The Soundslides assignment has four parts. You have completed Parts 1, 2 and 3. You will use the photos and audio from Part 2 in this assignment. You will use edited photos from Part 3. You may also include additional edited photos from your original story.
Follow these instructions for Part 4 of this assignment:
FOLLOW AP STYLE FOR PLACE NAMES, DATES and EVERYTHING ELSE! The one exception is Florida: Please spell it out; do not abbreviate.
FACT ERRORS will count against you!
DO NOT add any sound that you did not record yourself at the scene.
Length: 90-120 sec. (This means your AUDIO file must be this length)
Number of photos in the slideshow: 18-25 (You may have more than 25 photos if you have one or more fast sequences; you must have at least 18 photos).
Captions: One for EACH photo in the slideshow.
Headline: Write an appropriate descriptive headline in the Soundslides Project Info area.
Credits: Write these in the Soundslides Project Info area. Format example: Photos and audio by Mindy McAdams. (Use your own name, of course.)
Optional slides may include explanatory text, as seen in Larry Berman Signs Copies of His Book in Hanoi, or titles and end credits, as seen in Video Training for Reporters. These are simply JPGs created in Photoshop. They DO NOT COUNT as photos because, of course, they are not photos.
How to write photo captions was covered in Module 7.
People: Be sure to identify ALL significant people in EACH photo. First and last name are necessary for each significant person (that is, a person who could be recognized); some other identifying information is also recommended for each person (for example, "an economics major at UF," or "a diving instructor at the YMCA," or "a nurse at Shands hospital").
Places: The exact location of the event or events must be given in the caption on the first or second photo. Include the town and the state, spelled out, even if it is Gainesville, Florida. (Why? Because the Web is global!) We are spelling out the state in spite of AP style. Spell out University of Florida the first time it is used in a caption (UF is okay after that).
Dates: The complete date(s) of the event or events must be given in the caption on the first or second photo. That includes the YEAR. (Why? Because stories on the Web often stay there for many years!)
Other names: If your story concerns a named event, a company, a nonprofit organization, etc., make sure you include the complete name of those entities in the caption on the first or second photo. Correct spelling and capitalization are very important!
Remember to SAVE and EXPORT before you copy the publish_to_web folder to Dropbox! If you fail to save one last time, your latest changes will not be in the Soundslides. If you fail to export, the slideshow will NOT be in the publish_to_web folder, even though you have tested it.
The folder name (on Dropbox) for this assignment must match this style:
Your last name, your first initial, an underscore, and soundslides4.
For example, if your name is Maria Jones, your folder name would be:
jonesm_soundslides4
You may need to delete older files from Dropbox at this time. DO NOT delete any files until AFTER your grade for that assignment has been posted.
PLEASE NOTE that it is VERY IMPORTANT in this course that you name files and folders EXACTLY as instructed for every assignment. Failure to do so will result in zero points for assignments, because a misnamed file is a file that will be LOST.
If you have questions about any part of this assignment, post them in the Course Questions discussion in Sakai.