POSTING TO THIS BLOG - IMPORTANT TECH INFO

IF YOU ARE ASKED TO POST TO THE BLOG:

NOTE: Make sure one or more of the following relevant information . . .  

·       Last name

·       First name

·       Production Company

·       Production Company logo

. . . appears identifiably in your blog entry. The inability to identify the author or group of a post will result in a grade reduction.

DOUBLE NOTE: This is not a free form blog.  It is specifically related to your current project.  If you post personal messages and non-related material your score will be reduced.

TRIPLE NOTE: Once you have written your post and proofed it do not forget to click on the PUBLISH POST button at the top of the window.  Then make sure to VIEW BLOG to make sure it has posted.  Because all posts are date and time stamped a permanent record of all entries is made.  This means there is no getting around the facts, if you did not post on time, it can be proven.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST NOTE: If extraordinary circumstances prevent you from posting on time, talk to the teacher who posted the assignment and explain the situation.

PS: CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY ON THIS BLOG AS THERE IS OFTEN NEW INFORMATION POSTED FOR YOUR BENEFIT.

 LINKS 

IF YOU WISH TO, OR ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE A LINK TO A WEB PAGE IN YOUR BLOG, HERE IS HOW TO DO SO:

Find a web page you wish to cite and copy its URL

Write a specific phrase in your blog entry (such as: this is how to use a green screen where the phrase is GREEN SCREEN.  Highlight the phrase and click the 'LINK' icon in the menu bar that appears on your post entry page.

A BOX APPEARS AND IT IS HERE THAT YOU WILL PASTE THE URL THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY COPIED (make sure that the existing "http://www" is not duplicated).  THERE IS SOMETHING FUNKY ABOUT BLOGGER, SO WHEN YOU WISH TO PASTE THE URL YOU MAY HAVE TO GO TO SAFARI'S MENU, CHOOSE EDIT, AND PASTE FROM THE DROP DOWN.  MAKE SURE TO TEST THE LINK AND THEN CLOSE THE WINDOW.

 IMAGES 

IF YOU HAVE IMAGES (not video) THAT YOU’VE FOUND OR CREATED THAT ARE INFORMATIVE AND RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING IN YOUR BLOG GO AHEAD AND POST THEM.  IN THE MENU BAR JUST ABOVE YOUR POST WINDOW AND NEXT TO THE LINK BUTTON YOU WILL SEE AN ICON THAT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE IN A FRAME.  CLICK ON THIS ICON AND     FOLLOW THE PROMPTS AND IT WILL BE POSTED WHEN YOU PUBLISH.

 VIDEO 

TO POST A VIDEO ENTRY HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Here are the complicated rules for posting a video entry:

        You will go to SchoolTube.com and sign up for am account.  IN ORDER TO POST VIDEOS TO THE BLOG YOU WILL NEED A PLACE THAT WILL HOST THEM.  SchoolTube is that host.  [BLOGGER HOSTS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE BUT GHCHS BLOCKS YOUTUBE ON CAMPUS.  HENCE, THE VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED TO SCHOOLTUBE]

      GO TO WWW.SCHOOLTUBE.COM

      CLICK ON THE SIGNUP LINK AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE

      CHOOSE TO REGISTER AS A STUDENT

      IN THE NAME BOX TYPE IN “GRANADA HILLS” AND CLICK ON SEARCH.  CHOOSE GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE SEARCH RESULTS .

      FILL IN THE REGISTRATION DETAILS ON THE PAGE THAT APPEARS.  USE YOUR GAGGLE EMAIL AS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.  CHECK THE ‘I AM 13’ AND ‘TERMS AND CONDITIONS’ BOXES.  UNCHECK THE ‘PLEASE SEND ME THE VIDEO OF THE DAY & NEWSLETTER BOX’ (unless, of course, you want to receive them).

      CLICK THE ‘SUBMIT’ BUTTON

YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE STATING:

Registration Complete Thank you for registering! An email with your password should be on its way to confirm your account and email address. Please follow the directions listed in the email. If you do not receive an email after an hour or two, please Contact Us. IMPORTANT EMAIL NOTICE If you do not receive your e-mail as expected, please make sure your email provider is not sending email notices from SchoolTube to your "Junk Mail" or "Bulk" folders. Notices will originate from site-notices@schooltube.com Consult your email program user's manual or help instructions for more information about managing your Junk/Bulk mail folder. In the meantime, please browse the website or the help page to learn about some of the features!

CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT.  YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED MAIL FROM:

 site-notices@schooltube.com 

NOTE: Sites and procedures change often on the Internet.  If the below instructions are no longer accurate please let your filmmaking teacher know so they can be updated.

