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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Digital Publishing

Sichuan Media and Journalism Programme, Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University

Trends in New Media | Summer 07

Edited on 31 Jan 2008 around 12pm

Wiki page

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Invited Speaker

Monday, September 22, 2008

Blogging and other similar web technologies

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

During this session we look at the basics of blogging as a way to deliver content to a web site. Each student will be given a web space and a blog. From this day, students will be able to post items to their blog using a basic template.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, September 29, 2008

Digital Image making

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

The web is full of images - even Google provides a way to search specifically for images. Most images on the web are photographs and with most cameras now purely digital, most people are distributing their photos online.

But what about making an image from more than one source. What about experssing oneself or decorating the screen medium with 'montages'. This talk discusses the history, techniques and contexts for such digital images.

Edited on 15 Sep 2008 around 8am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, October 06, 2008

Creative Tools for Screen Media

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

All of our work ends up on the screen. What is a screen exactly and how can we build something for it?

Edited on 05 Oct 2008 around 12pm

Wiki page

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, October 13, 2008

Designing for the WEB

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Graphic design is an important part of our work. There are certain issues to consider even before we get to the screen as medium.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, October 20, 2008

Template Editing using Dreamweaver

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

We may be using ExpressionEngine to manage the content but it is possible to use Dreamweaver to help us define the look of our site. We can take the existing templates and make modifications to the CSS.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, October 27, 2008

Photoshop Surgery

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

No formal lecture. Just bring your images along for help with techniques.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, November 03, 2008

Building an Image Gallery

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

We want to put our images together and add some text.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, November 10, 2008

Separating Style and Content with CSS

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

The basics of delivering web content by styling with CSS.

Edited on 09 Nov 2008 around 9pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, November 17, 2008

Introducing Podcasting

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

How to create audio content and publish on the web as a series of episodes.

Edited on 17 Nov 2008 around 9am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Friday, November 21, 2008

What is XML and How can we use it in Publishing?

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

In this lecture I cover the basics of XML, it's history and how it can be used.

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Design and Production for Publishing

Monday, November 24, 2008

More on Podcasting

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

How to publish the podcasts with RSS.

Edited on 23 Nov 2008 around 11am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, December 01, 2008

Making a Presentation and more …

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Advice about preparing an giving a presentation. This is in anticipaton of the following week where students on this course will be expected to give a 7 minute presentation (worth 10% of the marks!).

This session will also 'mop up' any other issues such as posting Podcasts.

Edited on 30 Nov 2008 around 6pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, December 08, 2008

Student Presentations

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

During this session, each student will give a short (7minutes) presentation of the images produced for the web site gallery. The presentation can use 'Powerpoint' or a similar technology to explain the rationale behind the selection of images and issues encountered when producing them.

Edited on 30 Nov 2008 around 6pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Monday, December 15, 2008

Surgery Session | Blog templates and Photoshop

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

There will be no formal lecture on this day. Just help with any technical issues as needed.

Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Web Media Module

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Introduction to Digital Media Publishing

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

The focus of this session is to introduce the concept of the computer as a medium for the delivery of a reading experience. We will look at eBooks in relation to the assignment as well as an introduction to the blogging system that each student will use throughout the semester.

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Monday, February 09, 2009

Web Issues for Publishers

Gibbs G116, Oxford Brookes University

This session considers trends in web technologies and focusses on online tools for project management.

Edited on 08 Feb 2009 around 8pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: New Product Development

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Text to Screen

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Issues for delivering text to the screen. From computer text to text that it structured for the screen.

Edited on 11 Feb 2009 around 9am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Re-Styling the Blog with XHTML and CSS

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Controlling the appearance of a web page with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Building Electronic Books with InDesign and Acrobat

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

This session builds on the talks given during the previous weeks. We will make use of InDesign and consider the relationship between style, content and final markup.

Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Design for the Web

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

We look at the basic principles of design as it applies to the web and look at some different examples of layout.

During this session we will look at Dreamweaver and ExpressionEngine in combination and then make changes to our CSS. This will enable us to change the appearance of our 'blog' and other pages.

Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Everything but Text in InDesign and Acrobat

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

We will look at all other types of media that can be included in the eBook, through Indesign.

Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 6pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Adding Interactivity to the eBook

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

The Acrobat PDF format is much more than just a way to distribute content to a printer.

Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 6pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

XML

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

From Indesign to XML. For some this may be a recap but it is very important to know the steps to take to get a decent XML file.

Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 7pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Advanced Markup including RSS and Validation

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Looking in detail at markup.

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 3pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Structuring the eBook and exporting the XML

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

In this session we will re-visit the concept of document structure, keeping the style separate.

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Presenting a PDF

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

PDF ebooks can be distributed online or on a CD-ROM. What are the issues?

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Presentation of eBook

Tonge IT Suite, Brookes, Gipsy Lane, Oxford

Each student will describe their ideas for the eBook and demonstrate the interactivity.

Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 12pm

Get the full details here | Grouped under: Digital Media Publishing

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