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Technical writing/Presenting

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Materials
When preparing a presentation it is essential to have sufficient support or background information.

To create even a 30 minute presentation, it is essential to have a thorough background knowledge of the subject and this comes only through reading relevant material or watching the relevant videos.

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Finding Materials
The first part of researching a subject for a presentation is to find relevant materials.

Useful tools:

 * Internet search engines
 * Local libraries

Internet search engines and local libraries are the best tool for finding background reading about a subject.

 * Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an excellent source for more in-depth reading.

 * Trade journals

One of the most useful tools for finding up-to-date information are trade-specific magazines.

Filtering Materials
Once you have found your materials, it is important to filter them.

The aim of filtering your material is to isolate the most important facts and details to support your presentation.

Filtering will give you quotes, statistics and anecdotes which can be used in your presentation.

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Preparation
On average a 1 hour presentation needs 7 hours of preparation

Being prepared is more than just having a few scribbled notes on a piece of paper.

Few people can speak convincingly without proper preparation.

Remember the phrase - Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

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Know your subject
You won't convince anybody,without a thorough knowledge of what you are presenting.

A presentation is like the tip of an iceberg, you must have plenty of knowledge behind you.

Know your audience
Knowing your audience is vital, and affects your presentation.

How you speak to your peers is significantly different from speaking to senior management.

You need to tailor your material to suit the audience you are addressing.

Know yourself
People are only confident when they are themselves. Hence you need to have a style which works for you.

If you are a quiet person, don't try to be a lively/jovial person when giving a presentation.

If the audience cannot trust your personality they will not believe the information you are presenting to them.

Know your presentation
Practice your presentation at least 3 times before you actually give it.

It is important to be aware of timings and where visual aids are used.

Practicising your presentation will give you more confidence in what you are presenting.

A well practised presentation is a sleek and impressive presentation.

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Organization
Being well organized is an essential part of a good presentation.

There is nothing more distracting for the audience, or embarrassing for the presenter, than a poorly organized presentation.

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Script?
There is no shame in needing a script.

The important thing to remember when using a script is to not simply read it out.

A script is useful if you are anxious about a presentation.

An excellent memory aid is to have the main points of the presentation in note form, with any quotes and statistics you want to mention.

Having the main outline of the presentation on 2 or 3 pages prevents the lectern from becoming cluttered.

Only exceptional speakers can give a presentation without notes.

Visual Aids
If you are using visual aids it is important to keep them organized, this is particularly true if you are using an overhead projector.

Keep the slides at the appopriate places, if you are using PowerPoint for your presentation.

Set-up
Don't just turn up at the appointed time and expect everything to be ready for you.

Always get to the venue of the presentation at least 30 minutes before you are due to start.

This gives you time for any technical set up you need, such as linking a laptop to a projector, microphones etc.

Giving yourself plenty of time also allows you to set the venue up to your liking, and to have one last run through of your presentation.

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Presentation
Time to give your talk.

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First impressions
It is vital to keep your audience with you, creating a good first impression will help you do this.

The audience is more likely to listen to someone who is smartly dressed and clean. Judging your audience in advance will help you to dress appropriately and as such remove a possible stumbling block to your audience being receptive to your message.

During the actual presentation always keep eye contact with the audience. If you are addressing a large audience, find three or four people who are clearly listening, and sitting in different parts of the venue, and focus on those people. This will help you forget the presence of other people as well as give you more confidence. If you are anxious about eye contact or are nervous in front of people, a trick to remember is to look at the foreheads of the audience. You are not making full eye contact and the audience thinks you are looking at them.

Most importantly, be confident. Posture, smile, enunciation are all parts of confidence.

Common Pitfalls

 * Insufficient research
 * Being poorly prepared
 * Irrelevant visuals
 * Total reliance on technical aids
 * Trying to be too clever

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Portal:Biochemistry/Pressure ideal Boltzmann gas exercise

Calculate the pressure of an ideal Boltzmann gas in a volume V at the temperature T

The Hamiltonian of the system is:

$$H({p,q})=\sum_i^N \frac{p_i^2}{2m}$$

where N is the total number of particles and m is the mass. The gas is ideal because there are no interaction between particles.

We work in the canonical ensamble, the partition function is (s=state):

$$Z_c=\sum_{s}e^{-\beta H(s)}$$

we work in a continous state-space, so Z is

$$Z_c(T,V,N)=\frac{1}{h^{3N} N!}\int\!\!\!\int_ e^{-\beta H({p,q})}d{q}d{p}$$

($$\frac{1}{N!}$$ is a rule of the boltzmann counting)

Calculate the integral:

$$Z_c(T,V,N)=\frac{V^N}{h^{3N}N!}\Big[ \int_{\infty}^{\infty} e^{-\beta \frac{p^2}{2m}} \Big]^N=\frac{V^N}{h^{3N}N!}\Big (\frac{2\pi m}{\beta}\Big )^{3N/2}$$

note that Z is adimansional

Now calculate the Helmotz free energy

$$F(T,N,V)=-kT ln(Z_c)$$

From F we can calculate the pressure:

$$p(T,N,V)=-\frac{\partial F}{\partial V}=\frac{kTN}{V}$$


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--Jfrankc08 16:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)Hey Eleraama, I am jfrankc08. Jade Knight told me that you were interested in exposure to colloquial french, and I want you to know that I'd be more than happy to share with you what I know. I am a native speaker, living in the US. I've only lived in metropolitan France no more than four years...my first years from birth, but I've lived in other French territories on the carribean, and I visit metropolitan France quite often, and stay "branché." You can e-mail me or post a response on my talk page, which ever suits your interests.

Would you be willing to Mentor Karenmariew? She is in EST, and is a beginning student of French. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 04:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Would you be willing to take on additional students? If so, how many?  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 06:40, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're willing then, would you Mentor Cathiesears, Dpoirier, and Slojzer? All three are beginning students of French, and all are in CST/EST.  Dpoirier is studying French at University.  Cathie is an American (beginning high school) who wants to visit France as an exchange student.  SLojzer is Canadian.  Many thanks for your willingness to help out.  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 19:27, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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On peut d'abord discuter par e-mail, si ça vous va. Peut-être on peut aussi parler via IRC ou une messagerie instante. Vous pouvez trouver mon e-mail sur ma page d'utilisateur. If you want, I can speak in English, too. I am not perfect in French but I should be able to help you a little. I do not know Farsi, so I hope English or French is OK. KirbyPuckettFan 01:50, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
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Technical writing/Requirements analysis

back to Introduction to Technical Writing

This is a working page for the task of the Fred's TW training course.

