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When you save your Garageband project while working in Garageband ‘08, you may have noticed that there is a new option – “Archive Project”.  The purpose of this option is to allow you to move your Garageband project to another machine to continue working on it, and is a new option available only in Garageband ‘08. (Remember, even if you do use this Archive Project option, do NOT launch the project file from a flash key or the network drive – move it to the desktop first before you attempt to open it)

If you want to save your Garageband project as an Archive Project, click on the File drop down menu, click on Save As, then give your project a name in the blank field at the top of the window.  Below that field is a check box for ‘Archive Project’.  If that box is ‘grayed out’ and you can’t check the box, follow these instructions.

Cancel the ‘Save As’ and return to your Garageband project in the Garageband interface.  At the bottom left of the screen, click on the icon that looks like an Eye.  This will bring up the Loop Browser. In the Loop Browser, choose any ‘blue’ loop – such as a jingle or a sound effect that appears as a blue region when you add it to your track area.  To add the loop as a track, drag it from the Loop Browser up into the track area where it says “Drag Apple Loops Here”.  A new track will be created, containing a blue region that is labelled with the name of the jingle or sound effect.  Having one of these ‘blue regions’ in your Garageband project activates the ‘Archive Project’ option under the ‘Save As’ window.

If you don’t want to actually use a sound effect in your project, you can ‘mute’ the track.  Just click on the icon that looks like a speaker for that particular track (the region will go from being a bright blue to a faded blue), and you will not hear it play back in your project.

If you have any questions, please contact

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
Tera.Doty-Blance@cortland.edu
http://library.cortland.edu/ttc/training_center.asp

It’s that time of year again for setting up your course space in iTunes U! Please email the name of your course, the course number and the CRN (from Banner) to Tera Doty-Blance ( Tera.Doty-Blance@cortland.edu)as soon as possible so we can get your rooms set up. If you have already sent in your course information, we thank you very much and your course will be created shortly.

For those that are assigning podcasts to students, Library Production Staff are available for classroom presentations on podcast production (mac or pc, audio, enhanced or video), either in your classroom or lab (if lab time/space is available). If you are interested, please send a request to Jennifer Kronenbitter ( hooverj@cortland.edu ).

For those that are new to iTunesU, attendance of two workshops – one in course management and one in podcast production – is required before your course can be created in iTunesU. Watch for the monthly Technology Training Center calendars, sent via email. If you would like to register for one on oen training, please contact the Technology Trainer

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
Tera.Doty-Blance@cortland.edu
http://library.cortland.edu/ttc/training_center.asp

Click here to download a pdf with screenshots of step by step instructions on how to create an enhanced podcast with Garageband from a PowerPoint Presentation.  This hand out includes:

• Creating a New PowerPoint Presentation File
• Guidelines for Creating the PowerPoint Presentation
• Saving and Printing the PowerPoint Presentation
• Converting the PowerPoint Slides to Images
• Starting Garageband and Configuring Audio Input on the Mac
• Recording Your Narration in Garageband
• Importing the Images of the PowerPoint Presentation Slides into Garageband
• Exporting a Podcast Ready Copy of Your Presentation from Garageband.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
dotyblancet@cortland.edu

This semester, there are several classes that have been assigned video projects in iMovie.  Click here to download the iMovie 08 handout given during the class presentations by the Technology Trainer – Tera Doty-Blance.  These instructions contain information on the following.

Equipment
Pre-Planning Your Video
Importing Video
The iMovie Interface
Editing Video
Adding Transitions
Adding Text
Adding Images
Adding a Narration
Adding Sound Effects
Exporting the Video
Returning to Your Project
Additional iMovie Instructions and Resources

Remember, when working with iMovie projects – DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, OPEN YOUR IMOVIE OR GARAGEBAND PROJECT WHILE IT IS SITTING ON THE NETWORK DRIVE. You must drag a copy from the Network Drive to your Local Machine BEFORE you open the file.

If you have any questions, or would like to request an iMovie class presentation, please contact

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
dotyblancet@cortland.edu
http://library.cortland.edu/ttc/training_center.asp

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For Faculty who have students working on media production projects in their class and their drive space is not large enough to store these projects, Faculty will be able to request an increase in their student’s storage space.

