ITGS Friday



	Friday, December 15th
	December 15, 2017 8:20 AM Which web browsers should you test your site with? Web Site 25 Point Check List - any of these you want to include in your Criterion B Performance Criteria? Web Hosts - who are the best? CNET Web Host Suggestions www.hostingadvice.com - do this research now, better to have your host established before you start your project. Plus you will need your client to make the payment if you are purchasing a domain name. If you are purchasing a domain name do that through your host, you can purchase a site and domain name at the same time. Continue Dreamweaver and Web Site Design Some great resources for web design Complete Creating your first web page in Dreamweaver CC2107 Part 2 - Complete all of section 5 and then ONLY "Adding a Portfolio" in section 6. Get this checked off by your instructor. Have the web pages ready to view as well as the answers to the questions. Complete the Screencast activity. When your ITGS project is completed you will need to record a screencast of your product to demonstrate how it works. Here is a sample ITGS screencast. If you finish early continue to work on your Criterion D Criterion D is due before Midnight on Dec. 21st - the last day of finals. Submit to school loop.
	Homework
	Continue Reviewing for Final Exam - exam covers chapters 1-6 in the blue book and the corresponding chapters in the green book. See you Tuesday at 8:30 for the final exam. Vocabulary Plan to meet with your client next week to discuss your plans for the project. Give them an overview of what you plan to do and let them know what you will need from them. Begin to collect the information you will need for the project, ask your client to begin to provide you with the content they want included in the project. Give them a copy of your proposed schedule for the project (Criterion C). Continue developing Criterion D - Project Design and Criterion C - Project Schedule. Record these steps in your project schedule. Check the last page of Criterion D - it requires client signature! Criterion D is due before Midnight on Dec. 21st - the last day of finals. Submit to school loop. Your final project is due Friday, March 3rd at 5PM. I suggest you make the Friday before as your target handover date and then use the final week to finish up your report.
	What
	3.6 Multimedia/digital media - page 32 Introduction Multimedia/digital media involves the use and integration of media (for example, text, images and graphic elements, animation, sound and music, and video) to create digital products that are available on-line or IT concepts to address in this topic Theoretical concepts • Design guidelines for creating multimedia/digital media • Design methods: for example, site map, storyboard Data collection • Primary and secondary data • Multimedia file formats: for example, text formats, audio formats, video formats, presentation formats, image/graphics formats • Policies, copyright, citing sources, Creative Commons, licensing and watermarking • Digital rights management (DRM) Product development • Folder and file management: importance of file and folder naming, appropriate folder structures • Tutorials: for example, help pages, on-line manuals • Templates and wizards, on-line and provided with software • Importing and exporting data • Integrating software applications and on-line tools: for example, embedded videos, web-based database Components Text • Text-processing software • Formatting: for example, page layout, fonts, headers and footers • File formats: for example, PDF, RTF, TXT • Typography Graphics, images and animations • Software types: for example, albums, animated, 3D, bit mapped, vector, photo editing, photo casting, simulation • Bit depth, colour depth (grayscale, shades of gray, millions of colours) • Layers, grouping, divisions, alignment • Resolution, pixels, dots per inch (dpi) • File formats: for example, JPG, GIF, TIF • Computer-generated imagery (CGI) Audio • Audio-editing software, podcasts • Digital audio: for example, MIDI (musical instrument digital interface), MP3 (MPEG-1 audio layer 3), MP4 (MPEG-4 part 14), WAV (waveform audio format) • File formats: for example, MP3, MP4, WAV Video • Video-editing software, vidcasts and special effects (for example, morphing, transitions) • Digital video: for example, AVI (audio video interleave), MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), video CODECs (coder-decoders) • File formats: for example, AVI, MOV Integrating the components • Software types to house and display the multimedia components: for example, word processing, desktop publishing, presentations, web pages Generic techniques • Differences in files (for example, graphics, images, audio, video) for print and online versions • Inserting and manipulating objects (graphics, sound or video files) • Tables: cell merge, borders, cell padding, cell spacing, nested tables • Layers • Links: relative and absolute, internal and external, for example, anchors, pop-ups Syllabus content 34 Information technology in a global society guide Word processing and desktop publishing (DTP) • Referencing and reviewing: for example, spellchecker, thesaurus, outliners, word count • Inline and floating graphics Interactive multimedia, slideshows and websites • Applications and online tools used for creating and making available interactive multimedia, games, presentations, slideshows and websites • Use of scripting in creating web pages (for example, HTML, JavaScript, URL links to online media) • Integration of online tools
	Why
	Understanding when and how to use various graphics tools to create and modify images is a valuable skill.
	How
	By completing the drawing exercises.