Scope of possible requirements (something to begin with):
 * Content of the training wiki page:
 * Must contain only topics related to TW
 * Level of TW (for wide audience, for beginners, or for advanced technical writers)
 * Level of details (how deep, how much, what to put and what to link to)
 * Structure (levels of headings, subheadings, TOC)
 * How to organize pages (by theme), size of one page
 * Discussion page (what to write there, how)
 * Links to other sites:
 * To what sites, how to organize, how to describe
 * Images:
 * Size, location, format, name conventions
 * Access and availability:
 * Training wiki must be available to everybody at any time
 * Access rights (who can write, who can edit, how)
 * How to enter changes (log in, check in, lock, etc.)
 * Language issues
 * International audience (native and non-native speakers), no jargon, British (?) English, simple words, etc.
 * Which style guide to use
 * Formating conventions
 * What must be bold, italics, etc.

TWFred 06:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)This is a good start. Looks like we've got some groupings of requirements. So far the groupings seem to be:

Users of the Product
The course is intended for the people who are interested in TW, mostly for those who want to become a technical writer (or at least think about it) and for technical writers who want to improve their skills. It can be also useful for people whose job is related to TW (project managers who deal with documentation, technical translators, business analyst in IT companies and others).
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The main goal of our persona is to find out if TW is a wise career and if so, to learn how to become a technical writer and to gain basic TW knowledge and skills.
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The user of the TW wiki do these tasks:
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 * reading
 * following links to read more
 * performing assignments
 * participating in online critiques and updates of posted work
 * communicating with the instructor (if any)
 * posting/printing/saving completed work as a portfolio

Our persona (Joe) is an expert in English. He is not a technical guru.
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Joe is very talkative and friendly (he's an English conversation teacher after all). What about PMs, and Bus. Analysts (BAs)?
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same issue
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same issue
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The main persona (Joe) wants to investigate changing careers. Other users (PMs, TWs, and BAs) want to enhance existing careers.
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Other Comments
So now we can arrange the requirements under these headings and start assigning them UniqueIDs. (For example, "LC-010" or "SF-020".)

I suggest another one..."Content". What topics are appropriate to this course, and which are not. For example, this isn't the place to describe every issue in English grammar, nor is it an ESL course. But some of this stuff should be put in...which bits? Similarly, how much detail should be include about using various tools? Is an introduction to XML appropriate in this course, or should we just link to other XML learning resources?

Bart says: >> Similarly, how much detail should be include about using various tools? Is an introduction to XML appropriate in this course, or should we just link to other XML learning resources? Think about your persona :)

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TWFred 15:00, 30 July 2007 (UTC) What are the user's goals?

Learn about technical writing so they can change jobs? So they can make more money? So they can be a better programmer, analyst, translator, teacher?TWFred 15:00, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Tanya: you mean personas' goals?

For example, Joe Smith is a bit bored working as a teacher and wants to become a technical writer.

Sandra Jones (personal assistant) just wants to read several topics on TW (without going into details) because she is dealing now with technical documentation and this is a new area for her.

Wing Lee (engineer) must write a lot of technical documents by himself. So, he would like to know more about TW.

There may be other people, such as managers who deal with documentation projects and want to improve the whole process, translators who work with technical documents and needs information on TW, and technical writers themselves who would like to improve their skills.

Tanya: I began to put some requirements (without formulating them) under these groups. After we'll think out all the needed requirements, we can begin to describe them properly.

I won't have any time today at all (even for 5-10 min). So, please help me.

RobA: One question, they want to learn about technical writing on the wiki or they want to learn technical writing on Fred's course? (If this is actually a relevant question..?) :)

Snooze: I finally managed to sign in !!!!

RobA: Cool, I put some of the what looked to me 'easy' requirements on. Feel free to mess around.

Rom & Wlodek: Talk face to face is sometimes better.

Martin: I've got a question about SF 050. Is it reasonable to define such a high resolution of pictures (at least 1024x768)?. Let us think about a situation we need to show how a small icon seems. Shall we upload a 100K file with a great resolution for this reason? Moreover, sometimes it occurs, that jpegs in lower resolution and better quality seem better than jpegs in a high resolution, but high compression.

Roba: To Martin, I meant so that the picture can be viewed on monitors with this resolution or above, perhaps the wording needs changed. I only say this because we had problems fitting diagrams on the last exercise (NGN structure) onto the OHP Fred's laptop was connected to and it was basically a monitor resolution issue.

Martin: To RobA: So, if I understood correctly - the pictures must be loaded in lower resolution than 1024x768 in order they could be displayed on one display area in cases when the software does not automatically lower the resolution in order to fit display's capabilities...

RobA: to Martin, yep, that's about right! :) Do you think it should be changed to your definition then? "Images etc. must be not larger than 1024x etc....." Also to Rom: The contents parts don't seem to be requirements to me, more like definitions. It should be about what the wiki should "have", such as 'The wiki must contain a section on XML' or somesuch... anyway....

BartJTW: To Rob, Martin: upload an image and then use HTMLS:  :)

Martin: To RobA, BartJTW: Thanks for comments. I am thinking whether to define the maximal resolution or not. Definitely, the width and height of the picture shall be defined in HTML, but pictures in big resolution occupy a lot of place at the server without any reason...

Rob: To Bart and Martin, That's still okay cos it doesn't change the requirement.... hehe!

Martin: To Rob: I am afraid these are two different ways how to achieve the goal - to define a resolution in which pictures can be uploaded (spares place at the server) or to define in which resolution the pictures are displayed :)

Martin: I just have another comment to A010. Being available anytime anywhere to anyone is not reachable. The reliability of the hosting server shall be defined as well.

Rob: remember this is a requirement document, not a design doc or an implementation doc. It doesn't matter "how" the requirement is solved just that it is and as long as the solution is testable against the requirement, the requirement is valid... :)

Tanya: I can't understand C 020 requirement. It's not a requirement in fact, just some description.

Martin: Sure I remember this is a requirement document. This is why I consider it reasonable to set the requirement in that way the place at the server was saved. For this reason I suggest to define the maximal resolution...

Tanya: I'll delete this: ''The Extensible Markup Language is one of the most used tools in technical writing (CMS). XML gives the possibility to better organize (consistent) and labeled the obtained information and allows easier documents transportability and management'' OK?

Sasha: LC 020: Which style guide we are going to use? Any suggestions? What about OSS/BSS Publications Style Guide? ;o) Also, I've added the User of the Product section. I think it's quite important to specify who is our end-user both on the discussion page and in the requirement specification.

Tanya: I agree that it's important to specify the user. But I think we shouldn't put it as a requirement to our wiki. I suggest to create some short description of the users before the requirements chapters.

