As you will no doubt have noticed, our portfolios server is currently offline, meaning that you cannot access your sites.

We are fully aware of this and would like to reassure you that your files are safe, and that the server is expected to be back online the afternoon of Friday, February 19th. » Read the rest of the entry..

In Lab 8, we’re gathering audio using digital audio recorders, editing audio using Audacity, and uploading our audio onto our WordPress blogs, all in real time. Below is a list of instructions to guide you through the process » Read the rest of the entry..

We’re providing handouts with photography and Photoshop instructions in Lab 7. Below is a full run-down of those instructions. » Read the rest of the entry..

Had some requests this week that we post our lab notes/instructions for last term’s lab on widgets, maps, interactivity, and tagging. Glad to do it.

The full instruction is after the jump: » Read the rest of the entry..

Most of you should have had instruction on using Flip cameras and editing your films in Windows Movie Maker. The full instructions are after the jump » Read the rest of the entry..

Just a quick suggestion for all students taking the online journalism labs:

If possible, best to bring a memory stick and headphones to each lab. I’m seeing students frequently run out of space on their desktops to save video/audio files, and without headphones, it makes listening to your video and audio footage a tad difficult (i.e. impossible).

Following is a list of the Apple iPhone apps I use for mobile reporting. Obviously only a partial list of what is possible so if there are other apps you find useful leave a comment on this post. » Read the rest of the entry..

The concept of ‘content management’, at least in one respect, is easily unraveled:No prizes for guessing it must be the process or activity by which you ‘manage’ your ‘content’.

Tongue in cheek as that may seem, as somebody who works with a content management system or CMS almost every day, I have sincerely come to think of it this way. This article will help you to understand what it means journalistically as well as semantically, whilst explaining why the simple, and playfully tautological definition of it above is the most useful one.

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We’re discussing the fine art of tagging and using widgets this week. Below are a few helpful resources:

One definition of tags and how and why we use them.

What exactly are widgets? One definition is here. Widgets are comprised of HTML. Remember HTML?

One slideshow on how to use your internal WordPress widgets.

Cover It Live is one example of an external widget that you can download.

And, further proof of why to make your content as easy to find as possible.

Since we’ll be unable to offer any further domain setup sessions, I thought I’d put up this brief guide for students who have bought domain names via Gandi.net and would like to use them.

Other domain registrars will vary, but carefully following these steps will ensure that your domain is properly set up. » Read the rest of the entry..