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User talk:Ramfram~enwikiversity

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Ramfram. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ramfram~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Rockvee~enwikiversity

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Rockvee. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Rockvee~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Neo~enwikiversity

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Neo. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Neo~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Arsheed~enwikiversity

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Arsheed. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Arsheed~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:29, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Sohail~enwikiversity

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Sohail. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Sohail~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 00:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Praetorian1204~enwikiversity

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Praetorian1204. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Praetorian1204~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Lwarf~enwikiversity

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The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Lwarf. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Lwarf~enwikiversity that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:37, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Bano~enwikiversity

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Portal:Film and television

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Topic:Film and Television

 * 23 September, 2006 - Department/Topic founded! - This is the department of Film and Television

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%" Narrative Motion Picture & Episodic TV Drama Production
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Filmmaking
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To get started learning about filmmaking, read the descriptions of the different courses described here.
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Narrative Motion Picture & Episodic TV Drama Production
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Narrative Motion Picture & Episodic TV Drama Production
Projects aimed at developing skills for producing narrative motion pictures and television dramas. This includes filming dramatic scenes with a single camera (motion picture reversal film, positive projection film, analog video, or digital video) using a separate audio recording device for recording the scripted dialog. Narrative Film Productions are always edited with non-linear technology (either as pieces of film or as digital video inside of a computer) which allows for the compression or expansion of time. Note: Single camera means one or more independent cameras filming separately; not synced cameras as in television studio cameras connected to a switcher in a control booth. (See Television Studio Production below for filming with synced cameras using a switcher.) Narrative Film Production also refers the filmmaking technology (development, pre-production, production, and post production) of narrative television commercials.

Historically, Narrative Film Production includes all narrative motion pictures created after the development of talking pictures ranging from  Citizen Kane to  GhostBusters including all of the  Muppets motion pictures as well as narrative television dramas ranging from  Buffy, the Vampire Slayer to  The Shield (shot with 16mm Arriflex SRIII film cameras using Steadicam) and Scrubs (which is edited with Final Cut Pro.)

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Documentary Production

 * Projects aimed at developing skills for producing documentary motion pictures. This includes all fact-based recording (either on film or video) and includes event video such as weddings and funerals.

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%"  Narrative Television Studio Production
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Narrative Television Studio Production

 * Projects aimed at developing skills for producing multi-camera television programs with scripted dailog. This includes filming in a studio with one or more (usually, three or more) cameras (either film or video) connected in sync to a switcher and edited linearly, which does not allow for the compression of time.  Most television production is edited live during the filming of the production.  This includes programs such as sitcoms, school plays, and kids shows which are narrative dramas.  Historically, this included programs such as  Playhouse 90 and the television production of Bus Stop 1982.

 * This is a stub.

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%"  Documentary Television Studio Production
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Documentary Television Studio Production

 * Projects aimed at developing skills for producing multi-camera television programs with scripted dialog or non-scripted dialog. This includes filming in a studio with one or more (usually, three or more) cameras (either film or video) connected in sync to a switcher and edited linearly, often in real time using switchers.  This includes programs such as cooking shows, infomercials, and live newscasts.  Historically, this has included Walter Cronkite's broadcast of man walking on the moon and  Julia Child's The French Chef. All of the pre-production, production, and post-production methods of Narrative Television Production and Documentary Television Production are identical therefore, it is difficult catorigize shows such as  The Cid Ceaser's Hour, Howdy Doody Show and the The Muppet Show which can be in either catagory.

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Corporate Video & Multimedia Production

 * Projects which combine television studio production, documentary production, animation and multimedia and are mostly edited with non-linear editing software on personal computers. This is concidered "quick and dirty" video and includes most training videos.

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%" Narrative 2D Animated Motion Pictures and Television Dramas
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Narrative 2D Animated Motion Pictures and Television Dramas

 * Projects aimed at developing skills for producing narrative motion pictures and television dramas using hand drawn animation. Historically, this includes Disney's  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Shrek.

