| Sabbatical Time Log | ||
| TITANIC, EDISON, BAROQUE, ENGLAND, WORLD101 | ||
| Date | Activity | Hours |
| 1/21 | Researching public domain copyright, trying to convert RealMedia file using SnapzPro X, finding and downloading map images for 101 Intro | 9 |
| 1/22 | Writing script for Titanic, viewing Flash animations, working with Flash/Dreamweaver | 6.5 |
| 1/23 | Working with PowerPoint, reading Web Teaching Guide | 5 |
| 1/25 | Designing Titanic presentation | 6.5 |
| 1/26 | Assembling Titanic draft | 5 |
| 1/27 | redesigned Titanic presentation, creating it again in Quicktime, starting Captain's Log | 12 |
| 1/28 | Searching website: American Memory, Media Services microphone work, working with Greg on software, test recording of Titanic audio | 9 |
| 1/29 | working on Titanic in QuickTime, f***ing around with PowerPoint and Flash seeking better quality | 8.5 |
| 1/30 | exporting in various modes, recording audio, figuring out how to subtitle a QuickTime movie | 7.5 |
| 2/1 | Viewing/downloading el-train footage, reading OS X Killer Tips and Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips, web search for DVD rip program, dowloading and installing forty-two, researching activism and commercials | 11 |
| 2/2 | putting together components of Titanic, checking big version, redoing files for small version | 4.5 |
| 2/3 | continuing redoing files for small version Titanic, creating HTML files for each slide, started creation of sabbatical website | 6 |
| 2/4 | Reading: Ultimate MultiMedia Handbook and Principles of Interactive Design, researching and downloading images for activism, web search for HUAC files, Cold War | 11 |
| 2/5 | Edison project: dowloading, working in iMovie | 7 |
| 2/6 | Edison project, working in iMovie, creating draft page with Titanic samples to see if I can embed them | 6 |
| 2/8 | finding and downloading baroque images, figuring out Excel and HTML for creating tables imported into Dreamweaver | 5.5 |
| 2/9 | Web; research, download, install decrytping and encoding software, practice rip | 7 |
| 2/10 | finding and dowloading more Edison footage, trying to figure out how to work with iMovie's huge files without enough disk space, reading iMovie: The Missing Manual | 12 |
| 2/11 | Seeking Baroque images, reworking Edison and re-exporting, reading Music and Art in the Western World | 10 |
| 2/12 | seeking Baroque images, revising ideas, reading Music and Art in the Western World | 9 |
| 2/13 | Seeking and downloading art images, reading iMovie book | 5 |
| 2/15 | Reading iMovie book Music and Art, Mac OS X | 5 |
| 2/16 | Web: Center for History and New Media | 3 |
| 2/17 | Web: Lost and Found Sound | 2 |
| 2/18 | Consultation on history sources, reading QuickTime for the Web, using H-Teach site for ideas | 9.5 |
| 2/19 | Cruising H-Net, researching comparisons of Quicktime, RealMedia, WindowsMedia on the web, reading SMIL for Dummies | 10 |
| 2/22 | Working with ripping software, downloading additional Edison footage, revising Edison soundtrack, creating Titanic navigation | 12 |
| 2/23 | Working with sound on ripping software, researching Ken Burns effect, trying compression in Media Services | 9 |
| 2/24 | realizing I am not cut out to be a multimedia designer, cutting and pasting art information, reviewing Quicktime support at Apple's website, downloading and using Still Life | 10.5 |
| 2/25 | working on Baroque movie, filming intro of me | 7 |
| 2/26 | Edison project: trying to export as swf files, trying Flash and VideoMaster (PC) | 8 |
| 2/27 | working on Baroque script, creating Edison CD-ROM as test, trying it on a PC, reading Quicktime for the Web, exporting Baroque slides in LiveSlideshow, trying same thing in iMovie as sample | 13 |
| 2/29 | Trying Flash again | 9.5 |
| 3/1 | working with Cleaner 6 on Edison, trying to figure out why it comes out funny | 4.5 |
