Archive for 'Software'
Have broadcast students create an iAm video project using the iMovie ’11 film trailer theme
Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by Don Goble.
Who are you? What do you care about? Who do you care about? What/who do love/like? What do you aspire to be? What does your digital footprint look like? Each semester I ask my broadcast technology students to create a final video project that is unlike anything they have produced so far. Yet, I ask [...]
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[Presentation] Moving Online Parts 1&2 From JEA/NSPA Convention
Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Here are the two presentations given by Aaron Manfull (@manfull) and Jim Streisel (@carmeljim) during the 2011 JEA/NSPA Fall National Journalism Convention in Minneapolis. The presentations deal with tips for moving a program online (Part 1) and then executing it effectively (Part 2). If you have questions about the content of the presentation, feel free [...]
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WordPress v. Drupal: Two helpful journalism focused articles on Poynter
Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Poynter posted two articles in September from Meg Heckman and Allan Hoffman that looked at the Drupal v. WordPress CMS debate. The nice thing here is that both of these articles are written with news organizations in mind. They are two good reads if you’re looking to make the online jump, or considering making a [...]
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SNDSTL Takeaways: A list of links to keep you busy for awhile
Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
I’m going to be honest here, this is going to be a mess of a post. I just came off of a three-day brain buffet at the SND conference in St. Louis and I’m still trying to make sense of everything that I saw and heard. It should give me post material on this site for [...]
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[Video Tutorial] How to easily change your WordPress theme
Posted on 09. Sep, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
One of the great things about using WordPress is that you can change the look of it quite easily with prebuilt templates. Some of these come free with the initial installation of WordPress. Others can be downloaded from websites (for free or a cost — I’ve talked in other posts that paid premium themes are [...]
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We’ve Posted Our “Guide to Moving Online”
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
After more than 300 posts to the site, we decided it was time to compile some of them into a guide to help advisers and staffs with their journeys online. So, we created a “Guide to Moving Online.” You will find everything from Planning and Social Media to Comment and Publicity advice. The committee is [...]
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10 Ways to Learn WordPress
Posted on 29. Aug, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
WordPress CMS is the tool of choice for many schools making the jump online. As a result, staffs and advisers are wondering where to go to learn how to use the program. There are a plethora of resources out there – some cost and some are free. Here’s a list that the Digital Media Committee [...]
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Use Reppler to Monitor your Facebook Profile
Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by Justin Sharp.
Facebook is fast becoming a necessity for many journalism programs. Many publications create groups to quickly share information between staff, while other use Facebook pages to advertise their publications and to engage their audience. One part of the social media equation that is often neglected, however, are our own personal pages. As our programs continue [...]
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Easily post new content from your WordPress Site to a Facebook Page with this plugin
Posted on 23. Jul, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
We’ve posted before on using Networked Blogs to push content automatically from your WordPress site to a Facebook Page. Another option that I have found to be a bit easier to use is a plugin called “WP Email-to-Facebook.” You can find the plugin in the WordPress plugin directory, just search “WP Email-to-Facebook.” Install the plugin [...]
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