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%"  Narrative 3D Animated Motion Pictures and Television Dramas
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Narrative 3D Animated Motion Pictures and Television Dramas

 * Projects aimed at developing skills for producing narrative motion pictures and television dramas using 3D character animation. This is similar to all of the pre-production, production and post-production steps of Narrative Film Production except the order of the steps is different.  This includes the production of non-realistic, realistic and low-budget animated programs as represented by Aero-Troopers: The Nemeclous Crusade,  Polar Express, and The Adventures Of Montu Miah.

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%" Getting started in filmmaking
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Where to start

 * Most people start with either basic filmmaking (pre-production) or film scoring for musicians.

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Interactive labs (Java applet)/Develop Source

This page is used to work on the subproject of creating source code for the project to provide Java applets for Wikiversity.

Source code licensing
I prefer GPL for our source code. Mirwin 07:14, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * This is actually a must, I believe. All code must be open to change and GPL is the way to go. Awolf002 21:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Prototype ideas

 * User:Fasten/Applets (applets for cloze)

Compilation and packaging
Ant seems to work really well with Beans IDE. I do not know it yet. I am just learning java. Mirwin 07:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


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User:Iman0613

Hi! My name is Iman. I am originally from Hong Kong but I immigrated to the US in 2002. I know Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, English, Spanish and Afrikaans/Dutch. Feel free to ask me whenever you have questions regarding these 5 languages!

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Interactive labs (Java applet)/MediWiki JAR support

This page discusses and coordinates the effort to add JAR file support to MediaWiki.

Integration of an applet in a wiki

 * See for example:
 * http://www.earthdawn-wiki.de/Wiki.jsp?page=AppletPlugin, the fixed version at the bottom of this page: http://jspwiki.org/wiki/SebastianBaltes
 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/OliverGraf/TWikiDrawPlugin
 * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/JGraphpadPluginDev

And yes, there are much much more uses for applets in Wikiversity than simply science labs. You can have a chat box for students, quiz applets, shared whiteboards, concept mapping, games, etc.

I would like to see a chat forum for people setting up and creating stuff at wikiversity. IRC is nice, but so few know about it or how to use an irc client and connect to an irc server.

Also, it would be nice if applets could have some sort of access to the database, or at least be able to email data. So for example students could submit a quiz or an essay.

DouglasHolton 19:07, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

 * That is great information! Do you know which one of those wikis uses PHP as MediaWiki does? It seems for instance that JSPWiki can easily integrate applets, since it's based on JSP.
 * I also had bigger plans for those applets than just simulations. For instance, a study or note book into which one can cut-and-paste results would be nice, too. Awolf002 21:27, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Applet tag in wiki
Proposal: (See also first link in above list) code=org.wikiversity.curator.WaveApplet|align=center|Language=en

Parameters:  which includes the Language parameter to select the language used within the applet.
 * Applet:XXX.jar: The JAR archive containing the applet, uploaded to the server's DB.
 * Code="org.Wikiversity.xxx.Xyz": Class name of applet to start
 * Align : Align image of applet inside page.
 * Width : Width of image of applet in pixels.
 * Height: Height of image of applet in pixels.
 * all other parameters are just passed to the HTML by adding

Steps towards applet support

 * Add new PHP file Applet.php (similar to Image.php) to support all functions needed to make the above tag work. This includes generation of the HTML text, DB interactions, and signature verification (see below).

Uploading of new JAR files
To avoid malware and other unwanted code being downloaded to a learner's web browser, Wikiversity must have a trustworthy process of adding new, and updating any existing JAR file being served by MediaWiki. Here is a proposal to manage this step of the JAR creation process.

Trusting the originator
Only a small set of selected, community-trusted learners should be allowed to upload JAR files to the server. Note: This does not limit the participation of all volunteers in creating these applets.