Rom to RobA: Hum!:-) nothing against your opinion. Sorry, but your contribution about XML seems to me a bit strange: <>. Please could you explain what you meant by this?

Rom to Tanya: (about C20) I think that is OK. No need to have more details.

Rom: (about SF 050: ) So far, according to my experience of working on wiki pages, I can say that the image size varies according to the computer machine display settings (exercise on NGN). Sometimes the image may be displayed very well-sometimes not. The solution I've found, was just to place the picture as a thumb. Then later by clicking on this picture, wiki offers the possibility to display the picture according to the HD size. So I am not quite sure if here we may set a fix size to follow.

Wlodek: (about SF 050: ) I wonder if that`s possible to use relative size of the image so that its width and height is always given in percents - %. That way it always takes the same space on the display in browser window and we do not need to worry it is to big or to little. The quality of the picture, its details etc. depend on its resolution. It is another thing 2 think.

Tanyato Rom: What is OK with C20? I deleted the whole thing. We need to formulate which XML issues we want to include in our wiki.

Rom: to Tanya(C 020) I think that this is from you? No? Tanya: I'll delete this: The Extensible Markup Language is one of the most used tools in technical writing (CMS). XML gives the possibility to better organize (consistent) and labeled the obtained information and allows easier documents transportability and management OK?. And my answer came from that.

Rob: I know it may sound pedantic but on the interactivity part, the requirement is the user's requirement of the wiki. So perhaps it should be worded something like 'for the user to access discussion the wiki must allow logging on' or something like that?

Tanya: Yes, I agree with Rob. We spoke about this in our lesson. Fred, what do you think about it? For users, we can write 'the wiki must allow', but we how should we write for our admin? :)

--BartJuniorTW 12:36, 2 August 2007 (UTC) >>>>  Wlodek: (about SF 050: ) ''I wonder if that`s possible to use relative size of the image so that its width and height is always given in percents - %. That way it always takes the same space on the display in browser window and we do not need to worry it is to big or to little. '' In HTML it is possible

--BartJuniorTW 12:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC) >>>> ''Tanya: ... but we how should we write for our admin? :)'' >>> Write: Our Mr. Master Admin must... :)

Jana: About images: I suggest to use only framing.

Admin
Tanya: Yes, poor admin doesn't have to be responsible for everything. But he/she must control the whole stuff somehow. Why else do we allow him/her to block an account, for instance?

Fred's comments
TWFred 08:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC) (About users) Is this true? What about Joe? Is Joe an improper persona? Would the course be better if it were more geared to Pavel Novak, a new project manager here in Prague? That would go nicely with Patricia Fong, a 23 year old who just got hired as a business analyst in Hong Kong...hmmm.

As Bart notes at the bottom, think about your persona.

TWFred 08:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC): Remember, if we're using Joe, his goal is to find out if technical writing is a wise career. If he is convinced that it is at least worth time and effort to investigate, he'll perform some (probably not all) exercises. He would want to know if there is any certification online (that doesn't cost a ton of money like the course you'll find in a quick search) (and yes, certification is at this time OUT OF SCOPE for the discussion of the wiki) (and yes, it's bad form to write so many consecutive parenthetical comments, but I'm on vacation, so edit this if you don't like it)

TWFred 08:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC) Again, crucial to decide who your persona is. Joe's an SME on English. But PMs and business analysts are programming or process/business sector SMEs who are probably NOT English L1 users. Totally different courses are required, where the first explains and gives practice in IT development standards, and the second focuses on English usage and proper wording of various deliverables in the SDLC (which you wouldn't have to cover, just refer to PMI, PMBOK, SEI, and similar resources.)

AlistairReece 08:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC) I would question whether most ESL teachers are really SMEs on the English language - from my experience in Prague and even in Minsk the majority of ESL teachers are taking a couple of years out before going home to resume a career in whatever they studied.

TWFred 08:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC) If we gear the wiki to ESL teachers, we can use very fancy language. Clearly, however, because of the team making the wiki, it's far better for us to take advantage of our collective linguistic experiences to make the site as international as possible. Since this in no way excludes the Joe's and other ESL teachers, I propose that we do this anyway.

08:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC) About C 05: What is "complete". How do you test completeness? Maybe, "exercises must be performed using proposed instructions by at least three class participants prior to adding to the wiki?" That would be a lot of trouble and time...Perhaps, "all instructions must include step by step instructions, and a an example that show the completed goals/tasks/outputs of the excercise." I dunno...make it up and be reasonable.

TWFred 08:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC) Excellent requirements on formatting. Very clear. I might disagree with some, but that's the point. We'd know exactly what to disagree about. Very good job.

But the ugly structure problem is untouched.

First off, order.

What comes first? Tools? SDLC? Career info? Audience Analysis? Writing Rules?

AlistairReece 08:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC) Regarding order. Considering the wiki is aimed at people considering a career in TW, or those just embarking on such a career, the first question they would ask themselve is "am I making/have I made a good decision?", as such career info is the most important information.

Second, what's the structure of the navigation?

Clearly, each page has TOC. How are pages linked together? Previous/Next links? Back to Technical Writing links? If we're deep in a pyramid shaped structure, how do we provide up and down as well as side to side navigation?

AlistairReece 08:39, 3 August 2007 (UTC) I think that at the top of each page a "return to" should be present, while at the bottom "continue to".

--Romeo 06:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)Something similar was suggested last time at trainings and I think that Alistair's suggestion is OK.
 * 1) I would add to this suggestion a "return to first Main_page" to allow the user to jump directly to the first page(e.g. document having thousands of pages).
 * 2) One more thing could be to insert inside each page a TOC. But here I would be careful- I would just insert a TOC related directly to the section, to which belongs the actual page but NOT the whole document TOC (simplicity and clearness).
 * 3) The navigation Up-Down on the same page may be left (Mouse and keyboard would do the job).
 * One, no less important thing could be to use also what offers the document viewer (browser, MSWord, Adobe ...) as navigation features, up to not have a duplication.

Collaboration tips
Hi there - sorry for jumping in, but the collaboration on this page is quite interesting to see as it unfolds! I thought I might suggest a few things which might be helpful. There is a plus sign (+) at the top of the page which you can use to start a new conversation. It will create a new section on this page which you can edit. In this way, you can have concurrent discussions about different ideas easily. Also, take a look at the page history - if you provide an edit summary while saving your edits, you can keep an active log of why particular changes have been made. Another tip is for signing posts. You can do this by putting --~ immediately after your message. It will create a label just like the one at the end of this message. It makes it easy to contact users directly on their userpages. Finally, if you have additional questions about Wikiversity, or how to use Wikis in general, please feel free to post them to my talk page, or the Colloquium. There are lots of users around who would be more than willing to help out. Anyway, just to say a few words of greetings - cheers, --HappyCamper 16:17, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey, this stuff really works!!
Following HappyCamper's suggestion.

