Presentation for High School Advisers at USC.

1. Transforming your print
publication onto the Web
Integrating multimedia and video

2. Step 1: Create a
mission statement
Write down on paper what you hope to accomplish
with your site and what type of online publication you
want to be.
Keywords: Timely, accurate, local
Style: Conservative, serious, artsy

3. Step 2: Create a plan
Evaluate your staff
Set deadlines
Come up with a timeline
Choose a domain name
Purchase server space
Select a host

4. Domain names
GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/
wordpress-hosting.aspx?ci=15005)
or any other Web hosting service
You can choose from a variety of services, but
WordPress is one content management system some
schools have tried.

5. Sample sites that use
WordPress
http://etbulletin.org/
http://www.hightideonline.org/
Log into Wordpress
WP user guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/

6. WordPress
Blogging software/content management tool
User friendly
You can set up multiple accounts with different levels of
privileges

7. Turn your weekly/monthly
pub into a daily one
Teach the students to post one new story or photo a day
on the site.
They should be writing a tweet, submitting photos, a
short story and then possibly a longer, more in depth
story for print.
Remember to utilize the medium and don’t use
shovelware
The Web is interactive. Use links and photos to draw the
reader in.

8. Other options
My.jhs.org
http://my.hsj.org/Home/HostYourMediaWithUs/tabid/
93/Default.aspx

9. Video Tools: Equipment
MiniDV cameras
Record to hard drive or hard disk
Be sure the device has BOTH mic input and
headphone input
Purchase headphones
Purchase microphones
Purchase tripods and monopods

10. Video Tools: Editing softare
Final Cut Express
iMovie
Windows Movie Maker
Adobe Premier

11. Video Tools: Online editing
software
Adobe Premiere Express
http://desktopvideo.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/
XL&zTi=1&sdn=desktopvideo&cdn=compute&tm=21&f=00&su=p28
4.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=3&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//
www.adobe.com/products/premiereexpress/
JayCut
http://jaycut.com/

12. Video Tools: Hosts
YouTube
Blip.tv
Photobucket
Vimeo

13. Video: Live services
Livestream.com
Ustream.com
Qik.com
Mogulus.com

14. Add interactive elements to
your site
Live chats
Coveritlive.com
Slideshows
Vuvox.com
Soundslides.com
Slideroll.com

15. Add interactive elements to
your site
Google Maps
Polls
Polldaddy.com
Widgets
Widgetbox.com

16. Add interactive elements to
your site
Blogs: Blogger, Wordpress.com, Tumblr, Posterous
Podcasts: Garage Band, Audacity
Issuu: issuu.com

17. Resources
http://www.j-learning.org/
Newsu.org
Knight Digital Media Center
http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/multimedia_training/
http://teachj.wordpress.com/jtools/
BBC: http://www.bbctraining.com/index.asp
Lynda.com
http://www.jtoolkit.com/