Trusting the JAR file
In contrast to "signed JAR files", the Wikiversity files should be unsigned. This automatically forces the web browser to keep the executed code within the "Java sandbox", and limits the opportunities of the applet to access sensitive data on the learner's computer.

However, we do want to make sure that each JAR file is delivered by a trusted user, was not compromised in its integrity, and came from the user that claims to be the source. For this purpose, the MediaWiki upload page must require a GnuPG generated signature file, that signs the JAR file. It shall be generated with a trusted private key, certified by a "Bureaucrat" within Wikiversity. JAR files, either signed with an uncertified or revoked key or failing the signature test, must be rejected by the upload mechanism! The needed PHP API is available as a PECL extension. A user trusted to upload JAR files should be a Custodian that is elected by the community to also manage JAR files. (Proposed title for this function: Curator).

Additionally, to audit the integrity of the JAR file, the signature file should be saved on the server and all certified public keys shall be accessible to the learner. She can then check all code before it is potentially uploaded to her web browser.


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User talk:Robert Elliott

=Messages=

eMail Me!
See my user page for my email address... or click the "E-mail this user" button on the left side if the page.

Students, put your messages here!
hmmm. no activity since 2010 ?? --Filmfroggie 06:39, 6 October 2011 (UTC) Anything going on here ?

Quiz Extension
Thank you for your interest and comments in the quiz extension, I have left a couple of replies for you over at Help talk:Quiz. McCormack 05:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Would you like to sign up for the quiz project? It's for everyone at Wikipedia who is involved with the quiz extension and its use. McCormack 07:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

wikijack
"a picture which I think you created which looks like Wikiversity icon at Holloween" <-- Take a look at User:WikiversityJack. Let me know if you were looking for something else. --JWSchmidt 13:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Excellent artwork Robert Elliott 20:10, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Special:Prefixindex
Hi Robert, I just learnt something and I thought I'd pass it on (and apologies if you already knew it). There's a function in Mediawiki, Special:Prefixindex, that allows you to select pages that begin with a specific text. So, for example Special:Prefixindex/Lesson gives you all the pages beginning with "lesson" and no others (as you would get in Special:Allpages). I know you're using your own kinds of "namespaces" so I thought it might be useful. Cormaggio talk 16:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I just tried this. Very useful!  Robert Elliott 13:36, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Interesting templates
Thanks. However, I'm a little puzzled. Whereas Wikiversity is a place for lessons (as far as I've been able to tell so far), these Primary ESL pages seem to contain lesson plans. That is, they're aimed not at primary school ESL students but at primary school ESL teachers. It would be a shame to just toss this stuff, it would be far more useful to expand on it but is this the place and if not, then I wonder where is. What are your thoughts on it? Jimp 01:11, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

 * You've replied:

 * No one at Wikiversity has the foggiest idea what we are doing. Lot of people are running around saying "this and that" is what we do but no one has actually done anything. (After 8 months full time, I am just barely getting started.)
 * Therefore, if whatever you want to do is in any way educational, you can do it.
 * In about ten years, we will all look back and see what direction we should have taken here. But for now, you are on your own to decide what is possible. No one else knows.

 * Thanks - I kind of like that answer. I reckon I'll just keep on doing what seems useful i.e. expanding on those lesson plans. Jimp 05:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome messages
Hmm...what exactly did you have in mind? We have Template:Welcome, but maybe we can make one specific to the film school? --HappyCamper 05:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * In that case, maybe an about template should be made...where people can fill in the blanks, and follow a list of instructions specific to the film school somewhere. --HappyCamper 15:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Robert, I'm so sorry. I should have written something to you much earlier. My mind just hasn't been focused on this Wiki lately. I hope w:Help:Template will be most helpful. There is a section specific for parameters. The template could have something that reads along the lines:

 * Hi there and welcome to Wikiversity. I'm a member of  and I thought you might be interested in joining our learning project here . Here are some project specific links you might find useful:
 *
 *
 *