Please, whoever edits the resource page next, rip out my comments as they are addressed. I really should have put them here. Sorry.

TWFred 08:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Images formatting
Three issues:

Upload size and naming parameters (location would be on wikiversity servers, which require strict copyright laws -- if location other server, brings up whole wiki admin issue and reliability, and access and so on...)

Display parameters including size, dimension, thumnails, frames, and placement (w/wo text)

Labeling/captioning/naming standards

Non-Functional Requirements
I think Martin has raised some non-functional requirements. Make a new section for these.

XML level
Tanya and Rob bring up a good point...

What level of XML doesn't have to be completely decided here. What has been decided is that for User Joe Smith, it would be only an introduction, focused on why it's important to know rather than all the details of transformations and DTDs and FOs and all the other fun tricks we can do with xml. Better to let zvon.org do that.

If the user is more PMs,TWs,BAs, then similarly, we don't have to go into much detail on xml because they already should know something of it. They just want to know the considerations for the primary technical documentation DTDs, DocBook and DITA.

So what's the audience again? TWFred 08:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

AlistairReece 09:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC) I bought "Teach yourself XML in 10 minutes" while I was in the States, it looks like a useful guide for someone with no prior knowledge. Will keep you updated about how it works for me.

AlistairReece 09:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)Thinking more about the persona though I think it is important to introduce XML without going into depth at all. If the persona is someone looking to get into technical writing then they are likely to research such things for themselves. Point them in the right direction should be enough.

Draw table in Wiki
Rom: Due to lack of time I would suggest to colleagues to consult the help on how to draw table on wiki. In case of any problem, we can eventually together figure this out- we are just learning so no matter if we do not understand. We will perform better in the future. Fred: what do you think about this idea? --Romeo 16:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Rom: a possible tip to start.

Rom to Alistair: Hey, I didn't find the table, you were talking about this morning. :-). Please, once you will get back your pc and you will find a bit of your free time, put here a link to that. It may help people learning more about these stuffs. Thanks.--Romeo 07:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

80.95.102.226 08:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC) It seems that my old page has been replaced with a different page I made. I will find the code for a table and post it.

--Romeo 10:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC) ok, I understand. :-( Anyway thank You! However I have got myself, a built table on our internal wiki page(Sitronics one), which link has been provided upstairs so anyone, who wants to use it as start up, may do that. The syntax itself is easy- we just have to practice. So to All, feel free to improve the algorithm and add your proper features as you feel it is needed.

You should be able to see that page here 80.95.102.226 08:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Language
Tanya: How to specify the difference between British, American and international English? How shall we check if the requirement on international English (LC 010) is fulfilled?

AlistairReece 09:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC) personally speaking I think that using standard American or British English should be enough to satisfy requirements. The important thing is consistency - sticking with one or other of the standards rather than flitting between the two. Admittedly that is easier said than done.

Found this article with guidelines on Plain English (which may be a better alternative to "international English") AlistairReece 10:46, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

--Romeo 11:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC) I am not quite sure about the following but it seems to me to be a possibility: AlistairReece 12:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC) the vast majority of people speaking English use either American or British English, and the differences are not dramatic enough to bother mapping other variants. Ultimately it is irrelevant whether you speak or use British or American English because in this field.
 * 1) It should be a hard task to map the difference between these three types of English. Moreover, we do not have only these types of English (e.g. Canadian, Zimbabwean, ... ), so I wanted to ask Fred, why we did not assign the other types!? I would just set up the language used (as you wrote international English) and specify the language rules.
 * 1) To me, what really matters is the type of words used (strong words [sometimes called big words], slang, synonymous, ...).
 * 2) Again to me, in TW (in any language) the words used must be simple and understandable, not only to the native speaker but also to anyone, who is able to read, write and understand this language.

AlistairReece 11:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC) That is the beauty of Plain English --Romeo 10:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC) To Alistair: yep! That is!

Tanya: Good link, Alistair. Thanks. Btw, in our OSS/BSS Publications Style Guide we have British English as a standard.

Wlodek: There is something here: Found Simplified Technical English Perhaps it also could be inspiring to read a little bit.

Personas
As you can see I have created three pages for building personas, I think it would be useful to flesh these guys out seperate from the main requirements analysis page. I will be sorting out some pictures for each of them, give me a few days. AlistairReece 06:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

You can find the personas here - please feel free to make changes/suggestions. AlistairReece 07:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Notice concerning course in August

Please note that the lessons will consist of the following subjects this month.

09.08 Introduction to Snap and wiki tables

14.08 Requirements Analysis

16.08 Document conversion process, introduction to Visio and Beyond Compare

21.08 Introduction to SVN

23.08 Introduction to XML

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Introduction
In this lab, we will be using learning techniques and sensors to enable our robot to navigate a maze. The best robots will have two modes: An exploration mode where the robot explores the maze and creates an internal map of it, and a map-solving mode where the robot uses it's maps to navigate the maze quickly and efficiently.

In order to perform this task, the student must:
 * 1) Have good, reliable routines for traveling a fixed distance and turning 90° to the left and right. Turns and measurements should be precise.
 * 2) Have good, reliable routines for operating the ultrasonic sensor, including routines to turn the sensor 90°, and converting sensor readings into reliable distance measurements. This may require the student to take temperature measurements and make calculations concerning the speed of sound.
 * 3) Be proficient in the use of loops, branches, subroutines, and arrays.


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Part 1
Re-Read the chapter about data types at PBASIC Programming/Variables and Constants. Pay close attention to the section about arrays.


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 * Speed of sound:
 * $$D = Ct$$
 * D is the distance, measured in meters.
 * C is the speed of sound in air, measured in meters per second.
 * t is the amount of time the wave travels, measured in seconds.
 * At 72°, sound travels at 344.8m/s.

