Burning Discs

I now have blank CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs available for teachers to use for school-related purposes. CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs can both be used for data, photos, audio files and/or video files. All of the computers have disc burning capabilities.

CD-ROMs (CD-Rs) can hold 700 MB of data or 80 minutes of full quality audio (burned as an "Audio CD"). They can hold between 500 and 1000 minutes of lower quality audio (burned as an "MP3 CD"). See previous post for audio CD burning instructions (the post below this one).

DVD-ROMs (DVD-Rs) can hold 4.7 GB (4700 MB) of data or 120 minutes of video.

As a point of reference, Word documents are about 0.03 - 1 MB, photos are about 0.4 - 3 MB, and audio is about 0.5 - 1.5 MB per minute.

TO BURN FILES:

1) Insert the disc into the computer. The slot is on the right side on the desktops and laptops.

2) After a few seconds, the following message will come up. Just hit OK.

3) Drag any files, folders, or photos from your Finder window to the disc image. The disc image appears both in the Finder window's sidebar and on the desktop. You can drag as many items as you want onto the disc image (as long as they are within the capacity of the disc).

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4) Burn the disc by EITHER clicking the small burn button next to the disc image in the Finder window sidebar OR dragging the disc image from the Desktop to the trash. Either way it will ask you if you want to name the disc and burn it. Naming is optional. You can click the Burn button, and it will burn your disc and then "mount it" (read it like it was just inserted).

5) You can eject it by dragging it to the trash, hitting the eject button on your keyboard, or clicking the small eject icon in the Finder window sidebar. You can then label the disc with a permanent marker.

If you would like to burn full quality videos onto a DVD, it can be done, but you should come see me for help. As always, let me know if you have any questions.