 * So, everything in the angled brackets would be filled in with those template parameters. But this might turn out to be too cumbersome, since it might be too generic for what you need. In that case, it might be easiest to make a subpage somewhere, say, User talk:Robert Elliott/Film school welcome, and put a fixed welcome message there. Then, you can type (and save afterwards) on the film school student's talk page, and the tailored welcome message would be there. --HappyCamper 04:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * How about w:Template:Infobox scientist? The fields could be changed, but it would look something like this. The template can have a link to .jpg, which would be a picture of the student. --HappyCamper 14:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser discussions
Hi Robert Elliott. If you can spare the time, your opinion would be greatly appreciated in the discussion currently going on about getting local Checkuser permissions here on Wikiversity. As an active user here, you're probably familiar with the "quiet, behind the scenes" way that we introduce new Custodians, but requesting Checkuser actually requires a "show of support" for the foundation stewards to give us this tool.

If you're not familiar with Checkuser, it's a tool we can use to find the source IP address (and/or alternate accounts) of vandals and others who mean harm to the project. This allows us to both "stop the problem at the source", or in some cases lets us know we can't stop something at the source if an IP is shared by one or more constructive contributors. --SB_Johnny | talk 11:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Color Problems
ping Erkan Yilmaz ( evaluate me!, discussion ) 08:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Robert, I have some recommendation about the table, could you have a look at John's page so I get your view on this ? Thx, Erkan Yilmaz ( evaluate me!, discussion ) 09:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Robert, I just proposed some recommendations, please do not see it as critique on you. On the contrary: you told a major prob in my view and we must thank you for that. As you will know there is always something to improve. But as it is also always: we must prioritize, we do not have unlimited resources. So, keep up the good work. We need more people like you. See my comment also in the colloquium. Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 16:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Subpages
Hi Robert Elliot. "Subpages" are made by using a forward slash, and takes advantage of some built-in mediawiki features that allows you to go from the subpage back up to the main page without needing a template.

For example, look at the top of Bloom Clock/Graphical Keys for Southeastern Pennsylvania. You'll see there a small-font link to the Bloom Clock. Likewise, if you look at Bloom Clock/Herbaceous plants with pink flowers seen in September in Southeastern Pennsylvania/DPL (a subpage of a subpage) has links to both pages. I'm not sure if all of our wikiversity namespaces have this enabled, but the main and Wikiversity namespaces do. --SB_Johnny | talk 16:26, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Yep. I second all that. They're nice to keep content organized. They are actually a feature built into the Mediawiki software that all the Wikimedia Foundation's wikis are run. The software automatically creates a link back to the main page that the subpage is built around. Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Subpages may be helpful. Wikibooks uses subpages a lot a lot. Wikipedia reserves them mostly for userpages. So far, Wikiversity seems to be somewhere in between. Wikisource uses them a lot as well. I hope that helps. --Remi 06:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

 * To make it a bit more complicated, it's actually an optional feature for each namespace. Wikipedia, for example, doesn't have subpages enabled for it's main namespace (i.e., adding a / in a page title will not make it behave like a subpage). AFAIK, only Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and Wikisource have it enabled in the main namespace :). --SB_Johnny | talk 09:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikiversity screen saver
Hi Robert, did you see this already ? I have a question: at the moment the screen saver consists of 2 pictures as you will see. Since you are the course teacher for filmmaking, do you have some ideas/apps to make the pictures better or other ideas ? e.g. 3D or so, completely other pics, ... Your suggestions would be very appreciated. See you, Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 15:27, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If you want to answer, please do it here. I will write to some graphics users, so it all is collected on one place. Erkan Yilmaz ( my talk page, wiki blog ) 17:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Face24mmtiny.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Face24mmtiny.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikiversity because of copyright law (see Wikiversity' Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikibooks are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information or giving false information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at Colloquim. Thank you. – Mike.lifeguard | talk 23:36, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Fdhomebanner.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Fdhomebanner.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikiversity because of copyright law (see Wikiversity' Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikibooks are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information or giving false information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at Colloquim. Thank you. – Mike.lifeguard | talk 23:38, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I really need you to find all your image uploads and tag them with appropriate license information. If you don't, they will be deleted, per policy. – Mike.lifeguard | talk 23:40, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I've replied on my talk page. Please add it to your watchlist so you can easily tell when I've replied. To do this, pres the watch tab at the top of the page. – Mike.lifeguard | talk 02:23, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

