Schedule

revised Oct. 26, 2010

SCHEDULE
JMC 3003 Sec 002
Multimedia Journalism Fall ‘10
Professor Warren Vieth
SUBJECT TO FREQUENT CHANGE

Wednesday, Oct. 27
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 9 summary
Due by end of class
•    Revised Muslim project
Discussion/Activity
•    Ray Bribiesca reminder
•    Restaurant proposal blog post
•    Presentation 2 feedback
•    Dow Jones editing quiz feedback
•    Elements Chapters 7/8/9
•    Muslim project in-class work
•    Blog Post 8 in-class work
•    (Tyler Thomas Fort Sill video)

WV conferences
•    3:20    Scott Bedgood
•    3:40    Page Grossman
•    4:00    Tyler Aljoe

Sunday, Oct. 31
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 8
•    Restaurant project proposal

WEEK 11
Monday, Nov. 1
Discussion/Activity
    RAY BRIBIESCA

Wednesday, Nov. 3
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 10 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Blog Post 8 feedback
Elements Chapter 10
WV conferences
•    3:20    Garrett Duty
•    3:40    Tyler Thomas
•    4:00    Kasey Chapman

Sunday, Nov. 7
NOTHING DUE

WEEK 12
Monday, Nov. 8
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Project 3 Assignment
WV conferences
•    3:40    Ame Aziere
•    4:00    Michael Acker

Wednesday, Nov. 10
Due by class
•    Elements Chapter 11 summary
Due by end of class
•    Blog Post 9 (restaurant project)
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
•    Elements Chapter 11
•    Restaurant project feedback

Sunday, Nov. 14
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 10

WEEK 13
Monday, Nov. 15
Discussion/Activity
•    Final project assignment
•    Quiz

Wednesday, Nov. 17
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Blog Post 10 feedback
•    Assigned Reading

Sunday, Nov. 21
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 11

WEEK 14
Monday, Nov. 22
Discussion/Activity
•    Blog Post 11 feedback
•    Quiz

Wednesday, Nov. 24
THANKSGIVING BREAK

Sunday, Nov. 28
    NOTHING DUE

WEEK 15
Monday, Nov. 29
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz

Wednesday, Dec. 1
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Assigned Reading

Sunday, Dec. 5
    Due midnight
•    Blog Post 12 (final project)
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WEEK 16
Monday, Dec. 6
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz
•    Final project display
•    Portfolio submission

Wednesday, Dec. 8
Due by class
•    Assigned Reading 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
•    Final project feedback

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

Sunday, Dec. 12
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 13

WEEK 17
FINALS WEEK (no final exam)





•    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

•    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

•    PaceSetter tutorials
Final Cut Pro 6
o    Essentials 8, 9





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

WEEK 4
Monday, Sept. 13
Discussion/Activity
•    AP Style: numbers, its & it’s
•    Quiz 3 preview
•    Final Cut
o    Water sequence (Whitney)
o    QuickTime export

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
•    Rhythm Chicken video
•    Quiz 3
•    Blog Post 3 feedback
•    Elements Chapter 4
•    Photo profile assignment
•    State Fair assignment
•    Fort Sill preview

Sunday, Sept. 19
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 4 (Photo package)

WEEK 5
Monday, Sept. 20
Discussion/Activity
•    Charles Self, John Schmeltzer: Fort Sill briefing
•    Schedule change: Rebecca Cooper Oct. 13
•    State Fair video progress
•    Steve Perlstein KoranGate column assignment
•    Presentation 1 feedback
•    State Fair video in-class work

Wednesday, Sept. 22
Due by class
•    Rick Perlstein Column Critique
Discussion/Activity
•    Rick Perlstein column feedback
•    Fort Sill rehearsals & questions
•    State Fair video in-class work

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

Sunday, Sept. 26
Due midnight
•    Blog Post 5 (State Fair video)

WEEK 6
Monday, Sept. 27
Due by class
Discussion/Activity
•    Fort Sill troubleshooting & video instructions
•    Blog Post 4 (photo package) feedback
•    Quiz question assignments
•    Blog Post 6 (classmate slideshow) assignment

Wednesday, Sept. 29
Due by class
•    Quiz question examples
•    Elements Chapter 5 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Online Journalism Awards finalists
o    Syracuse Diners
•    Quiz 4 preview
•    Elements Chapter 5
•    Blog Post 6 (slideshow) assignment
o     (text, lower thirds)

Sunday, Oct. 3
NOTHING DUE

WEEK 7
Monday, Oct. 4
Discussion/Activity
•    Quiz 4
•    Muslim project
•    Rebecca Cooper preview
•    Blog Post 5 (State Fair) feedback
•    Blog Post 6 (slideshow) in-class work
Wednesday, Oct. 6
Due by class
•    Blog Post 6 (slideshow)
•    Elements Chapter 6 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Fort Sill reminder
•    Quiz 4 review
•    Quiz 5 preview
•    Elements Chapter 6
•    Online Journalism Awards finalists
•    Muslim project
•    Slideshow/Fort Sill in-class work

Sunday, Oct. 10
NOTHING DUE

WEEK 8
Monday, Oct. 11
Discussion/Activity
•    Presentation 2 reminder
•    Rebecca Cooper reminder
•    Muslim project details
•    HOUDA ELYAZGI

Wednesday, Oct. 13
Due by class
•    Muslim project update (blog post)
Discussion/Activity
•    WV conference announcement
•    REBECCA COOPER
WV conferences
•    5:00    Bennett LeBarre

Sunday, Oct. 17
NOTHING DUE

WEEK 9
Monday, Oct. 18
Due by class
•    Muslim project update
•    Elements Chapter 7 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Muslims in Europe video
•    Attendance
•    Thank-you cards
•    Computer drive overload
•    Slideshow status check
•    Fort Sill status check
•    Presentation 2 reminder
•    Restaurant project assignment
•    Dow Jones editing quiz
•    Muslim video and slideshow in-class work
WV conferences
•    3:40    Katie Hammock
•    4:00    Kalem Wedemyer

Wednesday, Oct. 20
Due by class
•    Blog Post 7 (Muslim project)
•    Elements Chapter 8 summary
Discussion/Activity
•    Muslim project filing instructions
•    Dow Jones grammar quiz
•    Video sequences and layered audio
•    Muslim video in-class work
WV conferences
•    3:20    Matt Gilroy
•    3:40    Lance Reaves
•    4:00    Jake McClure

Sunday, Oct. 24
Due midnight
•    Revised slideshows (Blog Post 6)
•    Fort Sill video

WEEK 10
Monday, Oct. 25
Discussion/Activity
•    Peter Gade: journalism curriculum
•    Blog Post 8 instructions
•    Dow Jones editing quiz feedback
•    Chapter 6: Anadarko pastor
•    Presentation 2:
Who’s Viewing What: Market Research
o    Team 1—Kalem Wedemyer, Tyler Thomas
o    Team 2—Ame Aziere, Bennett LeBarre
•    Mark Potts: Muslim video filing instructions
•    Muslim project feedback & rework


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