Over the course of 18 months, journalists from the Center for Public Integrity and ICIJ, working with more than a dozen reporters across Africa, collected data, documents, video footage, and largely unheard witness accounts that uncovered links between Australian-listed mining companies and allegations of negligence, violence, environmental law-breaking, and other behaviors that would never be tolerated in better-regulated jurisdictions. With an abundance of rich materials, the team faced a significant challenge: how to present it all in a compelling way that would allow audiences to explore a variety of content as they engaged in a much larger narrative. The end result is an immersive multimedia feature incorporating strong human stories with stunning visuals, rare documents and innovative data analysis to reveal the extensive and sometimes deadly impact of Australian mining companies in 33 African nations. Here, multimedia editor Eleanor Bell and news developer Chris Zubak-Skees discuss the making of the Fatal Extraction multimedia project. Q. Why did you choose this storytelling mode for the story? Eleanor Bell: Initially, we intended to package our Africa multimedia into four separate video stories broken down by country. During filming, it became clear listening to our sources, on-camera and off, that there was a great deal of crossover in their experiences dealing with the practices of Australian-listed mining companies operating in Africa. Lead reporter Will Fitzgibbon had uncovered a mountain of primary source documents and recordings. We also had a powerful data story, hundreds of hours of footage and multiple memory cards of images from some of the most visually stunning places on earth. These artifacts could be coerced into a video timeline or added as sound files, video stories and documents to a traditional text piece. But with so much unique material, there was an opportunity to allow the content to tell the story. Our aim was to integrate all the elements into a “digital” experience that would deliver a compelling story without sacrificing the nature of the material. In short, we wanted to deliver these stories in their most organic form. We looked to NPR’s Borderlands and Demolished projects for inspiration. These are highly visual, engaging narratives that encapsulate the idea that stories can be “of the web and not just on the web.” Chris Zubak-Skees: We could have packaged this with a written narrative, but we wanted the multimedia to tell the story, not supplement the story.