New "image rights" question at Wikiversity

 * moved from my talk at en.wb

Please look at a new "image rights" question at Wikiversity Colloquium - "Image license - Human likeness" about the use of screen shots from a school motion picture to identify the characters in movie for a lesson at Wikiversity about the movie. The pictures will be used with the permission of the movie's instructor (John Marsh at Community College of Southern Nevada) who does not want the pictures used for any commercial purpose but will allow Wikiversity to use the photos (screen shots) from the movie for educational purposes. What is the correct license for this? Robert Elliott 01:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Any license specifying non-commercial use only is GFDL-incompatible. Fair use would be your only alternative. For licensing questions, your best bet will always be to ask at Commons - they deal only with images, so they really know their stuff. – Mike.lifeguard | talk 14:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Front Page Exposure
Robert, I am curious. Do you feel that exposure as featured content and link on the main page has attracted any traffic that resulted in student participation in your classes? Mirwin 05:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting! Thanks for the information. Mirwin 19:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Category:Page creation templates
Robert Elliott, Some of the pages that you created are in the "page creation templates" category. Hillgentleman|Talk 05:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I just noticed that. I sometimes forget to add a category to a page.  The category comes from the master page.  I am not sure how to do this any differently.  Robert Elliott 09:19, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

 * You may remove the text at the bottom of your lesson page, as I did here .   I have "noincluded" it in the template;  so your pages will not be getting the unwanted category any more. :-) Hillgentleman|Talk 07:09, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

 * It is on my list of things to do. But you have to have at least one category listed. I have to find the right ones.  Robert Elliott 10:31, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Film Course discussed in Wikimedia Foundation discussion thread
You might be interested this discussion thread. There has been a comment about the limited amount "free software" available to build such a course around and also a question about why there is a disclaimer on the course for people under 18 years old. --JWSchmidt 19:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the info. Robert Elliott 14:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

DAZ studio
Hi, JWS pointed me to DAZ and I've been playing around with the animation system for a while. I was wondering if you needed any help with that "future" course you were working on?--Rayc 05:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes! More shortly... Robert Elliott 05:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, as for free, as is beer, I've been able to find several sites offering props, clothing and characters for free. The licensing is all over the place for the free stuff (non-commercial use, free to with attribution, public domain, no license, etc...).  As for the animation, I've found that DAZ has a puppeteering system that lets you move between poses, and I'm currently looking at a way of saving simple movement patterns (like walking) and animating over that. --Rayc 19:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this what you were thinking? See Image:Daz-wikiversity-example-starwars.jpg.--Rayc 21:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Free Lance Opportunity
Robert, I am investigating this commercial site. It is a youtube competitor startup. It is very interesting to me because they propose to compensate content authors/owners for their efforts via micropayments tied to performance. It may be a way for beginners to transform to self supporting hobby, to decent partime job, to a living, to hit the bigtime. It is currently for artist mediums text, stills, video, and audio. Mirwin 10:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I will look at the Associated Content website. ~ Robert Elliott 15:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

