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Week 8

Week 8. EDUU 551 Educational Applications of Computers Instructor: Steve Gibbs. Walnut Creek. Index. PowerPoint Custom Shows Print Options Save Options Movie Maker Basic features Uploading. Review – Multimedia PPTs. PowerPoint files can embed pictures, text, and simple sounds

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Week 8

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  1. Week 8 EDUU 551 Educational Applications of Computers Instructor: Steve Gibbs Walnut Creek

  2. Index • PowerPoint • Custom Shows • Print Options • Save Options • Movie Maker • Basic features • Uploading

  3. Review – Multimedia PPTs • PowerPoint files can embed pictures, text, and simple sounds • PowerPoint cannot embed MP3 & movie files. Instead it links to the separate music and movie files • When making multimedia PPT, first put all files – movie, music, ppt – into a folder • Travel with that folder • Zip the folder if it must go online

  4. Review – Music defaults • Sound files are set by default to shut off on the next mouse click • If you want sounds to play across multiple slides, you much change the default • >Animation >Custom Animation >Effect Options

  5. Review -- Video • Download from Youtube using Firefox and the Download helper plugin • The movie will be in .FLV (Flash video), which is incompatible with PowerPoint • Convert the movie to .WMV format (Windows) by either using SUPER or uploading the .FLV to an online media converter

  6. Video formats • MPEG-1, -2, (-3), -4 • Motion Picture Experts Group • AVI • Audio Video format that is smaller • WMV • Windows Movie File • MOV, MP4 is M4A M4P, M4V = iPod video • Apple movie format • FLV • Flash video • RAM • Real Player format

  7. File Conversion Software • Super freeware converts any to any • http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html • Quick freeware converter • www.cocoonsoftware.com • (untested by me as of yet) • Online upload/download converter • http://www.mediaconverter.org/

  8. Opensource Links • www.sourceforge.net - downloads • www.openoffice.org - downloads • www.opensourcewindows.org - downloads • www.opensourcemac.org - downloads • Free-codecs.com – codec downloads • www.cccp-project.net – codec download

  9. Free & Open Source Software I Know and Love • Audacity – sound recorder • CDEX – CD ripper to MP3, WAV • DVD Shrink – DVD ripper • DVD Decrypter – DVD decrypter • DVDFab HD Decrypter – DVD decrypter • www.utorrent.com – Bittorrent client • www.onebigtorrent.org – Good torrent source - downloads

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