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Using
Flip Cams to Post Middle or High School News Clips
Print Generic Directions
MS Word
or PDF
Listed below are generic directions on
posting school video announcements daily for your school.
Part 1 Getting Started
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Become familiar with the flip camera to share with
students.
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Secure a website or area to upload your daily videos.
EHS News was set up with an automatic upload to the
site. (Central office staff can help with that.)
- Get
your URL or blog in place for viewing. Webmaster can
help with this if you are using a district website.
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Create weekly folders to place videos in. NOTE: Due to
the uploading process all videos will HAVE to be named
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Nothing
else will be read in the media player. Each week, place
the videos in the designated folder. If you don’t the
videos will override last week’s work.
Part 2 Preparing filming session with
students
1.
Students would film the announcements.
2.
Plug in Flip camera to the computer.
3.
To create movies, you can click the “Movie” icon at
the bottom of the screen.
5. After
you click “next” you will get this screen. Click on the
boxes to the left to add titles, credits, etc.
Click on the tiny black screen.
You will get the gray area to delete the words there and add
your own.
To add your title (PUT News and
the Date), credits, etc. Then click next.
Part 3 Uploading
10. Now that you have
created and named your clip, you will go to one of these
sites
http://www.tangischools.org/tech/ard/flipsite/Websites.htm.
Then post your link on your blog or website.
OR you can
email your flip video in the Flip Camera link to yourself.
Once the email returns to you, click on the link, find the
URL and post that URL for the parents to see on the website
or in the blog.
11. Now take the clip, put it in a folder with the
date (Example 1-11-10) Make a new folder for each date. Then
we can burn a CD with all clips eventually.
Part 4 Creating PDF Files to
upload text files to be downloaded
12. Go to the Cute PDF
Writer site @
http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp
14. If you aren’t
familiar with saving documents, you might want to click on
“Desktop” for you to retrieve it quickly.
15. Once the download is
finished, you will see a zipped folder (if you chose the
zipped file option) that will look like a folder with a
zipper.
16. Click on the zipped
folder and you should see two icons. Click both to install
each individually.
17. You will see an extract or
run. Click run then you will click set up. Once that is done
it will lead you through a set up. After that, it should be
installed on your computer.
18. NOTE: During the
installation, you will see this screen. UNCHECK the last
two. You want to check ONLY the agreement form (1st
option).
19. Now go to your start
menu and then programs to see if you see the “Cute PDF”
program icon.
20. NOW you should be
ready to convert your MS Word documents into PDF Files. Open
your MS Word document. Go to print.
21.
Find the option Cute PFD Writer and click OK.
22. Then you will see a box pop
up. Click save and your document has been created. Now
rename your document as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
or Friday.
23. Now that you have created
and named your PDF document, you will go to the “UPLOAD
SITE” and upload the PDF file. |
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