50 points
Assigned: Monday, August 24, 2020
Due:
Monday, August 31, 2020 – have all your content for class
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, by 10 pm – finished timeline due
**This assignment requires a Google account – they are free. **
Multimedia means, well, many things. It can be audio and pictures, video, interactive charts, and on and on. That’s what makes it ‘multi’. We will spend most of this semester telling narrative stories – characters who do and say things – using audio and images.
BUT, it is important to understand that there are many ways to tell stories, and you need to use the best tools available for your particular content.
Goal: To think about how to use information in different ways to tell stories.
Assignment:
Each of you will build a timeline. We will be using the free online tool TimelineJSÂ created by Knight Labs. It is one of many many ever-changing tools available to create online interactive content.(In fact, this is their new beta version of the software)
What is important is NOT learning TimelineJS. Tools change, new and better ones come along every day. It is IMPORTANT to learn that you can learn these tools. That you can teach yourself, figure it out, solve problems and become a better journalist/storyteller because of it.
TOPIC
Connect to the big three issues of the fall: The Pandemic, The Protests over policing and race, or The Presidential Election. You can look back at history or cover current events. Remember this is journalism – it’s about facts, and attributing your sources.
Step 1:
Gather your content. Content can include:
- Your written text
- Quotes
- Tweets
- Images
- Sounds
- Video
You need a MINIMUM of 15 elements for this assignment. Â And you MUST use at LEAST three different types from at least three different sources.
(You can’t just write the whole timeline for example or get all your information from one site)
For next Tuesday, bring your content.
The first lesson of multimedia is that it starts just like old-fashion reporting with the research and content gathering. You can’t make cool things without the content.
WHAT IS DUE
Your final Timeline will be due Tuesday night at 10 pm
- Send me the embed code for your timeline no later than Tuesday at 10 pm.
(The embed code starts with <iframe>. If your code doesn’t you copied the wrong code)
TIP
You’ll need your content (photos, videos, etc.) online so you can link to them.
You can use flickr or box for still images
Images on Box.PSU.edu
upload a jpeg to your Box account.Â
Click on the Image and then Share
Change the dropdown menu to: People With The Link
Click on the gear icon
copy and use the “Direct Link” in your timeline
YouTube or Vimeo for video
Soundcloud for audio.