 * Convert to Centimeters
 * We convert to centimeters because they are more useful, and it helps to remove fractions from our calculation.
 * $$D = Ct \times \frac{100cm}{1m} = 100Ct$$

 * For the BoeBot:
 * $$D = \frac{100CT}{2}$$
 * Because the sound wave must travel to the object and back.
 * The BoeBot measures t in "clock cycles", which are each 2μseconds. We must convert the equation to use seconds instead of clock cycles:
 * $$D = \frac{100Ct}{2}\times\frac{2}{1,000,000} = \frac{Ct}{10,000} = 0.03448t$$

 * Fractional Math
 * The BoeBot can do some limited math with fractions.
 * The "**" operator is used as follows:
 * $$A**B = A \times \frac{B}{65536}$$
 * We calculate that:
 * We can use the following code to convert time to distance:

 * Finding the Conversion Constant:
 * $$Conversion = 0.03448 \times 65536 = 2260$$


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Installing a web server

First you might need a clarification of what a web server is, please refer to web server for details. In the following we will assume, you have got a running computer and you are trying to set up the software environment for serving your web pages. The instructions for installing depend on the type of computer that you are using and which web server do you choose to install, for example Apache or Nginx web server: install /Apache web server/ and install /Nginx web server/.

Windows Webserver with XAMPP
This is very straightforward, you simply search for XAMPP on the internet and download the windows installer. Permission problems for Vista have come up, but these are solved by choosing the root of C: drive as the install directory and should be handled for you. It would be beneficial to change it to C:\xampp drive if it isn't already for simplicity. It will also prompt for whether you want to install the Apache web server and mySQL database as services. If you select as a service, the software will be started during the boot; if not, you will need to manually start and stop them from the XAMPP control panel in the program listings every time you need them. Your choice should reflect how much memory and processing power you have. This software package is mainly for sandbox testing of web pages on personal computers, not actual web servers for security reasons.

Related resources
XAMPP

Windows installer

Sun Solaris Apache webserver
The Solaris 10 release includes the Apache webserver. (note: a standard Solaris install includes two versions of the Apache webserver; you probably want to use the newer apache2 version.) First, create a configuration file by using the commands:

cd /etc/apache2 cp httpd.conf-example httpd.conf

Then, edit  by reading the comments in the file and making the needed changes. The web server is started using the command:

svcadm enable apache2

The directory  is where the web pages are stored.

Lessons

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Airy stress function

Definition
The Airy stress function ($$\varphi$$):
 * Scalar potential function that can be used to find the stress.
 * Satisfies equilibrium in the absence of body forces.
 * Only for two-dimensional problems (plane stress/plane strain).

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Airy stress function in rectangular Cartesian coordinates
If the coordinate basis is rectangular Cartesian $$(\mathbf{e}_1,~\mathbf{e}_2)$$ with coordinates denoted by $$(x_1, ~x_2)$$ then the Airy stress function $$(\varphi)$$ is related to the components of the Cauchy stress tensor $$ (\boldsymbol{\sigma}) $$ by

\begin{align} \sigma_{11} &= \varphi_{,22} = \cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x_2^2} \\ \sigma_{22} &= \varphi_{,11} = \cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x_1^2} \\ \sigma_{12} &= -\varphi_{,12}= -\cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x_1 \partial x_2} \end{align} $$ Alternatively, if we write the basis as $$(\mathbf{e}_x, \mathbf{e}_y)$$ and the coordinates as $$(x, y)\,$$, then the Cauchy stress components are related to the Airy stress function by

\begin{align} \sigma_{xx} &= \cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial y^2} \\ \sigma_{yy} &= \cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x^2} \\ \sigma_{xy} &= -\cfrac{\partial^2 \varphi}{\partial x \partial y} \end{align} $$
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Airy stress function in polar coordinates
In polar basis $$(\mathbf{e}_r, \mathbf{e}_\theta)$$ with co-ordinates $$(r, \theta)\,$$, the Airy stress function is related to the components of the Cauchy stress via

\begin{align} \sigma_{rr} & = \cfrac{1}{r}\cfrac{\partial\varphi}{\partial r} + \cfrac{1}{r^2}\cfrac{\partial^2\varphi}{\partial \theta^2} \\ \sigma_{\theta\theta} & = \cfrac{\partial^2\varphi}{\partial r^2} \\ \sigma_{r\theta} & = -\cfrac{\partial}{\partial r}                      \left(\cfrac{1}{r}\cfrac{\partial\varphi}{\partial \theta}\right) \end{align} $$
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Stress equation of compatibility in 2-D
In the absence of body forces, $$    \nabla^2{(\sigma_{11} + \sigma_{22})} = 0 $$ or, $$    \sigma_{11,11} + \sigma_{11,22} + \sigma_{22,11} + \sigma_{22,22} = 0 \, $$
 * Note that the stress field is independent of material properties in the absence of body forces (or homogeneous body forces).
 * Therefore, the plane strain and plane stress solutions are the same if the boundary conditions are expressed as traction BCS.

In terms of the Airy stress function $$    \varphi_{,1122} + \varphi_{,2222} + \varphi_{,1111} + \varphi_{,1122} = 0 \, $$ or, $$    \cfrac{\partial^4 \varphi}{\partial x_1^4} + 2\cfrac{\partial^4 \varphi}{\partial x_1^2 \partial x_2^2} + \cfrac{\partial^4 \varphi}{\partial x_2^4} = 0 $$ or, $$    \nabla^4\varphi = 0 \, $$

 * The stress function $$(\varphi)$$ is biharmonic.
 * Any polynomial in $$x_1$$ and $$x_2$$ of degree less than four is biharmonic.
 * Stress fields that are derived from an Airy stress function which satisfies the biharmonic equation will satisfy equilibrium and correspond to compatible strain fields.

Some biharmonic Airy stress functions
In cylindrical co-ordinates, some biharmonic functions that may be used as Airy stress functions are
 * $$\begin{align}

\varphi &= C\theta \\ \varphi &= Cr^2\theta \\ \varphi &= Cr\theta\cos\theta \\ \varphi &= Cr\theta\sin\theta \\ \varphi &= f_n(r)\cos(n\theta) \\ \varphi &= f_n(r)\sin(n\theta) \\ \end{align}$$ where
 * $$\begin{align}

f_0(r) & = a_0 r^2 + b_0 r^2 \ln r + c_0 + d_0 \ln r \\ f_1(r) & = a_1 r^3 + b_1 r + c_1 r \ln r + d_1 r^{-1} \\ f_n(r) & = a_n r^{n+2} + b_n r^n + c_n r^{-n+2} + d_n r^{-n} ~,n > 1 \end{align}$$

Displacements in terms of scalar potentials
If the body force is negligible, then the displacements components in 2-D can be expressed as $$ 2\mu u_1 = -\varphi_{,1} + \alpha \psi_{,2} ~, 2\mu u_2 = -\varphi_{,2} + \alpha \psi_{,1} $$ where, $$    \alpha = \begin{cases} 1-\nu & \text{for plane strain} \\ \cfrac{1}{1+\nu} & \text{for plane stress} \end{cases} $$ and $$\psi(x_1,x_2)$$ is a scalar displacement potential function that satisfies the conditions $$    \nabla^2 {\psi} = 0 ~, \psi_{,12} = \nabla^2 {\varphi} $$