diplomas
"A diploma might help create a tiny amount of motivation as the student nears the end of the course. For my lessons, the level of difficulty increases dramatically at the end so any motivation, no matter how small, is good.....a diploma for a course (or certificate of completion) could be valuable for...." getting a job. <-- I think we should explore ways to motivate learners at Wikiversity and look for ways to document what learners do at Wikiversity. The problem we face is that words such as "course", "teacher" and "diploma" have conventional meanings in our society, so we need to be careful how we use such terms. Many people see the word "diploma" and assume that it is linked to a specific learner who can be identified as a particular real world individual who can be shown to have completed a degree program at an accredited educational institution where the teachers have been certified as having a specified level of expertise in a particular subject area. Since Wikiversity has no means to certify the identities of learners, the qualifications of teachers or to certify the quality of its learning resources, on what basis can we use the term "diploma" in a way that respects the conventional meaning of the term?

I can think of two basic directions to explore during our efforts to find ways to motivate learners at Wikiversity and create ways to document what learners do at Wikiversity. We might call these directions "inside Wikiversity" and "beyond Wikiversity". Beyond Wikiversity, it would be possible for an external "institution" to confirm rel world identities of students, make use of learning resources located at Wikiversity and issue diplomas. Inside Wikiversity, we can facilitate a process of portfolio construction for Wikiversity participants.....portfolio in the sense of, "a collection of work (eg, a history of wiki edits, uploaded files, etc.) that may be used to demonstrate competency in a subject area." If learners can document their learning through their history of wiki editing, then the Wikiversity community can review such editing histories in a formal way. When Wikiversity participants complete a unit of learning, the can add a summary of their learning activities to their portfolio along with links to their edit history. Other members of the Wikiversity community can then review the portfolio and comment on the edit history. The significance of those comments would only be meaningful if the edit histories of the people making the comments indicates some level of expertise by the commentator. For example, if your edit history showed that you had created a film making lesson and you commented that a student had done a good job completing the lesson, then that would be a basis for certification that the student had learned the lesson could include a completion certificate in their portfolio. We could have a system of userboxes that could be "awarded" to Wikiversity participants who are certified by the community as having completed lessons. It might be useful to explore a system by which the community could recognize participants who, based on their edit history, have expertise in a particular subject area. Such Wikiversity participants could be an important part of any community-based process for awarding "completion certificates" to Wikiversity participants who can demonstrate that they have learned something by participating (editing) at Wikiversity. --JWS 15:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Student's portfolio
 * This is identical to what I have been proposing though described more clearly than I did. But now I am still not sure how to implement this.  ~ Robert Elliott 16:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Film school in video
Take a look at the video linked from Stanford Open Source Lab, The film school is shown as an example about 26 minutes into the video. --JWSchmidt 04:53, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * "will we be given any notice before they pull the plug. I don't have copies of my content and I have not figured out a way to archive it" <-- I do not think you have to worry about Wikiversity pages disappearing. I think you can download all of the text pages for Wikiversity. I'm not sure about image files. --JWSchmidt 16:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Email lists -- could be done
Hi Robert, In Help:EMail_for_Teachers, you mention that Wikiversity doesn't have an option for allowing people to use e-mail lists. This could be addressed through the Sandbox server, if there was a need. I figured I'd ping you, rather then update the page, because I wasn't sure of what help an e-mail list would be to a Wikiversity course, per say. Historybuff 05:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:3duStaciLoRes 000 up.png
This image is licensed as "GNU" - this is not a license that exists; I assume you mean "GFDL" or "GPL." Regardless, please add the corresponding license template. – Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 22:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Moving pages
Hi Robert. You left a post which implied you had a need to move your pages around the place. I'd suggest the best solution for this is sysop status. I have no problem with long-standing users being made sysops just so that they can apply to sysop tools to their own projects (i.e. no wider obligations expected!), and will nominate you if you wish. Or is this an issue which would not be resolved with tools - i.e. you need an additional function which does not yet exist? Please clarify. --McCormack 07:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your reply. I really hope I didn't offend you. I was trying to understand your needs. One of my guesses was that you wanted an enhanced "move" tool which simultaneously deleted pages and corrected links. Was I any closer with this guess? Or is it just a general wish for better organisation? I'd like this too, and have written an extension to help with this (the subpage extension) which I'm still waiting to have activated. I have a lot more ideas about reorganisation, but it's very hard to find the time. --McCormack 15:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Your long post on my talk page
Hi Robert. Thanks for your very long post, which I am still working my way through. I will be integrating this into the new Vision 2009. --McCormack 07:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