Introduction Adobe Flash was created in 1996 as a way to display rich media on a webpage. In the mid-90s, most websites were a collection of static pages that displayed only text and images. When Flash was introduced, it opened a new world of animation and interactivity to the Web. People were able to create moving animations and clickable interactive graphics that went beyond the capabilities of standard HTML and CSS. Flash was – and still is – owned by a single company, which is now Adobe. This means that Flash is proprietary software, and is not an open standard on the Web. Journalists wishing to use Flash for adding interactivity to a website must weigh the pros and cons and decide the best tool to use for telling a story. Here are some of the pros for using Flash on a website: Quickly create rich interactive graphics using a timeline-based software tool. Utilize a number of pre-built libraries and classes to build sophisticated projects that might otherwise take longer to build from scratch. A cross-browser compatible tool that works the same on Internet Explore, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Chrome. Good for construction of data-intense animated data visualizations that need to access an online database. Here are some of the cons when using Flash: Does not work on a multitude of mobile smartphone devices. Many touch-screen devices (i.e. tablet computers) require different types of interaction that aren’t often supported by most Flash projects. For example, the difference between a mouse roll-over, and a tap, touch or swipe. Issues regarding accessibility of content for persons using special tools like screen readers. In some cases, intensive use of Flash graphics can drain the battery life on many laptops and mobile devices. Not as optimized for search engines (SEO). Flash is a closed multimedia construct on most webpages making it difficult for some search engines to properly index. When deciding to build Flash project, we dissuade journalists from creating entire websites in Flash. Instead, think of Flash as a single embedable element on a webpage surrounded by text and navigation that is coded in HTML, like a video embeded on the YouTube page. Creating entire websites in Flash contradicts a lot of the standards of webpages, like a common navigation or the back button in the browser. While some of these can be mitigated, in most cases creating entire websites in Flash are often frowned upon by many web experts. Vector vs. Raster Image via Flickr creative commons: It is important to understand the difference between vector graphics and raster (Bitmap) images. Vectors are color-shape-based line art, while bitmaps are photographic images made up of pixels. Vectors are made up of lines called paths. These lines are connected by dots called anchor points. Vectors are not made up of pixels, and thus their size can be changed without losing any quality. Vectors don’t take up much memory, but they can be taxing on a computer’s processor the more complex they become. Vectors are designed to be simple shapes, graphics or animations. Bitmaps are photographic images that are comprised of tiny squares called pixels. Bitmaps lose quality when they are resized, especially when their size is increased from their native size. Newer algorithms in the way Adobe resizes bitmaps have allowed quality loss to be minimal in many cases where the percentage change in size is a small. Bitmaps take up much more memory (and increase loading time on a webpage) however, they are not as taxing on processing. Tools There are dozens of tools in Flash that one can use for many various purposes in creating art. We will go over a few essential tools to start with. The first are the two arrow tools; the Selection Tool (black arrow) and the Sub-selection Tool (white arrow). The Selection Tool is used for selecting and moving elements on the stage. It can also be used to bend and modify vector shapes. The Sub-selection Tool (white arrow) is only used for selecting drawing paths in shapes. The Selection Tool is generally used much more often and is the default tool for most tasks. The Sub-selection Tool is only used in specific cases when drawing or modifying vector shapes. The Free Transform tool is used to change the size of an object on the stage. When using the Free Transform tool, you must first click on an object on the stage to select it, and then use the eight black handle points that appear around the box to change the shape of your object. When selecting objects with the Free Transform Tool, a small white circle will appear, usually in the center of the object. This is called the reference point, and can be moved with the mouse. This reference point will determine how the tool rotates and scales the object. It is also possible to skew an object by moving the cursor just outside the bound of the box. The Lasso Tool is used for selecting object on the stage. It is done by drawing a circle around the objects you wish to be selected. It can also be used for selecting portions of a shape. The Text Tool is used to create text boxes for entering text. The tool can be used by simply clicking the stage once to create a default text box (which can be resized later) or by clicking and drawing a text box to a desired shape. Static text boxes can only be drawn to a specified width and always start out as one line of text. This means you won’t be able to give your text box a height. As you type, you can press return to create additional lines of text. Dynamic text boxes can be given a height.

Storyplanet. Pearltrees. And Popcorn Maker . These are three of the roughly 60 programs, sites, and apps fairly recently shared rapid-fire by j-prof extraordinare Brady Teufel. His session– “The Latest and Greatest Software Tools for Journalists”– was one of the highlights of the 2013 ACP National College Journalism Convention in San Francisco. Below is a “latest and greatest” top 10 sampling– a smidgen of the digital creation, capture, curation, editing, publishing, sharing, and workflow help that according to Teufel is at our disposal. 10 Top Tools for Journalists Circa Now “By making it easy to put interaction into your content we can help you make much more powerful projects.” “Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Use your web browser to combine video and audio with content from the rest of the web– from text, links and maps to pictures and live feeds.” “GigaPan gives experienced and novice photographers the technology to create high-resolution panorama images more easily than ever before, and the resulting GigaPan images offer viewers a new, unique perspective on the world.” “Cowbird is a community of storytellers. We build the world’s simplest and most beautiful storytelling tools, and we offer them for free to anyone who wishes to use them. When you tell stories on Cowbird, we automatically find connections between your life and the lives of others, forming a vast, interconnected ecosystem, in which we all take part.” “Whether you’re a journalist, web designer, researcher, or seasoned cartographer, TileMill is the design studio you need to create stunning interactive maps.” “Meograph helps [you] easily create, watch, and share interactive stories. Our first product combines maps, timeline, links, and multimedia to tell stories in context of where and when.” “Pearltrees is a visual and collaborative curation tool that allows users to collect, organize and share any URL they find online as well as to upload personal photos and notes.” “Magisto turns your everyday videos into exciting, memorable movies you’ll want to watch again and again.”

