Revised Schedule

Sunday, Sept. 12
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 3 (FFG & photos)

WEEK 4
Monday, Sept. 13
Discussion/Activity
•    Blog Post 3 feedback
•    AP Style: numbers, its & it’s
•    Final Cut

Wednesday, Sept. 15
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 4 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Presentation 1
The Evolution of Online News: Past, Present, Future
o    Team 1—Michael Acker, Tyler Aljoe
o    Team 2—Kasey Chapman, Katie Hammock
•    Quiz 3
•    Elements Chapter 4
•    Final Cut

Sunday, Sept. 19
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 4 (FFG & photos)

WEEK 5
Monday, Sept. 20
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz 4
•    Blog Post 4 review
•    Charles Self: Fort Sill training

Wednesday, Sept. 22
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 5 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 5
•    Interview technique

Friday, Sept 24
Outside-Class Activity
•    Fort Sill Press Officer Training

Sunday, Sept. 26
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 5 (FFG & photos)

WEEK 6
Monday, Sept. 27
Due by class
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 5 review
•    Final Cut: slideshows

Wednesday, Sept. 29
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 6 summary
•    PaceSetter tutorials
JMC 3003 Multimedia Journalism
o    7 - Capturing Audio Clips
o    8 - Export Audio from a Video Clip
o    9 - Converting an audio clip’s file format
o    10 - Uploading MP3s to Web server using AFP
o    11 - Embedding MP3s on Blogger
Final Cut Pro 6
o    Essentials 7
Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 6
•    Final Cut: audio clips

Sunday, Oct. 3
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 6 (FFG & slideshow)

WEEK 7
Monday, Oct. 4
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 7 summary
•    PaceSetter tutorials
JMC 3003 Multimedia Journalism
o    18 – Creating Lower Thirds in Final Cut Pro
o    19 - Export FCP Sequence to post on Blogger
o    20 - Posting Your Video Clip on Blogger
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 6 review
•    Project troubleshooting
•    Final Cut: video clip

Wednesday, Oct. 6
Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 7
•    Project troubleshooting

Sunday, Oct. 10
Due midnight
•    Project 1 (Blog Post 7)

WEEK 8
Monday, Oct. 11
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Project 1 review
•    Project 2 planning
•    Final Cut: audio editing

Wednesday, Oct. 13
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 8 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Presentation 2:
Who’s Viewing What: Market Research
o    Team 1—Kalem Wedemyer, Tyler Thomas
o    Team 2—James Corley, Ame Aziere
•    Elements Chapter 8
•    AP Style

Sunday, Oct. 17
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 8 (FFG/photo/audio)

WEEK 9
Monday, Oct. 18
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 8 review
•    Videocam technique

Wednesday, Oct. 20
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 9 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 9
•    Videocam work

Sunday, Oct. 24
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 9 (FFG, photos, video)

WEEK 10
Monday, Oct. 25
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 9 review
•    Videocam work

Wednesday, Oct. 27
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 10 summary
•    PaceSetter tutorials
Final Cut Pro 6
o    Essentials 8, 9

Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 10
•    Final Cut: video editing

Sunday, Oct. 31
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 10 (FFG, photos, video)

WEEK 11
Monday, Nov. 1
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 10 review
•    Project troubleshooting
•    Final Cut: Video editing

Wednesday, Nov. 3
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 11 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Elements Chapter 11
•    Project troubleshooting
•    Final Cut: Video editing

Sunday, Nov. 7
Due midnight
•    Project 2 (Blog Post 11)

WEEK 12
Monday, Nov. 8
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Project 2 review
•    Project 3 planning
•    Final Cut: video editing

Wednesday, Nov. 10
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading 1 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Presentation 3
The Role of Social Media in News
o    Team 1—Lance Reaves, Garrett Duty
o    Team 2—Matt Gilroy, Scott Bedgood
•    Assigned Reading 1
•    AP Style

Sunday, Nov. 14
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 12 (FFG, photo, video)

WEEK 13
Monday, Nov. 15
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 12 review
•    Final Cut: video editing

Wednesday, Nov. 17
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading 2 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Assigned Reading 2
•    Advanced editing

Sunday, Nov. 21
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 13 (FFG, photos, video)

WEEK 14
Monday, Nov. 22
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Blog Post 13
•    Advanced editing

Wednesday, Nov. 24
THANKSGIVING BREAK

WEEK 15
Monday, Nov. 29
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    (no blog post)
•    Project troubleshooting
•    Web packaging

Wednesday, Dec. 1
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading 3 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Assigned Reading 3
•    Project troubleshooting
•    Web packaging

Sunday, Dec. 5
    Due midnight
•    Project 3 (Blog Post 14)

WEEK 16
Monday, Dec. 6
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Project 3 review
•    Portfolio submission

Wednesday, Dec. 8
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading 4 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Presentation 4
Best in the Business: Superior News Sites
o    Team 1—Jake McClure, Page Grossman
o    Team 2—Bennett LeBarre
•    Assigned Reading 4

Friday, Dec. 10
Due by end of day
•    Portfolio submission

Sunday, Dec. 12
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 15 (FFG, photos, video)

WEEK 17
FINALS WEEK (no final exam)


WEEK 1
Monday, Aug. 23
Discussion/Activity
•    Class overview
o    Syllabus
o    Chapter summaries
o    PaceSetter tutorials
o    Quizzes
o    Presentations
o    News Blog
o    Self-Bio assignment
•    Videocam checkout

Wednesday, Aug. 25
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 1 summary (bring paper copy to class)
•    PaceSetter tutorials:
Sony Handycam HDR-HC9
o    all 10 tutorials
Discussion/Activity
•    NYT “Unplugged”
•    Chicago Trib poverty
•    Presentation team assignments
•    Elements Chapter 1
•    Videocam setup
•    Blogger setup
•    Blog Post 1 assignment
•    FFG: Swine flu blog post

Sunday, Aug. 29
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 1 (mission statement & mug shot)
•    Self-Bio (file in D2L dropbox)

WEEK 2
Monday, Aug. 30
Due by class
•    PaceSetter tutorials
JMC 3003 Multimedia Journalism
o    1 - Import images using iPhoto
o    2 - Cropping images
o    3 - Saving images for the Web
o    5 - Setting Up External Drive

Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz 1
•    Chapter 1 summary feedback
•    Seth Gitner’s Syracuse diners project
•    Julie Jones
o    Photo principles & skills

Wednesday, Sept. 1
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 2 summary
•    PaceSetter tutorials
JMC 3003 Multimedia Journalism
o    4 - Posting images on Blogger

Discussion/Activity
•    Julie Jones
o    Media management
o    Photoshop
•    Quiz 1 feedback
•    Self-Bio feedback
•    Elements Chapter 2
•    Blog Post 1 review
•    AP Style: sentence punctuation

Sunday, Sept. 5
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 2 (FFG story & photos)

WEEK 3
Monday, Sept. 6
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

Wednesday, Sept. 8
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 3 summary
•    PaceSetter tutorials
JMC 3003 Multimedia Journalism
o    6 - Setting Up Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro 6
o    Essentials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10

Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz 2
•    Blog Post 2 feedback
•    Elements Chapter 3
•    Fort Sill signup
•    Final Cut Pro in-class exercise
o    Video sequence
o    Final Cut setup
o    Log & capture
o    In & out points
o    Timeline

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