EDU221ProjectProduct

//**Just because you can post it on the Internet, doesn't mean that everyone can view it on the Internet.**// It's important to post materials on the Web in a "universal" format--something that can be viewed by anyone on the World Wide Web. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) was specifically invented to make anything viewable on any computer in the world (old, new, Mac, Windows (any version), Linux, DOS, . . . ). If you have a browser (Firefox, Mosaic, Explorer, . . . ) you can see it. But sometimes, HTML doesn't allow the formatting or format that you want. Adobe created their Acrobat Reader software to be free and downloadable on any machine. Then, anything converted to a .pdf format is "universal" because you can download the free software and view it. Some people feel like anything created in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint is universal because so many computer users around the world have that software, but since you have to pay for Microsoft Office, in a sense these documents are not truly universal. If a product requires a browser plug-in to work, but the plug-in is downloadable and free (Flash, Silverlight,...), then that product is considered universal.

A project file is the file needed by your software to create your project. A product file is the finished product anybody can see but that nobody else can edit or modify.

Most project files are not universal (only someone else with iMovie can open an iMovie project file). A good product file (a file you created by using "share" or "export" or "save as") is universally readable/viewable.

File extensions of universal files include:
 * **type of product** || **file extensions for some of the more universal product files** ||
 * Text || .txt, .html, .pdf ||
 * Image || .jpg, .bmp, ||
 * Audio || .wav, .mp3 ||
 * Video || .mov ||

NOTE: wikis, blogs, glogster pages, wordles,. . . anything that's created on the Web is already in a universal format. In these instances, the project file is when you are in the creation/edit mode and the product file is when you click "publish" or "save".

=Extension= || =How to Convert= || =Product File= =Extension= || =Universal / Free Software Required to View/Hear Production= || Click on File Choose Export Choose Export to Image(s) || .tiff is the default but there's a drop-down menu with choices: .jpeg, .giff, .png
 * =Software= || =Project File=
 * Comic Life on the Mac || .comicdoc || __To convert your comic book pages to "pictures"__

creates a folder and in the folder is a graphic file for each page (Page_1.jpg, Page_2.jpg, etc.)

these can then be uploaded "as is" to a wiki page and they'll just be sitting there for people to view. I recommend you make them small and then explain how they can see them larger. here's a really bad sample

another option is to export them to pictures and then put the pictures in iMovie or PowerPoint. There you can narrate if you want, add additional text, create a presentation, etc. The images tend to come out clearer in PowerPoint than iMovie || anything that will view pictures: browser software (Firefox, IE, Safari), iPhoto, Preview,. ..

if you put them in PowerPoint, it's considered "universal" and acceptable for this course, but try Slideshare (a Web-based PPT viewer) or try making a movie out of your PPT

if you put them in iMovie, see the iMovie section on how to create a final product || Click on File Choose Export Choose Export to HTML || .html
 * Comic Life on the Mac || .comicdoc || __To convert your comic book pages to a web page:__

creates a folder for a website which needs to be uploaded to a web server (not a wiki)

if you don't have access to a web server, see Dr. Theresa EARLY on and she'll help you upload it || any browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari) || On a Mac, Click on File, Choose Print, then click on the button that says "PDF", Choose "Save as PDF" || .pdf
 * Comic Life on the Mac || .comicdoc || __To convert your comic book pages to a .pdf file:__

.pdf files can be uploaded to SlideShare and they turn out legible and have "next" buttons automatically built in. If you don't want to add narration or sound, this is one of the easiest and most effective product files || users will download the file and open it in Acrobat Reader, a free software available from Adobe || || Either click on file then export OR click on Share -- If you pick QuickTime, then you have more choices--the smaller the product file (email is smallest, "full size" is largest), the poorer the video quality || .mov
 * iMovie || .IMOVIEPROJ (but you rarely see that text. When you see this iMovie icon, you have a project file)

WARNING: It takes a long time to render an iMovie into a product file. Allow 10 minutes time for each movie of your final product. (A 6 minute movie could take 60 minutes to render.) It may not take that long, but allow that much time. || .mov can be viewed with QuickTime Player or some browsers have a QuickTime plug-in || || Under "Share" in the menubar you have 4 choices:
 * GarageBand || .band (but you rarely see the extension. When you see this GarageBand icon, you have a project file)

Send Song to iTunes Send Podcast to iWeb Send Movie to DVD and Export Song to Disk || even if your recording is not a song, the easiest two to work with is "export song to disk". It creates a file with the extension

.m4a

if you pick "send song to iTunes," the recording will also be converted to an .m4a file and will be in your iTunes library (not a bad place to store it). you can drag and drop the icon for your recording onto your desktop and upload it from there || most browsers will play an m4a file (you'll get a "playbar" icon that you click on to start playing the recording), iTunes, QuickTime Player, to name a few ||