IN THE EMAIL YOU WILL FIND YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD.  TO POST A VIDEO GO TO WWW.SCHOOLTUBE.COM  AND SIGN IN.  CLICK ON ‘UPLOAD YOUR VIDEOS’ NEAR THE TOP OF THE SCHOOLTUBE HOME PAGE.  MAKE SURE THE VIDEO YOU WISH TO UPLOAD RESIDES ON THE COMPUTER YOU ARE WORKING ON.  CLICK ON THE ‘UPLOAD A VIDEO’ ICON.  MOST LIKELY YOUR VIDEOS ARE .MOV FILES WHICH WORK JUST FINE ALTHOUGH SCHOOLTUBE TAKES MANY OTHER FILE FORMATS.

GIVE YOUR VIDEO AN APPROPRIATE TITLE, AND AT LEAST ONE DESCRIPTION AND TAG.  YOU MUST FILL IN AT MINIMUM ONE BOX.  ONE TAG IS SUFFICIENT SINCE WE DON’T REALLY WANT OTHERS TO SEARCH AND FIND THESE VIDEOS ANYWAY.  CHOOSE YOUR FILMMAKING TEACHER AS YOUR MODERATOR.  ONCE A VIDEO IS UPLOADED YOUR TEACHER WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ASKING FOR  APPROVAL.  WE CAN’T GET AROUND THIS PART OF THE PROCESS.  IF YOU DON’T CHOOSE YOUR FILMMAKING TEACHER THEN YOUR VIDEO WILL NOT POST WHICH WILL AFFECT YOUR GRADE.  YOU MUST ALSO SELECT CATEGORIES AND CHECK THE ‘TERMS AND CONDITIONS’ BOX.  CLICK ON ‘SELECT FILE AND BEGIN UPLOAD’.

CHOOSE YOUR VIDEO FILES IN THE NEW WINDOW THAT OPENS AND CLICK OPEN.  THE FILE WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPLOAD.  WHEN DONE YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPLOAD ANOTHER VIDEO BASED ON THE SAME INFORMATION.  CLICK ‘NO’ ONCE ALL VIDEOS HAVE BEEN POSTED.

AT THE TOP OF THE SCHOOLTUBE HOME PAGE YOU WILL FIND A LINK TITLED MY CHANNEL.  YOU WILL NOT YET SEE YOUR VIDEO POSTED.  IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A CONVERSION.  THEN YOUR TEACHER WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ASKING FOR APPROVAL.  ONCE APPROVED YOUR VIDEO SHOULD SHOW UP ON YOUR CHANNEL PAGE HALFWAY DOWN UNDER VIDEOS.  CLICK ON THE VIDEO AND IT WILL PLAY.  TO THE RIGHT OF THE PLAY WINDOW YOU WILL FIND A GRAY HEADING ENTITLED: EMBED CODE.  WITHIN THE WINDOW BELOW THIS HEADING YOU WILL SEE THIS CODING.  HIGHLIGHT AND COPY THIS CODE.  MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL OF THE CODE.  BACK IN YOUR BLOG POSTING WINDOW THERE IS A TAB ENTITLED EDIT HTML.  CLICK ON THIS TAB AND YOUR PAGE WILL NOW BE SEEN AS HTML CODE.  TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE, GO TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW, POSITION YOUR CURSOR AT THE END OF THE LAST LINE AND HIT RETURN TWICE.  NOW PASTE TO EMBED THE CODE.  THE ENBED CODE MEANS THAT BLOGGER WILL LOOK FOR THIS CODE ON THE INTERNET AND CAN STREAM THE VIDEO DIRECT FROM SCHOOLTUBE INTO YOUR BLOG.

note:      IF YOUR VIDEO IS LARGER THAN 2 GB (the maximum file size SchoolTube allows)

                  FILE WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED TO CREATE A SMALLER FILE SIZE.  SEE YOUR

                  TEACHER IF THIS IS THE CASE.

note:      MAKE SURE TO FINISH ANY ACCOMPANYING TEXT IN YOUR BLOG ENTRY BEFORE

                  EMBEDDING THE CODE.

ONCE YOU'RE READY TO FINISH YOUR POST CLICK ON ‘PUBLISH POST’ BUTTON.  YOU WILL BE TOLD YOUR BLOG HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SUCCESSFULLY.  CLICK ON THE ‘VIEW POST OR VIEW BLOG’ LINK AND YOUR VIDEO SHOULD BE THERE.  IF YOU ARE ONLY POSTING TEXT, MAKE SURE THE COMPOSE TAB HAS BEEN CHOSEN AND FOLLOW THE SAME POSTING PROCEDURE FOR VIDEO.