Sound Slide

I was hoping to successfully loop the audio file to match with the sound slide presentation.

I made the decision to include lyrics in the sound slide rather than use the instrumental part in the beginning. I edited it to cut about a minute into the song so lyrics could be heard.

I thought it was challenging converting the file to an MP3 file. I had trouble finding the section in iTunes that Professor went over in class, but since it wasn't written down for us, people had trouble.

I solved the problem because a student taught me...

I'm proud that I finished this and now I can move on to other projects. I have no idea how to do them, which is going to be a problem. I need guidance.

Newsletter

I was hoping to achieve a newsletter that would attract readers. I made use of the school's sports pictures on the front page to catch the attention of the audience.

I made the decision to include the men's basketball season available on the newsletter. I felt that it was important to include them because the season begins this Saturday. Also, the school's website still has not updated the men's basketball website. I took it into my hand to type out news for the men's basketball team.

I thought it was extremely challenging to change colors on the InDesign program. I needed help from fellow students to slightly change this. I also thought it was impossible to follow the template that was provided for us because I couldn't keep track of where all of the boxes were.

I solved the problem by making my own style rather than following the one that was provided.

If I had more time, I would have asked for a lesson on InDesign because I still barely know how to use it. I'm a student who needs to be taught a lesson in order to successfully complete the project. Even though I think I did fine on my own, I still needed to be taught in order to make my newsletter even better.

PowerPoint Presentation: VR Gaming

I did my presentation on virtual world gaming. Virtual world gaming is a form of socializing across the world through a video game-like atmosphere. Players control different character avatars and interact with each other in different fantasy worlds. Some worlds can seem dead on to the real world, like Second Life, while others, like World of Warcraft, are completely fantasy.

The four most popular virtual reality games are Second Life, Active Worlds, Club Penguin, and World of Warcraft.

Second Life, is a world that is almost identical to the real world. Within this world, users can do anything. When I say anything, I mean anything. There are currently over 15 million users. Certain controversy has developed with this game, however. For instance, there have been cases in which people have actually divorced their real spouse in order to marry their fictional spouse.

Club Penguin, which has over 12 million users, is more directed towards children. Run by Disney, is more simple. Users create a penguin character and walk around in a penguin world with certain activities with each other.

Active Worlds is a very similar to Second Life. However, this is more building housing and land based as opposed to full activities in the real world. There are currently 2 million users.

World of Warcraft is the second most populated virtual world. There are currently 11 million users. WoW is the most video game-like virtual world of them all. It is probably the furthest from the real world due to the fantasy-like characters, lands, and activities. Controversy surrounding WoW are extreme cases of addiction. One case, a teenager played the game for 19 straight hours and died as a result of fatigue and dehydration.

Brochure

Iwas hoping to achieve a professional looking brochure for the University's radio station. I wanted a nice balance of color of font and backgrounds throughout the brochure.

I decided to incorporate the radio station's official logo on the front of the brochure. I also decided to include the station's website colors throughout the brochure. I further decided that I didn't want to include a lot of written details because I thought it would crowd the brochure.

The biggest challenge I faced was getting the exact color from the website to match throughout the brochure. I also found the page set-up to be confusing to translate on the computer.

I solved these problems by asking for help from another student. He guided me to take the correct steps to apply the website's color to the brochure. For the pages, I set up line guides beneath each page.

I most proud of the fact that I believe this is my strongest work in this class yet. I feel as if my hard work paid off and I produced a great brochure.

If I had more time, I would have interviewed people for confessionals about the radio station to add that to my brochure.