| 3/2 | setting up a rough webpage for part of 101, consulting with Jill Malone on image creation | 5 |
| 3/3 | trying iMovie Ken Burns effect on slides again, synchronizing music, adding more images, exporting | 9.5 |
| 3/4 | same thing as yesterday! Trying Ken Burns in portions | 7 |
| 3/5 | reworking slide effects, transitions, pan and scan | 8 |
| 3/7 | scanning England images, fighting with scanning software, yelling at scanner | 6.5 |
| 3/8 | visiting with Greg Hope (checking instructional design) and Jim Chardi (arranging filming), reworking ideas | 7.5 |
| 3/9 | working with layers on 101, typing in layer content, learning layer positioning, reading Dreamweaver MX and JavaScript for Dummies | 7.5 |
| 3/10 | Web: gathering URLs to websites in England to link from presentation, seeking a few additional photographs | 7 |
| 3/11 | researching Baroque music, importing slides into iMovie again, redoing title slides | 11 |
| 3/12 | downloading music, working on England | 10 |
| 3/14 | exporting Baroque, testing size | 9.5 |
| 3/15 | creating quiz for Titanic, checking form HTML, testing on PC | 4 |
| 3/16 | revising Titanic quiz, reading HTML for Dummies, reading web material on Adobe Photoshop | 4 |
| 3/17 | using Excel help pages, using Word help pages for tables, exporting as Web Page, cutting and pasting in Dreamweaver | 7 |
| 3/18 | reading iMovie: the Missing Manual | 4 |
| 3/19 | redoing Titanic for modems | 5 |
| 3/21 | designing then rejecting quiz for Baroque unit, recreating Titanic quiz, scanning more England photos | 5 |
| 3/23 | downloading and revising sound files for music segments and background | 5.5 |
| 3/24 | trying Fireworks to redo text within slide shows, hoping to make it better through vector graphics, working with anti-aliasing | 9.5 |
| 3/28 | learning how to create Javascript roll-overs and drop-down menus | 7 |
| 3/29 | searching for Flash templates, trying to fade in slides in LiveSlideshow | 6 |
| 3/31 | working with Dreamweaver timelines | 9 |
| 4/5 | replacing some Baroque slides, re-export | 7 |
| 4/6 | planning England design, deciding not to do it | 7.5 |
| 4/7 | switching slides I'm not happy with in Baroque, re-exporting, searching for codecs on campus | 4 |
| 4/11 | putting together "how to" pages | 5 |
| 4/12 | filming self for 101, creating 101 pages in Dreamweaver, linking | 10 |
| 4/13 | working on 101 visuals; using Jason's images and reworking pages to go with them | 7.5 |
| 4/18 | reading more on Adobe Photoshop, Flash, working with Fireworks, Photoshop and Jason's pictures | 8 |
| 4/19 | putting together more "how to" pages, working with Fireworks, Photoshop and Jason's pictures | 9.5 |
| 4/20 | putting together 101 pages, redoing images and buttons | 7 |
| 4/21 | working on sabbatical page navigation, design, links, creating sound only version of Baroque | 8.5 |
| 4/22 | reworking Baroque, checking Titanic for same problems, reading Flash MX for Dummies | 8.5 |
| 4/23 | online assigning of Baroque to Classic in 104, revision of syllabi etc. 104 | 7 |
| 4/25 | Titanic in Flash | 3 |
| 4/29 | Titanic again | 5 |
| 4/30 | Titanic again | 11 |
| 5/2 | working on syllabi and credit for units | 6 |
| 5/3 | revising 101 web pages, redoing links, working into 101 syllabus/homework | 8 |
| 5/4 | working out kinks in Titanic again, reexporting | 7 |
| 5/5 | Titanic again (see log for all this time spent on Titanic!) | 5 |
| 5/6 | testing: PCs around campus, friends' houses, etc. | 7 |
| 5/7 | testing: download speeds, working on 101 new images | 5 |
| 5/12 | fixing England links (missing "http://") | 1 |
| 5/15 | moving 101 button layers again because didn't work on PC | 4 |
| 5/16 | testing: color tests, download speed, researching download speeds on Internet | 6 |
| 5/17 | working on Sabbatical documentation | 5 |
| 5/18 | working on Sabbatical website | 6 |
| TOTAL | 589 | |