The request should be made to the Technology Help Center (THC), helpdesk@cortland.edu , and contain the CRN-term code of the class (i.e. HLH 250 Fall ’08). Information Resources staff will process the request, which may take several days. Once the storage space has been increased the Faculty member will be notified when it’s completed. Please note that at the end of the semester, the student’s storage space will be reset back to 200 mg.

1.  Click on the arrow in the group of icons at the bottom left of the iTunes application window to bring up the preview window.

2.  Click on the preview window to bring up the larger playback window

3.  Click on the Chapter drop down menu to move to different points in the playback of the enhanced podcast.

The following instructions are for students who have created a file and need to upload it to their course in iTunesU. Click here to download a pdf file with these instructions, plus screen shots of each step.

If you have a problem uploading your files, please contact your instructor and/or the Technology Help Center.

Technology Help Center
SUNY Cortland
Winchell Hall
P: 607.753.2500
F: 607.753.5599
helpdesk@cortland.edu
Hours: M-Th, 8:00-6:00
F, 8:00-4:30
Summer Hours: M-F, 8:00-4:30

Just another reminder that users should NOT launch iMovie or Garageband projects from the Network drive (aka – “U Drive”, “Share Drive”). While you are encouraged to put a COPY of your iMovie or Garageband project on the network drive for storage purposes, you can not open the project from there or the file will become corrupted. This problem is compounded by the network problems that we’ve been having this week.

Users should work on their files locally (on the machine), save the project, close iMovie, then put a copy of the project on the network drive. When you are ready to work on the project again, you would then drag the file out of the network drive and onto the desktop (or onto the drive called ‘Storage’). Then you can double click the file to launch iMovie or Garageband.

If you have any questions, or need more information, please contact:

Tera Doty-Blance
Software Training and Support Specialist
Memorial Library B113
(607)753-4056
dotyblancet@cortland.edu
http://library.cortland.edu/ttc/training_center.asp

Registration –An online form will be available at the Cortland iTunesU website http://www.cortland.edu/itunesu , where instructors can request course space in iTunesU.  Instructors will need to provide their course name, course number, and CRN from Banner.  After this information has been submitted to the iTunesU administration, training must be scheduled before the course space will be created.Until the online form is made available, iTunesU course requests should be made directly to the Technology Trainer (Tera Doty-Blance – dotyblancet@cortland.edu , 753-4056)Training –Instructors will be required to participate in two workshops, one on course management and one on podcast production, before the creation of their course space in iTunesU.  The first workshop, on managing the course space will provide information on logging into the system, how and what sections of the course interface to edit, managing the student drop box, student versus instructor interfaces, proper file naming schemes and file management.  The second workshop will cover podcast production on either the mac or pc platform, using Garageband, iMovie and/or Camtasia Studio.  This production workshop will provide instruction in use of the software as well as additional hardware and file storage considerations.  Student podcast production considerations and support will also be discussed.Support –Instructors can request in class presentations on Garageband, iMovie or Camtasia Studio by the Technology Trainer (Tera Doty-Blance) or the Multimedia Production specialist (Dawn VanHall).  Such requests and scheduling will be made through the Coordinator of Instruction Librarian (Daniel Harms – 753-4042)Instructors are requested to provide information on student podcast assignments, such as scope of project, required elements, due date, etc, to the Coordinator of Instruction.  This is for the purpose of coordinating support and equipment availability.Equipment –Multimedia production and recording equipment is available at the circulation desk in the Memorial Library.  External Hard drives, Digital Video Cameras, Digital Still Cameras, TuneTalk Microphones and iPods are available for loan and use outside the library. USB Microphones are available for in house use only.  The two multimedia rooms in the library are available for 3 hour periods and each contain a production level Mac and PC and software.

Download the iTunesU FAQ Document for answers to the following questions about iTunesU.

1. How do I access iTunesU at SUNY Cortland?
2. How do I access my course in iTunesU?
3. How do I subscribe to my course podcast in iTunesU?
4. How do I upload files to iTunesU (student log in)?
5. How do I synchronize my iPod and my course podcasts?

The iTunesU FAQ contains detailed instructions with screen shots for each step. Email Tera Doty-Blance if you have any other questions that you would like to see added to the iTunesU FAQ or if you are interested in podcasting your course.