To prove the above, you have to use the plane strain/stress constitutive relations $$  \begin{matrix} \sigma_{\alpha\beta} & = 2\mu\left[\varepsilon_{\alpha\beta} + \left(\cfrac{1-\alpha}{2\alpha-1}\right) \varepsilon_{\gamma\gamma}\delta_{\alpha\beta}\right] \\ \varepsilon_{\alpha\beta} & = \cfrac{1}{2\mu}\left[\sigma_{\alpha\beta} + \left(1-\alpha\right) \sigma_{\gamma\gamma}\delta_{\alpha\beta}\right] \end{matrix} $$

Note also that the plane stress/strain compatibility equations can be written as $$ \nabla^2{\sigma_{\gamma\gamma}} = -\cfrac{1}{\alpha} f_{\gamma,\gamma} $$

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Elasticity/Stress functions

Stress functions are scalar or vector potential functions that satisfy the equilibrium and compatibility conditions. The stresses can be derived from these functions by taking partial derivatives of the potentials with respect to the spatial coordinates.

Potential functions
You have probably encountered potential functions in introductory physics. Forces can often be calculated assuming the existence of a scalar potential field. One takes the derivative of the potential function with respect to spatial coordinates to get a vector field.

An example is the gravitational potential field.

Consider the gravitational force ($$\mathbf{f}$$) between two masses ($$M_1, ~M_2$$) separated by a distance $$r$$.

\mathbf{f} = - G~\cfrac{M_1~M_2}{r}~\widehat{\mathbf{r}} $$

The gravitational potential energy ($$\textstyle U$$) is a scalar given by

 * $$ U = \mathbf{f}\bullet\widehat{\mathbf{r}} = -G \cfrac{M_1 M_2}{r} $$

The gravitational field ($$\textstyle \mathbf{g}$$) (due to the effect of many masses), at a point (per unit mass $$\textstyle M_0$$) is

 * $$ \mathbf{g} = \cfrac{\mathbf{f}}{M_0} $$

The gravitational potential ($$\textstyle V$$) is a scalar function of position

 * $$ V = \cfrac{U}{M_0} $$

The work done by the gravitational force equals the decrease in gravitational potential energy.

The scalar gravitational potential can be used to find the vector gravitational field.

 * $$ g_i = -\cfrac{\partial V}{\partial x_i} $$

Stress functions
Stress functions are very similar to other scalar potential functions such as the gravitational potential. However, instead of delivering a vector field upon differentiation, stress functions deliver a second-order tensor field.

Here are some facts about most stress functions:
 * Scalar potential functions that can be used to determine the stress field.
 * No obvious physical meaning other than their use in defining stress components in terms of derivatives.
 * The only restriction on the choice of a stress function is that the stress components must be defined in terms of the second derivatives of a scalar.
 * This is because the second derivatives of a scalar form the components of a second-order tensor.
 * Why is such a restriction necessary? To preserve the rules for coordinate transformations.

Examples of stress functions
Airy stress function

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Unix (all-caps UNIX for the trademark) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, developed in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

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The Bloom Clock's "Plant Pages" include tables for describing the plant, aside from just the photographs and images.

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User:Marcadams~enwikiversity

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Science Journalism/Activities

Back to Topic:Science journalism

Introduction
The emphasis on this course is practice:

"'The most important thing is to make sure that students [know] how to craft a news story, write a feature, pitch an idea, figure out what will interest an audience. We have so many students from courses who don't have this basic knowledge but are stuffed full of subjects like History and Philosophy of Science Journalism Through the Ages' Features Editor, UK Science Magazine."

Exercise 1: Are you a science journalist? If you want to be a science journalist, and you are willing to work in a very competitive field, there is nothing stopping you making the decision to become a freelancer today. The sooner you do this, the faster you will learn, because we learn journalism not only through books or wikis such as this, but through practice. Find out what science journalism organisations exist in your country. [Please do add them to the list if they are not already here]. Why not join your local group? Don't forget the national journalism organisation(s) as well.

Exercise 2: Read the National Association of Science Writers' advice for getting started as a science writer.

Exercise 3: Consider the following characteristics of good science journalism. Which do you think are most important? Make a note of these. At the end of this course, try this exercise again. Have your views changed?

This course was initially developed by Jenny Gristock, Science Journalism Lecturer at the Department of Journalism at City University in London, UK [see below for list of contributors].

Get out there and talk to people
This resource has lots of information about sources that can help you find science news. But whilst no science journalists' day is complete without a visit to Science Daily, AlphaGalileo and EurekaAlert, there is no substitute for attending conferences, other events and visiting laboratories. So pick up that phone, attend that open day and start building up contacts in your little black book/Blackberry right now. The sources page has links to calendars of science events around the world.

Exercise 5: Consult the science events calendars in the sources page and identify a conference or other event that you think might offer some interesting science news. Don't forget you can ask for a programme and contact speakers before the conference itself. The speakers, or press officers, may be able to provide background material beforehand that helps you identify your questions in advance. You may want to work through Exercise 6 [Science and News Values] before you go.

Science and news values
If you want to be a journalist, you need to be interested in things that are new. But remember, these things need to be new, not just to you, but to the general population (or the readership/viewers/users of your chosen media channel), as this science journalist explains:

"Twelve years ago, as a second year engineering student, I decided I wanted to try my hand at science writing, and attempted to get a Science Editor interested in a chirpy piece about the thermal conductivity of potatoes. Can you imagine..? [laughs] All was not lost, however, as the Science Editor very kindly took me aside and said, 'But what is new about this?'. And then I realised: the fact that food scientists used concepts from physics and materials science in their laboratories was new to just one person: me. To everyone else, it was either old hat, or uninteresting gobbledeegook. So I went back to the drawing board, and wrote an award-winning piece about new fingerprint technologies instead. From that point onwards, I always asked myself: 'What is new about this? Why is this newsworthy?'"

The best science stories contain something that is new to (some) scientists and the general public. Perhaps a new scientific development has just been published in a journal, at a conference, or at a press conference. Maybe a new device has been tested for the first time. Or perhaps a new product has just been launched. If there is something new about it, or it is timely for another reason (an anniversary, or it ties with, say, a big political event, then it is news. It is your job, as a science journalist, to find out who is likely to be most interested in devoting precious space to this news, and to craft a piece of journalism in the best way you can to entertain, inform and delight your readers/viewers.

