My first video has been submitted to my site supervisor for review! In theory, it's not the whole first video since I have actually broken the topic for the first video down into three smaller videos and have completed the first of those. (One of my goals in creating new video tutorials for WAS this semester is to make the videos short and to the point so that they are more useful to WAS clients. The current tutorials available on the site are in the 10-15 minute range, but I'm aiming for 3-4 minutes max.) So at this point the Overview video about analyzing capture results is done and awaiting feedback from my supervisor. Next up I will be creating a short video about Duplicate Reduction and one about utilizing the Reports Tab. Those three videos will make up the first of my 5-6 video goal for the semester!
I'm looking forward to receiving feedback from my supervisor and making any necessary adjustments. It will feel good to have my first video completed and ready for upload to the WAS Vimeo site!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Making Videos
I've finally started making my tutorial videos!
After hitting a final few snags (I hope) this week, I was struggling for "access" again. My site supervisor had made me a participant on some projects within the Web Archiving Service to use for demonstration purposes, but then I didn't have access to these same sites within the new development site. So basically I could login to the new site, but couldn't demonstrate from there because I couldn't see anything! After a bit of a frustration meltdown (one snag too many!?), I simply began making my videos with the old site. I probably should have emailed my supervisor for advice, but I was tired of hitting access walls and just needed to feel like I was accomplishing something! I made the first minute of my first tutorial and then quit where I couldn't go any further without the new features from the development site.
My supervisor and I met this morning though and she was able to give me access to those same demonstration projects on the new development site. Phew! She also took a look at what I have so far and seemed pleased with it (albeit pointing out that it needs to be on the new site). Although I'll need to remake the video that I've worked on so far, it will be quick and easy now that the script is written and I know exactly what screenshots I want to capture. I also know that I'm on the right track in terms of tone and pacing.
I plan to finish this first video on analyzing capture results over the next week before I leave for France next Saturday. I will be traveling with 18 high school students on an art field trip and I have let my site supervisor know that I will be unable to work on the project during that time. When I get back, it will be nearly April and I'll need to crank out the rest of my videos pretty quickly. I plan to make 5 or 6 total which will be roughly one per week when I return. Time to get going!
After hitting a final few snags (I hope) this week, I was struggling for "access" again. My site supervisor had made me a participant on some projects within the Web Archiving Service to use for demonstration purposes, but then I didn't have access to these same sites within the new development site. So basically I could login to the new site, but couldn't demonstrate from there because I couldn't see anything! After a bit of a frustration meltdown (one snag too many!?), I simply began making my videos with the old site. I probably should have emailed my supervisor for advice, but I was tired of hitting access walls and just needed to feel like I was accomplishing something! I made the first minute of my first tutorial and then quit where I couldn't go any further without the new features from the development site.
My supervisor and I met this morning though and she was able to give me access to those same demonstration projects on the new development site. Phew! She also took a look at what I have so far and seemed pleased with it (albeit pointing out that it needs to be on the new site). Although I'll need to remake the video that I've worked on so far, it will be quick and easy now that the script is written and I know exactly what screenshots I want to capture. I also know that I'm on the right track in terms of tone and pacing.
I plan to finish this first video on analyzing capture results over the next week before I leave for France next Saturday. I will be traveling with 18 high school students on an art field trip and I have let my site supervisor know that I will be unable to work on the project during that time. When I get back, it will be nearly April and I'll need to crank out the rest of my videos pretty quickly. I plan to make 5 or 6 total which will be roughly one per week when I return. Time to get going!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Access!
I finally have access to the WAS dev site. Yippeee!
After many emails back and forth between me, my site supervisor and the IT department at WAS, I am finally able to access the as yet unreleased dev site from my home computer! We were trying for access both from home and work, but I'll take what I can get. I think either way would have had pros and cons. During the week, I am definitely more productive if I just stay late at school and work on grad school things in my classroom. On the weekends, I am much more likely to be productive at home than I am to drag myself into work. Regardless, I am thrilled that I can at least access the site from somewhere!
My site supervisor and I didn't have a chance to meet this weekend since she had to deal with some family stuff, so my goal is to have the first video created and ready to show her by our meeting next weekend. I am sure she will have tons of valuable feedback to give me so I want to get this first tutorial done as quickly as possible so that I have lots of time to make adjustments and can also use her feedback to guide the creation of additional videos.
I'm still a bit curious when the site will go live since "late February/early March" was mentioned and we're nearing on the middle of the month. It no longer matters as much, but I'd still be interested to see the site live. My access provides me with the ability to use all the new features that will be added, but it doesn't actually look any different so I guess I'm a bit confused by that. Something to ask my supervisor next week...
I'm looking forward to actually getting into the video creation part of this internship (that's what drew me to it in the first place!) and to be catching up on my hours. What a relief!
After many emails back and forth between me, my site supervisor and the IT department at WAS, I am finally able to access the as yet unreleased dev site from my home computer! We were trying for access both from home and work, but I'll take what I can get. I think either way would have had pros and cons. During the week, I am definitely more productive if I just stay late at school and work on grad school things in my classroom. On the weekends, I am much more likely to be productive at home than I am to drag myself into work. Regardless, I am thrilled that I can at least access the site from somewhere!
My site supervisor and I didn't have a chance to meet this weekend since she had to deal with some family stuff, so my goal is to have the first video created and ready to show her by our meeting next weekend. I am sure she will have tons of valuable feedback to give me so I want to get this first tutorial done as quickly as possible so that I have lots of time to make adjustments and can also use her feedback to guide the creation of additional videos.
I'm still a bit curious when the site will go live since "late February/early March" was mentioned and we're nearing on the middle of the month. It no longer matters as much, but I'd still be interested to see the site live. My access provides me with the ability to use all the new features that will be added, but it doesn't actually look any different so I guess I'm a bit confused by that. Something to ask my supervisor next week...
I'm looking forward to actually getting into the video creation part of this internship (that's what drew me to it in the first place!) and to be catching up on my hours. What a relief!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Fingers Crossed!
Hopefully this won't jinx it, but it's looking like the WAS IT team might just about have my access to the new website figured out. In the past, I have always gotten a connection timed out error when trying to access the new site, but after much emailing back and forth this week with one of the IT team members, I can actually get to the login screen! Next step, getting a new invitation to register and trying out my new login information. I'll keep you posted...
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