You wanna add some info here ?
Hello Robert, I am not sure if you saw this: User:OhanaUnited/Sister Projects Interview (background info) ? When you have some time, we would gladly see your input also, Erkan Yilmaz uses the Wikiversity:Chat (try) 16:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Tertiary and secondary education
Hi Robert. One of the questions I need to ask you is whether you are involved with secondary education only, or with both tertiary and secondary education. Looking at your pages, this isn't fully clear to me - perhaps you teach courses across the divide? The reason I ask is that in some of my reorganisation attempts, I need to respect the proper categorisation of your content. --McCormack 04:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Robert, and thanks for your reply. Yes - your reply explains to me why the educational level wasn't fully clear to me, because you are indeed teaching across the divide. At the moment I am categorising your courses as "secondary" - e.g. at Portal:Secondary Education I've put it into the "featured content" box. Of course, in the grand scheme (!) of these new portals, courses can come under several different educational levels if needed. --McCormack 04:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Which subject area?
Me again. I notice that while your courses are well-categorised in a circular or island-like fashion, they don't link well into things like classical (high) school subjects, and I'm trying to do some additional categorisation here to see that your courses are better accessed from within the main wikiversity navigation system. Probably film-making is slightly interdisciplinary? For example, would it make sense to include "filmmaking" in categories such as "information technology" and "art and design"? I'm trying to think of terms which would be widely understood in secondary education. Thanks for helping me with this! --McCormack 04:35, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your very detailed reply about this. I think that for the moment, I will try a multiple classification. Perhaps filmmaking can go under "drama", which in turn can go under both "literature" and "other school subjects"; you've also already classified the courses as "media", which is something which should eventually end up at "information technology". In addition, I'll try to see that it fits into secondary, tertiary and non-formal education! The end result is that your courses should be accessible through the category scheme via a number of routes. --McCormack 05:11, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

List of completed courses
Thank you for your suggestion. Please see Help:Resources by completion status. You may also see that I have added a new Wikiversity navigation path to the bottom of the category tree system which appears on the main page and all major portals. --McCormack 09:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Hi Robert and thanks for your reply. Your suggestion about auto-categorising is already there in the system. I'll implement your test box suggestion. --McCormack 04:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your message. Well, I can rephrase: I tried to put in auto-categorising, and I think it works, but it's quite possible there are bugs around the place. If you think a particularly resource is not getting categorised as it should, then please point me to the exact page for checking and testing. Thanks! --McCormack 06:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * BTW, I have created a project box for filmmaking. Add to your pages and see what happens. --McCormack 06:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your reply. You are quite right to have high expectations, and my intentions are at least as high! I find your suggestions really good. For example, I'll get down to thinking about linking in categories to the template view itself. Technically it's not difficult; it's an issue of interfaces, space and user-friendliness. On the issue of automatically categorising the page it is in, the categorisation only occurs if the page in the main namespace. So one can add a template to a talk page or a help page without accidentally adding the page to the category. Do you follow? --McCormack 07:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your further reply. Just some thoughts about what to link to. At the beginning of the process of tagging resources, the top priority will be to get people to tag their courses with "complete" or "nearly complete", which means getting them to visit the help page. Later, when the tagging is mostly done and there is a higher awareness of tagging, then perhaps the priority will be getting poeple to a list of completed/nearly completed resources. In other words, the help link is currently a higher priority issue. On the other hand, I'll keep thinking. You are a good source of suggestions! --McCormack 16:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Good edit of the complete tag! --McCormack 18:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Modified template
Here is a version where you can optionally specify your own text (and links). It defaults to the version I created, but you can override it in the manner shown. --McCormack 04:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Code:

Produces:

Otherwise exactly the same template with the same categories, etc.

