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9/3/2010
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guest access to   Introduction to Web Design & Construction - Example 310P
guest access to   Database for Professional Communications
guest access to   ASP: as Special Readings/Topics
guest access to   Multimedia And New Media Streaming - Example 421L
guest access to   New Media Writing For The Web - Example 422P
guest access to   Digital Video And Web Video - Example 423P
guest access to   Web Radio - Example 424P

Course-Materials Resource Note: For class-usable media files for video editing, media and other classes pick up
a disk in the PACE office. They are free, for you to keep, and contain a lot of trial/and/free software as well
as a bonus fan movie - ask at the desk for the disk (kept in a transparent file folder my box) (if needed I can mail you a copy)
Applications include: FTP programs, HTML editors (text and graphical), trial video editor, Open Office and more.



See below for a video orientation for these courses.
 

Course Start and End Dates:
Fall 2010
From-To: August 23 – October 15 - 1st eight weeks
    310P - Intro: Web Page Construction
    421P - Multimedia Streaming
 From-To: October 18 – December 17 - 2nd eight weeks
    400D - Database
    422P - Web Writing
 Not Offered This Term
    423P - Digital Video for the Web
    424P - Web Radio
    Dance 106
    Dance 107

Click here for the UMKC Academic Calendar

Thank You,
Mike Strong

Pre-Requisite Note: Four of the courses assume that before taking them you will have taken a course in creating a website which, as a result, is a site currently alive and working on the UMKC personal website area. If you don't have that already under your belt you will be spending much more time than necessary trying to create your site and make a multimedia links page. And I will have to give you a short, short course in web pages in addition to this course.

NOTICE: Because of changes on campus from Office 2003 to Office 2007 the Access Database course has overlapping lessons, one set for Access 2003 and the other for Access 2007. Because you may have either version, click the lesson links for the version you are working with.
 

Download Media Files (streaming or editing)

For Video Editing Projects - These are 3mbps WMVs in lieu of AVI's which are more than ten time the size. The quality is high enough they can be used for edit projects.

  1. Normally you are using AVI's in your projects, usually from capture
  2. Notice that you can edit a wide range of video formats directly, including Apple's MOV files.
DIgital Video Class files

For various exercises:
camelotTrombone_3mps.wmv - 8.9 mb
camelotWadeBridget_3mps.wmv - 9.3 mb

For cut-on-beat exercise:
JamCut_enter_3mps.wmv - 9.8 mb
JamCut_finale_3mps.wmv - 8.1 mb
JamCut_Louis_3mps.wmv - 6.4 mb

For Two-cam cut exercise
rafanya_CamLeft_3mps.wmv - 7.8 mb (left-side camera view)
rafanya_CamRight_3mps.wmv - 7.8 mb (right-side camera view)

For the Chroma-Key exercise
KungFuGreen_3mps.wmv - 8 mb Kung-Fu Green Background (3mps)
GolfBalledWindshield_sml.jpg - 439 kb Golf-Ball hole in windshield

Media Streaming class file

To create your set of three or more own versions to be linked/streamed if you have a video editor
Sierra Latina 40-sec Promo - 15.15 mb

 
     
 

Download Portable Applications for Use From Your USB stick

FileZilla FTP program (application) - This is a terrific small FTP program which handles UMKC sites very well. FileZilla allow you to move (copy) files between your own machine (local) and the web server (remote). FileZilla is especially nice in that it can be installed on a thumb drive and used on any machine you are at where you can install a thumb drive.

Download Page: http://portableapps.com/news/2009-02-21_-_filezilla_portable_3.2.2
Documentation: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentation

Basic Instructions for using FileZilla with UMKC user sites (opens in new window)

 
     
     
   

Contact Information:
Email info (for non-UMKC students): StrongM@umkc.edu - 816-444-4459,  personal page, same as photo CV
For Lab times - appointment : Royal Hall 314 or the PACE office. For appointments during the day I usually prefer the PACE office lab because it doesn't generally fill up.
Note: PACE Program Website for sign-up information. 816-235-1588, UMKC, 104 Scofield Hall. (or PDF catalog
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