With your group, browse through the links on the page that was e-mailed to you.
Then, come back to this site and click below where is says "comments".
Copy/paste the website addresses of a few sites that you found useful, along with a brief description of each.
Then when asked to choose an identity, choose Name/URL, and just enter your name or a description of your group e.g. Science Teachers. Then Click the Publish button. Thanks.
Don't forget that you can come back and view comments from other groups to see what they found useful.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Adding Sound to Keynote Presentations
Keynote is a powerful presentation tool that can easily integrate your iTunes music, iPhoto images, and even iMovie videos. However, there is a large number of useful sound effects that comes with Garageband that you cannot easily integrate into Keynote. Since some staff have expressed interest in using sound with their Keynote presentations, here are the steps you can take to use those sounds in Keynote.
1) Borrow a sound effect CD from me. Converting the sounds into a format Keynote can use is a complicated process, so I have done that and burned all the sounds onto a CD. I have them in my room; you can come and get one or send a student to borrow it for you.
2) Put the CD in your computer. If iTunes does not launch automatically, then you should launch it. If you have not used iTunes before on your computer, then it will take you through the setup process. Just click Next, Next, Next...Done to setup iTunes.
3) In iTunes, Choose File > Add to Library...
4) Choose the Sound Effects CD from the Devices column on the left, and click Open. iTunes will import 218 sound effects to your iTunes Library.
5) Close iTunes. You can eject the CD now.
6) Open your Keynote presentation.
7) Click the Media button in the Keynote toolbar.
8) Click the Audio tab at the top of the Media browser. Choose iTunes from the audio list.
9) You can listen to a sound by selecting it and clicking the play button at the bottom of that window. Click play again to stop it.
10) To add a sound to your slide show, drag it and drop it on a slide. It will play when that slide appears.
11) If you want it to play on the mouse-click instead, then add a build effect for it, just as you would for an image or text box.
1) Borrow a sound effect CD from me. Converting the sounds into a format Keynote can use is a complicated process, so I have done that and burned all the sounds onto a CD. I have them in my room; you can come and get one or send a student to borrow it for you.
2) Put the CD in your computer. If iTunes does not launch automatically, then you should launch it. If you have not used iTunes before on your computer, then it will take you through the setup process. Just click Next, Next, Next...Done to setup iTunes.
3) In iTunes, Choose File > Add to Library...
4) Choose the Sound Effects CD from the Devices column on the left, and click Open. iTunes will import 218 sound effects to your iTunes Library.
5) Close iTunes. You can eject the CD now.
6) Open your Keynote presentation.
7) Click the Media button in the Keynote toolbar.
8) Click the Audio tab at the top of the Media browser. Choose iTunes from the audio list.
9) You can listen to a sound by selecting it and clicking the play button at the bottom of that window. Click play again to stop it.
10) To add a sound to your slide show, drag it and drop it on a slide. It will play when that slide appears.
11) If you want it to play on the mouse-click instead, then add a build effect for it, just as you would for an image or text box.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Notes on Syncing & Protecting Your Files
When you log in to a computer at Viking, the computer pulls all of your files from the file server. When you log out, the computer sends all of your files back to the server, but also keeps them on that computer. Therefore, there is a copy of your files on every computer you have logged into. The purpose of this is twofold: 1) to backup your files in case of a crash; 2) to quicken the saving process while you're working (even though logging in and out takes much longer).
As long as your files are saved in the standard folders (Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures, Movies, Downloads), they are blocked from other people seeing them.
Some staff have noticed that they can see other people's files when logged in as themselves. This is because some people have moved files outside of those standard folders. Here is how to correct that:
•Open your Finder by clicking the blue head on the dock.
•In the sidebar, click on the the Home folder (picture of a house with your name next to it).
•check that ONLY the following items are in there (click on image to enlarge).
If you have other folders or files in there, drag them into one of the other folders.
Your new folder configuration will write over your old configuration the next time you log into a computer you have used before.
OTHER NOTES ON SYNCING:
When you log in to a computer, that computer will contain the most current copy of your files - even more current than what is on the file server. Therefore, when you log in to two computers at the same time, you are confusing the file server!
You are able to log in to a different computer than you normally use, but make sure you are logged out of the 1st one before logging in to a 2nd one.
If you are only going to use the Internet and don't need your files, then you can STOP the syncing when it begins.
If you allow it to sync to another computer when you are already logged in somewhere else, then upon logging out, you will get one of these messages:
This message means that you are logged in somewhere else, and if you sync from this computer, then the most current files will be on the server, and NOT on the other computer that you are logged into. If you still want all of your files from the 2nd computer transferred to the server, then choose sync now. If you did not make any changes to your files and don't need to transfer anything back to the server, then choose sync later.
This message means that you WERE logged in to 2 computers, but have since logged out of the 1st one. Therefore your most recent files are now on the server. They did not get transferred to the 2nd computer because they were still on the 1st computer when you logged into the 2nd one. If you made changes to your files on this computer, then you want to choose Mobile Home, and it will transfer the files from that computer back to the server. If you did NOT make changes and do NOT need anything transferred to the server, then choose Network Home. If you choose Sync Later, then it will ask you again next time you use that computer.
To avoid either of these confusing messages, ONLY LOG IN TO ONE COMPUTER AT A TIME.
As long as your files are saved in the standard folders (Desktop, Documents, Music, Pictures, Movies, Downloads), they are blocked from other people seeing them.
Some staff have noticed that they can see other people's files when logged in as themselves. This is because some people have moved files outside of those standard folders. Here is how to correct that:
•Open your Finder by clicking the blue head on the dock.
•In the sidebar, click on the the Home folder (picture of a house with your name next to it).
•check that ONLY the following items are in there (click on image to enlarge).
If you have other folders or files in there, drag them into one of the other folders.
Your new folder configuration will write over your old configuration the next time you log into a computer you have used before.
OTHER NOTES ON SYNCING:
When you log in to a computer, that computer will contain the most current copy of your files - even more current than what is on the file server. Therefore, when you log in to two computers at the same time, you are confusing the file server!
You are able to log in to a different computer than you normally use, but make sure you are logged out of the 1st one before logging in to a 2nd one.
If you are only going to use the Internet and don't need your files, then you can STOP the syncing when it begins.
If you allow it to sync to another computer when you are already logged in somewhere else, then upon logging out, you will get one of these messages:
This message means that you are logged in somewhere else, and if you sync from this computer, then the most current files will be on the server, and NOT on the other computer that you are logged into. If you still want all of your files from the 2nd computer transferred to the server, then choose sync now. If you did not make any changes to your files and don't need to transfer anything back to the server, then choose sync later.
This message means that you WERE logged in to 2 computers, but have since logged out of the 1st one. Therefore your most recent files are now on the server. They did not get transferred to the 2nd computer because they were still on the 1st computer when you logged into the 2nd one. If you made changes to your files on this computer, then you want to choose Mobile Home, and it will transfer the files from that computer back to the server. If you did NOT make changes and do NOT need anything transferred to the server, then choose Network Home. If you choose Sync Later, then it will ask you again next time you use that computer.
To avoid either of these confusing messages, ONLY LOG IN TO ONE COMPUTER AT A TIME.
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