a maximum of 30%.
JMA 260 – E-mailing
E-mailing assignments/attachments.
• Must have your name
• E-mail address
• Title of assignment
• Label subject of e-mail
No Typing During Lectures - Please
Everyone hears you Very distracting
JMA 260 – You’ll need
• 320GB or larger, USB External drive.
• Blank discs (CD, DVD) labeled with your name and contact information.
• You should have access to e-mail and a Web browser – outside of class.
JMA 260 – Software
Access to (CH345 and 205 labs):Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopAdobe InDesignAdobe PremiereAdobe EncoreAdobe Dreamweaver
JMA 260 – Applications
Sound & Video
Adobe P
remiere
JMA 260 – Applications
Photoshop
Digital images
JMA 260 – Applications
Adobe Illustrator, illustration
Adobe InDesign, document layout
JMA 260 – Applications
<html>
<head><title>The Web Project</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Body of Web page</h1>
</body>
</html>
Web development
JMA 260 – Applications
JMA 260 – Class Web Site
• Web Sitehttp://www.jma.duq.edu/classes/gibbs/jma260-03
• Media Site Live – video link to classes
Room 205 & 345 Access
• DU ID #
Overview: topics
Logging on Our servers Using FTP User folder and class folders File Extensions
User Name and Password
To connect to our servers from within either of our two labs (205 or 345):– Ctrl-Alt-Delete– Username: YourLastName– PW: Given in class– You will be asked to change your password the
first time you login
User Name and Password
8 characters or more 1 UPPERCASE character 1 number 1 Special character ($, &) – no spaces
(e.g., Duquesne$07)
Our Server
www.jma.duq.edu– Your private folder– It’s a subfolder of users folder
– www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLoginName
– Save files (drag and drop files) while in either lab (CH205, CH345)
– You can also FTP to there from home…
How do I access the server?
Access from either CH345 and CH205
Start >> Computer (Z: Drive)
Or type:
\\jma1\users\username
How do I access the server?
From dorm or home
ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLastName
– Example: ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/
– You will be prompted for your user name and password– Use the same name and password you used to login to
Windows
How do I access the server? (from dorm or home)
You will be prompted for your username and password – jma/username
How do I access the server?(from dorm or home)
• Folders and files display• Transfer (put) files from your computer, • Download (get) files to your computer.
The PUB folder
User Folder
www.jma.duq.edu
USERS
www.jma.duq.edu
Folder
File
File
File
File
PUBFolder
Folder
Your Space
John DoeUSERS
www.jma.duq.edu
Folder
File
File
File
File
PUBFolder
Folder
Your Space
John DoeUSERS
All files for the
Web must be in PUB
All files for the
Web must be in PUB
User Folder
Your folder on server has a child folder named pub
Inside that folder you should create a folder for each course that requires a web site
In this course, create a sub folder named JMA260
The PUB folder
•You might create subfolders, for each course.
Double-click on pub
Right-click on any unused white area
The PUB folder
Create new folder
Name it your course name
Web URL
The URL to your website(s) depend on how you structured your home folder
Using earlier example
http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/JMA260/FileName.htm
Assuming your file name is default.htm, or index.htm in the jma260 folder the address would be:
http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/jma260/index.htm
File Extensions
File Extensions
Windows-based computers vs. Mac Index.htm
File Name
File Extension
Some Common Extensions
Extension Application
ai Illustrator
indd InDesign
Doc/docx Word
fla/swf Flash
psd Photoshop
htm or html web
Some Common Extensions
Extension Application
pdf Acrobat
wav Sound
avi Video
mov Video (Quicktime)
mpeg/mpg video
Extensions…Graphics/Zip
jpg Photoshop/IR (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
gif Photoshop/IR (Graphics Interchange Format)
png Photoshop/IR (Portable Network Graphics)
tif Photoshop/IR (Tag Image File Format)
zip Built-in or pkzip
Why are file extensions important?
• The extension consists of 3 or 4 characters at the end of the file name such as the .docx in MyAssignment.docx
• The extension tells us (and the computer) what program created it
Show the extensions
To turn the Extensions on, choose Organize menu
Folder and Search OptionsView tab
Show the extensions
Choose to show file extensionsuncheck Hide extensions for known file types
Turning File Extensions on in Windows
Start>>Control Panel>>Folder Options>>View>> uncheck Hide Extensions for known file types
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