ENG 314-001

Each group will sign up to lead one of the class training seminars below by replying to this post with a comment. Training seminars will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Friday, Sept. 11. Seminars will last half the class period (~20 minutes), and should use Google Presentations as a presentation tool. Seminars should incorporate an interactive element, such as a group activity, a guided walk-through, or a quiz. The subjects are:

Adding audio to Google Maps with Audacity
topics to cover:

• places to get audio recording equipment
• recording and editing with Audacity
• getting audio into Google Maps
• online learning resources and examples

Adding YouTube or Google Video video to Google Maps
topics to cover:

• places to get video recording equipment
• recording and editing video
• getting edited video into Google Maps
• online learning resources and examples

Adding images to Google Maps
topics to cover:

• places to get photography equipment
• shooting and editing with Photoshop (or comparable)
• getting images into Google Maps
• online learning resources and examples

Custom descriptions, placemarks, lines, and shapes in Google Maps
topics to cover:

• making custom placemarks
• setting placemarks, lines, and shapes
• using html to customize description boxes