Project 3-B
Due 21:00 Fri, 11/2

° There are three kinds of mathematicians: those who can count and those who can't.
° There are 10 different kinds of people in the world: 
   those who know binary and those who don't

Streaming Media

From Dummies Guide to Google Blogger:

Streaming Audio or Streaming Video, both also called as Streaming Media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider.

It is a method of transmitting files so that a part of the file starts playing in your Media Player while the rest of the file is being received. The file is not saved to your disk or PC. Part of the file is received into a 'buffer' from which it is played while the rest of the file arrives. Hence the viewer experience depends on the speed of your Internet connection. The file may freeze while playing if due to a dial-up connection enough of it has not arrived in the 'buffer'.

Project Help

Post your P3 questions/answers to the 110 Blog.

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Project Requirements

  1. Create a new post on your blog and embed a video in the post.

    1. Read Google Video's How do I embed a video on my site?

    2. Locate a video on youtube, google video, atom films or any other video hosting service that provides an embed tag with their videos.

    3. Login to Blogger Dashboard and click on +New Post link. Name your post Embedded Video: title of your video

      Example: Embedded Video: The Cuckoo.

    4. Embed the video in your post.

  2. Read Direct Video Upload to Blogger

    1. Create a brief video of any kind, using your cell phone, digital camera, etc. Given the time of year, if you have a nifty costume for Halloween, that would make an excellent video to put on your blog.

    2. Add your video to your blog: Login to Blogger Dashboard and click on +New Post link. Name your post Direct Upload Video: title of your video. Then in Post Editor click the new square 'Add Video' icon in top frame.

    3. Alternative to this requirement: If you do not have access to a video camera, do the following:

      Find an MP3 of a music track you enjoy on any MP3 hosting service like the Internet Archive Audio Archive, Odeo.com, MP3.com, etc.

      Copy the embed tag for the MP3 track and embed the player in this posting on your blog. Name your post Embedded MP3 Player: title of your MP3 track.

      If you'd like to embed an MP3 you have on your local host (PC, iPod, etc.), read How to Embed Your Own MP3's.


  3. Project 3-B Grading Rubric. This document describes how your lab instructor (GTF) will grade your project. You should assess your project using this rubric before turning in your project. Also, this would be a good exercise for each member of your VLT: assess each other's work using this rubric before submitting it.

  4. How to Submit your Project for Grading.

Web Agility: FIT Skills for CIS 110

Once a new technology starts rolling, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. -- Stewart Brand

In general, to work on your 110 projects, you will learn to coordinate a set of internet- and web-based technologies, each with their own user interface. These will include the following and others:

In addition, Windows XP Pro provides the desktop environment that integrates these technolgies into a single workspace. A main goal of project 1 is to get started with the 110 development environment and standard problem-solving procedures. Although it may seem complex at first, you will quickly become Fluent with IT (a.k.a. "web agile").