Here is some more information on news values from the media studies literature. The situation is slightly different in science.

Exercise 6: Buy a copy of your favourite newspaper (or listen to your favourite radio show) and print out a copy of this news values handout. Identify 3 science news stories. Answer the questions in the handout, and tick the box you each time you think a story exhibits a particular characteristic. In your [very small and therefore unrepresentative] sample, which news values dominate science reporting? When you attend your conference event, or talk to scientists about their work, ask yourself, 'If I asked the handout questions with respect to this new work, would any of the answers be yes?' If so, you may be on your way to a good story. Of course. the questions in the handout have been contructed using an academic study, from long ago. They don't hold all the answers. So dont worry too much about the criteria - just reflect on each one, and then follow your nose.

Structuring a story
Presentation: Story types

Presentation: Structures that work well.

Afterword: We often develop a new understanding of how something works through comedy and satire. Take a look at this spoof science journalism article by Charles Petit, Science Journalist at the US News and World Report and Head Tracker of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker Service. What does this piece tell us about the form and structure of [tired] science journalism in print?

Working fast, writing well
Orwell puts forward six rules to be followed in everyday language:

 * Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print;
 * Never use a long word when a short one will do;
 * If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out;
 * Never use the passive when you can use the active;
 * Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent;
 * Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Reading list
[1] Orwell, G. (1946) 'Why I write', Essay 1 in The Penguin Essays of George Orwell, London, Penguin Books. Also 1968.

[2] Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson, Robin Marantz Henig (2005) A Field Guide for Science Writers, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195174992, September 29

[3] Campbell, P, (2001) Declaration of financial interests Nature 412, 751, Introducing a new policy for authors of research papers in Nature and Nature journals

[4] Galtung, J. & Ruge, M. (1965) The structure of foreign news: The presentation of the Congo, Cuba and Cyprus crises in four foreign newspapers. Journal of International Peace Research, 1, 64- 90.

[5] Tony Harcup, Deirdre O'Neill (2001) What Is News? Galtung and Ruge revisited Journalism Studies, Volume 2, Number 2 / May 1, 2001, 261 - 280

[6] Knudson, M (1997) Telling a Good Tale Ch 7 in D. Blum and M. Knudson, (eds.) A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

[7] Greenberg, J (1997) Using Sources, Ch 9 in D. Blum and M. Knudson, (eds.) A Field Guide for Science Writers: The Official Guide of the National Association of Science Writers, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

[8] Brighton, P. and Foy, D [2007] News values, Sage Publications, UK.

[9] Sissons, H. (2006) How to write news, Sage Publications, London, UK.

Course convenors and contributors
Introduction to Science Journalism was begun by Dr Jenny Gristock.

The following journalists and lecturers have also contributed to its development:

[names of other contributors here].

Practice your skills
Develop articles at Wikinews.

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Student Safety on the Internet

Introduction
This Wiki learning module is a lesson that provides an overview about Internet safety. This lesson is important because it explains what teachers can do to help children protect themselves when using the Internet. This lesson is important because it demonstrates how to use the Internet safely in the classroom. This lesson will help to prepare you, the teacher to write an Internet safety lesson plan. It is important to stress to your students that using the Internet is a privilege, not a right.

Goal
It is the goal of this lesson to teach teachers how to teach children to be smart when surfing the Web. This lesson is similar to other Internet safety foundations, such as i-SAFE and Net Smartz. All of these student safety education programs are leaders in Internet safety education. Note: Links to these Web sites are provided below.

Rationale
There are so many online dangers for children. With all of the latest Internet innovations, such as the i-pod and the i-phone, children are increasingly becoming comfortable using and surfing the Web. They can now surf the Web at home or from anywhere they go with their cell phone and/or iPod. They are developing a false sense of security. This lesson is important because it teaches you how to help children to keep their guard up, even at home.

Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson:
 * Teachers will be able to identify Acceptable Use Policies (AUP)
 * Teachers will be able to identify Internet Safety programs on the Web
 * Teachers will be able to write an Internet Safety Lesson Plan

Procedures
Action: As you read these procedures, it is up to you to use the Internet to find the information required below:
 * Find examples and non-examples of child safe Web sites
 * Find, read, and understand the Acceptable Use Policies (AUP)
 * Find Internet safety programs on the Web
 * Find Web site blocking, filtering, and monitoring programs
 * Write an Internet lesson plan:

Designing your own Internet Safety lesson plan is an important part of your job! It is your responsibility to ensure your students are prepared to go online. As you prepare this lesson plan, consider the following:
 * Set Internet ground rules for your students
 * Advice children to never share their password with anyone, even a friend
 * List dangers children might encounter online
 * List of safe web resources and reporting sites (like CyberTip.ca and KidsHelpPhone.ca)
 * List consequences for disobeying Internet Ground Rules

Note: When writing your lesson plan, make sure it includes:
 * Goal
 * Rational
 * Objectives
 * Case Studies
 * Procedures
 * Evaluation

Resources
When developing your lesson plan you need to consider your media options. This section will provide you with some Web sites to help you be informed.

Evaluation
When evaluating your Internet Safety lesson plan, consider the following:
 * Class Participation
 * Completion of Activities
 * Teacher Observation

Learning Activity
Let's see if you were paying attention... Try the following questions. Click Submit after you answer the questions. Your score will be noted below the Submit button.

{When writing your lesson plan, you must include.... Click on the correct response. +Goal -Resources -Key Terms
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Yes, Lesson plans should include a goal, rational, objectives, procedures, and an evaluation.
 * Incorrect! This may be nice, but it is not a requirement.
 * Incorrect! This may be nice, but it is not a requirement.

{It is OK to share your password with your best friend? Select True or False. -True +False
 * type="[]"}
 * Incorrect! Never share your password with anyone
 * Correct! Never share your password with anyone

{Using the Internet is a privilege, not a right. Select True or False. +True -False
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct!Using the Internet is a privilege, not a right.
 * Incorrect!Using the Internet is a privilege, not a right.
 * type="[]"}

How did you do? If you feel good about your knowledge of Student Safety on the Internet, write your lesson plan and share it with your class. If not, conduct more research on the subject.

Summary
The Internet can be fun and safe if used correctly. Educate and prepare yourself, so you can help your students educate and protect themselves. To go to another lesson, click The Online Classroom link below.