Interactive Multimedia Technology Program Description Interactive Multimedia Technology is a two-year program that will enable students to become competent in creating, designing, and producing interactive multimedia products and services. This program of study emphasizes the development of digitally-generated or computer-enhanced media. Students will use multimedia technology to develop products/programs for business, training, entertainment, communications, and marketing. Skills learned are suitable for articulation into two- or four-year degree programs. Interactive Multimedia Technology is a College Tech Prep Program - students successfully completing this program may receive advanced college credits. What Students Will Learn Level I ~ Lab 2 credits ~ Academic 1 credit Level II ~ Lab 2 credits ~ Academic 1 credit LEVEL I: Media Design Digital Imaging Instructional Application Interactive Digital Media Product Design for Clients GUI Interfaces Planning a Project Developing a Project LEVEL II: Animation Advanced Software Applications Audio/Visual Production Designing a Project Implementing a Project Evaluating a Project Authoring Languages Courses Which Will Be Helpful Math Multimedia, Art or Graphic Design Keyboarding or Computer Applications Introduction to Programming Business & Management Career Exploration Program Completion Incentives Career Passport - with documented skills Articulation & college credit with two- and four-year colleges Scholarships Career Opportunities Animator Imagining Specialist Audio/Visual Specialist Media Designer Multimedia Specialist Production Assistant Interactive Digital Media Specialist Virtual Reality Designer Web Designer Graphic Designer Multimedia Programmer Graphics Technician Visual Design Consultant Web Content Designer Instructional Designer Writer Project Manager Multimedia Technician Quality Assurance Technician Storyboard Artist Character Designer Special Effects Artist Broadcast Graphics Designer Background Painter Clean-up Artist Video Post-Production Career-Based Opportunities Students who exhibit knowledge and skills in the Interactive Multimedia Technology program and meet the requirements for early placement may participate in early placement in a related field during the second semester of their senior year. Activities As an Interactive Multimedia Technology student, you will be a member of Business Professionals of America. Business Professionals of America is a student-oriented organization designed to expand your citizenship and leadership skills. In addition to Business Professionals of America at Millstream Career and Technology Center, you may participate in many student activities at your home school such as music, sports, and club activities. Salary Information Earnings vary by the worker’s experience, reputation, and employer. Nationally, the median wage for multimedia artists and animators is $24.69 per hour. Half of all multimedia artists and animators earn between $18.74 and $33.68 per hour. In Ohio, the median wage is $21.19 per hour. Half of all multimedia artists and animators earn between $17.58 and $24.60 per hour.

Have installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 and when I start it the following error message appears: "Cannot find multimedia device. Check to see if your computer has a sound card, or if the multi-media wave-in component is missing from the sound card." I have installed and used prior versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking on this laptop, so I shouldn't be getting this error message, should I? If a prior version works, this one should? I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software to try to fix this without success. It's an ACER e-machine E630 running Windows 7 Home Edition. Realtek High Definition Audio - 6.0.1.5963 - Driver software is up-to-date. The device is working properly. Location 0 (Internal High Definition Audio Bus). I don't know how to check if the multi-media wave-in component is missing from the sound card - but don't imagine this is the problem because prior versions worked.

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Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Committee Member Mark J. Hofer Lindy Johnson Abstract The purpose of this multiple case study was to learn about how secondary English language arts (ELA) teachers help students to make meaning with multimedia. The study focused on how and why teachers plan and implement meaning-making learning experiences. The cases represent the experiences and perspectives of five ELA teachers who use digital and non-digital multimedia texts to help their students develop skills in meaning making. The results of this study define a set of principles that the teachers use to guide planning and implementation processes that focus on authentic, student-centered learning. The teachers value learning that has relevance to the students’ interests, goals, and lived experiences outside of the classroom. Adaptable planning, a focus on the needs of students, mitigating barriers through accessing outside resources, and setting learning goals that go beyond content-area standards characterize the teachers’ approaches to helping students make meaning. Multimedia texts were an embedded and pervasive aspect of students’ learning experiences. Recommended Citation Mahoney, Kerrigan Rose, "Making Meaning With Multimedia In Secondary English Language Arts: A Multiple Case Study" (2016). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper .

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