Content Creation course - June 2017
Topic outline
- General
General
Content Creation course: is an introduction to the concept of producing and editing text, images, sound and video. On completion of this module, students must be able to work with these different media types using open source tools and share their work by publishing it final on the web using a content management system and/or a wiki.
- Week One: Working with images
- Week Two: Sound capture and editing
Week Two: Sound capture and editing
The Physics of Sound
Audacity
Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
- Week Three: Recording and editing video
Week Three: Recording and editing video
OpenShot Video Editor
OpenShot Video Editor is an award-winning, open-source video editor, available on Linux, Mac, and Windows. OpenShot can create stunning videos, films, and animations with an easy-to-use interface and rich feature-set.
- Week Four: Publishing content on WordpressThis topic
Week Four: Publishing content on Wordpress
You have to:
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- Register a domain,
- Find a theme and install,
- Give a name/logo,
- Customize general settings to desired,
- Create a menu,
- Create a sidebar,
- Set up an "about" page,
- Enrich with the use of plugins as and if desired,
- Create and publish the first post, by writing text content, uploading photos and embedding videos.
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Then, as Wordpress says, "Hello World!
Social networks