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SWEB 121: A “How To” for New Website Tools

SWEB 121: A “How To” for New Website Tools. August 15, 2008 Pro Bono Net National Technology Assistance Project. Panelist Control Panel. Reduce Panel with GrabTab View Full Screen Mode Move Control Panel (Put cursor on any textured area to drag)

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SWEB 121: A “How To” for New Website Tools

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  1. SWEB 121:A “How To” for New Website Tools August 15, 2008 Pro Bono Net National Technology Assistance Project

  2. Panelist Control Panel • Reduce Panel with GrabTab • View Full Screen Mode • MoveControl Panel (Put cursor on any textured area to drag) • Chat (goes to all Panelists -- All of You)

  3. Mute Yourself… Using GoToMeeting Phone: -- To MUTE: *6 -- To UNMUTE: *6

  4. Panelists • Liz Keith, Pro Bono Net • David Bonebrake, NTAP • Matthew Burnett, Immigration Advocates Network

  5. Today’s Training • Online video using YouTube and other hosting services • Podcasting • Sprout • Mashups • RSS and Law Blawgs

  6. Why Use Online Video? • Statistics about Internet use: • 53% of persons from households earning less than $30,000 use the Internet • A large percentage of low-income persons have literacy limitations

  7. Getting Started • CALS’ Experience • Nonprofit account on YouTube • $30 Webcam • Windows Movie Maker • Donated microphone

  8. Arkansas’ Legal Tube

  9. Online Video Hosting Services • Cost effective way to deliver videos to your user • YouTube is far and away the most popular • Several other services provide similar hosting, some with better features

  10. Advantages of Online Video Hosting • Cost • Accessibility • Ease of use • Potential to reach more clients

  11. Disadvantages of Online Video Hosting • Quality concerns • Size and length limitations • Less control over how users access the video

  12. YouTube Nonprofit Channel • http://www.youtube.com/nonprofits • Branding benefits • Rotation of your videos in the "Promoted Videos" areas throughout the site • The option to have a Google Checkout "Donate" button • Listing on the Nonprofit channels and the Nonprofit videos pages • Application process: Must provide information about your organization, including your fed tax id number to prove you’re a 501(c)(3)

  13. Uploading Your Video

  14. Embedding Your Video

  15. Other Hosting Services

  16. PALawHelp.org example • Media is uploaded to http://ourmedia.org • Free hosting service through the Internet Archive (registration required) • Can be used for video or audio • Like YouTube, it generates code required to embed player in another web page • Automatically creates other formats (MPEG4, Flash etc.)

  17. PALawHelp.org example • Use Blogger blog as the interface to integrate videos • Create a new blog entry for each audio or video file • Embed OurMedia code into HTML view • Go to Edit view of post, right-click and copy shortcut • Post link as LawHelp resource

  18. Production tools • Audacity – free audio recorder and editor • Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) – open source tool for converting DVDs to MPEG files • Any Video Converter – free and paid versions • Windows Media Maker

  19. Video Cameras • Webcam • Hercules Deluxe Optical Glass $25 • Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 $100 • Flip Video Camera • HDV Camera

  20. Flip Video Camcorder Effgie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/effigie/2690348459/

  21. HDV Cameras Josh Bancroft: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/407259142/

  22. Video Editing Software • Free editing solutions • Microsoft Movie Maker • Apple iMovie • Wax • VirtualDub • Mid-Range • QuickTime Pro • Adobe Premiere Elements • More expensive options • Final Cut Pro • Adobe Premiere

  23. Microphones • Audio is important – poor qualify audio can really ruin a web video • Test your camcorder’s audio quality – it may be sufficient • Other options: • Techsmith USB Condenser Microphone • Audio-Technica USB Condenser Mic • Blue Snowflake

  24. Multimedia widgets • Sprout is popular -- and free -- option • Allows non-technical staff to create multimedia Sprout "badges" • Badges can include text, images, videos and more • "Share" link allows supporters to paste the badge into their own website or blog • You can track where the badge is appearing

  25. www.PBLA.ca example

  26. NTC Sprout includes live links to NTEN website, blog, Twitter feeds and more.

  27. Using Sprout • Free, but registration required • Choose templates from a gallery or integrate your own graphics and branding • Publish your Sprout to generate embed code • Manage and monitor your Sprout

  28. Mash Ups • Application that allows you to combine and display data from multiple sources into a single integrated tool. • Technology to create mash-ups has become very accessible. • Classic example is a Google Maps mash-up.

  29. Getting started with mash ups • Determine purpose and audience for your map • Google Maps has a helpful tutorial • Other tools include MapBuilder, QuikMaps, Wayfaring

  30. ABA Journal Blawg Directory

  31. Consumer Law Blogosphere Feed • 3 RSS Feeds • CL & P • Credit Slips • Michigan Collection Lawyer Blog

  32. Yahoo Pipes

  33. FeedBurner • FeedBurner is a commercial web application that allows users to manage feeds. • FeedBurner can turn RSS feeds into Javascript that can be placed on a HTML page.

  34. Thank you! • Questions? • David Bonebrake - David@lsntap.org • Liz Keith - lkeith@probono.net • Matthew Burnett - mburnett@probono.net

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