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Sources for science journalists

Science Journalism >> An Introduction to Science Journalism >>

Science events near you
AlphaGalileo Calendar

Sources for new papers

 * AlphaGalileo (Europe)
 * British Medical Journal
 * EurekaAlert (Europe)
 * Nature
 * New Scientist (UK)
 * Science
 * Science Daily

Sources for statistics

 * Mori (UK)
 * Office of National Statistics (UK)
 * UK Data Archive

Finding university experts

 * AlphaGalileo Expert Database (UK)
 * Peter Burden's Map of UK Universities (UK)
 * Royal Society Media Directory (UK)
 * Science Media Centre (UK)

Gateways

 * Eldis: the gateway to development information

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  DAZ Studio
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3D animation

Welcome to the Wikiversity 3D animation learning project!

Learning Resources
See pages such as How to create artwork for storyboarding in Tux Paint using 3D software in Category:WikiU Film School.

Additional learning resources, mainly about [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/? DAZ Studio] are listed in the "DAZ Studio" navigation box to the right.

Planned resources

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Hey Brylie ... GNUmedia looks interesting; keep me posted. Countrymike 07:56, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

If you have time, I'd like your thoughts on ...
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Talk:DAZ Studio/Review

"The program cannot remember the file name when you want to save a new version." <-- I've been using versions 1.5 and 1.7 for several week and I have never seen this problem. --JWSchmidt 19:06, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I need to update to 1.7. Right now, I am using 1.5 build 1.

When I open a project that I was working on yesterday and I then make a lot of changes which I want to save as a new version, I select SAVE AS... and the window pops up saying "untitled" for the current file name. DAZ Studio forgot the name.

Similarly, when I render a picture, I save the file with the SAVE RENDER menu command and I type a name for the picture. Then when I want to save a second copy of the same picture to another disk drive, the menu comes up with the name "untitled" rather than the name that I typed. It forgot the name. Robert Elliott 17:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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31 July 2007 - Limited session time, but back in the saddle.. I think.

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DAZ Studio/D-Form tool

Welcome to the Wikiversity learning project for the DAZ Studio D-Form tool. If you are new to DAZ Studio, start at Rendering models of living organisms or Bryce. This tutorial is an introduction to how to use the DAZ Studio D-Form tool, a way to deform the shape 3D mesh models (see Figure 1). This tutorial gives emphasis to using the D-Former plugin to help make an animation, so you should probably look at Animation with DAZ Studio before using the tutorial on this page.

Introduction
The DAZ Studio D-Form tool allows you to quickly modify the shape of a 3D mesh model that you are using inside the DAZ Studio application. Figure 1 (above) provides a quick example of an animation that uses the D-Form tool. The "horn" was produced using a DAZ Studio D-Former to modify the shape of the polygon mesh that defines this human figure's head shape.

Reading
Make use of the chapter about the D-Form plugin that is in the DAZ Studio manual. Do the two D-Former tutorials that are in the manual. The tutorial below provides an example for how to use D-Formers within a DAZ Studio animation.

Activity
After reading the DAZ Studio manual's chapter on D-Formers and Animation with DAZ Studio you should be able to make a simple animation such as that shown in Figure 1 (above). The rest of this page, below, describes a more complex example of how to use D-Formers in an animation (see Figure 6).

Models
The animation example for this tutorial that is described in detail, below, makes use of the Aiko 3.0 character which can be downloaded for free. Also used: the leotard by Yamoto for the DAZ3D character "Aiko 3".

Morphing laser ball
This example involves three D-formers used during a 30 frame (1 second) animation sequence. A common problem with 3D models is that clothing may not fit perfectly to human characters, resulting in "poke through": skin that shows in a rendered image when it should be covered by the clothing (see Figure 2). You can use D-formers to fix minor "poke through" problems. This example uses a D-former to cause "poke through". Two other D-formers are used to alter the shape of a glowing sphere, creating the illusion of a beam of light that causes the "poke through".

Glowing ball
The glowing sphere ("crystal ball") shown in Figure 2 was made with the DAZ Studio "new primitive" menu item in the "Create" menu. Details for the transparency settings of the sphere are discussed in DAZ Studio lighting.

First D-Former
The sphere of the glowing "crystal ball" was selected and a new D-Former was created. The force field for the D-Former was scaled to a smaller size in order to pull a small spike outwards from the surface of the sphere, just as explained in detail for the "horn" tutorial in the DAZ Studio manual's chapter on D-Formers. This first D-Former could be used to pull a spike-like projection of the sphere towards Aiko's chest (see Figure 3). However, this first D-Former was converted into a morph for the sphere (and named "spike"), and the resulting morph slider was used in combination with a second D-Former, as described below. Refer to the DAZ Studio manual chapter on D-Form for details on how to convert a D-Former into a morph slider for an object like this sphere.

Second D-Former
Rather than just have a spike projecting from the "crystal ball", it would be better to have a broader beam of light. A broader projection from the "crystal ball" was produced by using two cooperating D-Formers. Rather than actually create a new "second" D-Former, the existing one was just re-used after creating the morph slider, as described in the previous section of this page. After making the morph slider, the position of the D-Former's force field was changed slightly by moving the force field of the D-Former towards Aiko along the shaft of the spike. This allowed the "beam of light" protruding from the ball to be made broader at the location where it intersected with Aiko's chest (see Figure 4a). Using both the morph slider and the D-former at the same time gives the illusion of a beam of light extending from the sphere to illuminate a patch of the clothing. Figure 4b shows the location of the controls for this D-Former and the morph slider (described in the previous section).

 * Frame 0. Both the D-Former and the morph slider were set to zero (Figure 4b).
 * Frame 5 The slider for the D-Former was used to pull the spike out at frame #5 of the animation. For frame #5 the D-former was set to 100%.
 * Frame 10. The D-former was still set to 100% and the morph slider was set to 26.1%.
 * Frame 20. The D-former was still set to 21.5%. The morph slider was still at 26.1%.
 * Frame 25. The D-former was still set to -1.3%. The morph slider was still at 26.1%.

Third D-Former
Another D-Former was made and used to push on the small patch of clothing where the "light beam" fell. Just a slight push with this D-Former in frame #15 caused a region of the leotard to sink below the level of the skin, creating the illusion of part of the clothing being "burned away" by the light beam (see Figure 5). Also, by frame 20, the "light beam" was narrowed again, having done its "job".

Final result
For the final animation, the human character was made to react to the "light beam". Sound effects were added using Apple's iMovie and GarageBand.

Activities

 * Upload to Wikiversity an example of your own animation results obtained using the D-Former plugin.
 * Experiment with the D-Former spline editor.

Note: At this time, there are two options for adding video to Wikiversity: animated gif files and OGG format video. You can use software such as GIMP to make animated gifs. The OGG video for this tutorial was made using these instructions.

Other DAZ Studio plugins

 * DAZ Studio puppeteer

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