Completed course lists
Quote from you: ''However, my goal is very specific. I want to create a list of Traditional courses which are complete or ready for testing. This list is for a very select audience (the average person who comes to Wikiversity to learn.) Therefore, I will be creating a parallel list which will be based on your list. It should compliment what you are doing. ''

 * Replying: yes, I agree with and support this absolutely. I will give any help I can. --McCormack 16:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Replying to your puzzle about "complete lists" appearing. This is an issue of whether the page uses a CategoryTree or a standard SubCategory listing. On some of the Category pages, I have transcluded a template holding a category tree (inside a purple box) which folds out to show all the pages. However the normal subcategories show only subcategory trees and not the member pages. Am I making sense? --McCormack 21:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Not at all!!!! Robert Elliott 21:29, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

 ...but I could put it at the top of a category page and confuse the unwary.--McCormack 21:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi again, and thanks for your message. You seem to have understood the CategoryTree extension now! I agree with you that its output is not entirely user-friendly. The extension was programmed by Mediawiki user "Duesentrieb". It's very useful, but the interface options are a little limited. For example, it always shows the namespace and you can't move the subcategories below the pages at a particular level. One day it might be nice to update the extension with some more interface options. On the whole, though, I reckon it's an essential organisational tool. --McCormack 04:07, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Lifehacker
Congrats! :) WikiU Schools You in Film Making, Home or Otherwise -- Jtneill - Talk 11:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Templates
Hi and thanks for your message. I had a look at the template and could see nothing wrong, other than a lot more wiki markup than there needs to be. Perhaps the problem is with how you are trying to implement it in other pages? Perhaps you could show me an example of how you are inserting it into other pages? --McCormack 04:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Problem now solved. I think the reason was that in your more complicated version of the template, you had a format error somewhere. As soon as I deleted your version and left my simpler one, the template started transcluding properly! Glad you like the simpler version :) --McCormack 10:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Broken template
Thanks for the message. Yes - I realised I had done something wrong, but I couldn't see what, until just now! Fixed now, I think. --McCormack 11:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Current month
A bit more complicated, but here it is:

--SB_Johnny | talk 13:54, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Film school site map
Hi! I made some minor changes at Film school:site map. Hope you don't mind ;) Other: maybe you already know, but there are 2 very similar categories Category:3D Storyboard Lesson and Category:3D Storyboarding Lesson. I didn't want to move them, because the hierarchical structure of the film school is not known to me. --Gbaor 05:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Idea for quizzes
Hi Robert. This solution isn't quite as elegant as just having a quiz appear on a page, but it does let people answer and submit. Let me know if it's on the right track and I can try to develop it further:

User:SB Johnny/quiz experiment 1

--SB_Johnny | talk 11:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Elegant?
 * Yes, that is not the elegance I had hoped for.

 * I was looking for something more like this... (non-working example only)

 * Rather than say "create page", the function would say "Submit".

 * Rough idea of coding
 * This might be created with the function :

 * Variable
 * Then I could use the answer as a in a template. Robert Elliott 12:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't see how that can work... you're going to need some sort of substitution and transclusion in order to create "stable" text that will be around for viewing later. I'm fairly certain that can't be done in the "elegant" way you want. I guess the point is that while the templating does require a very small amount of wiki-editing, the template itself can be designed to teach them how to use it while in the process of using it. There's really no harm in at least introducing your students to the most rudimentary parts of wiki-editing, and at best they might take to it and become involved in other aspects of Wikiversity as a whole! --SB_Johnny | talk 13:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Tuxpaint Video
Hello Robert, I thought you might find this useful for one of your pages, I'm not really sure. Here's some info about Ogghandler just in case. Warm Regards Chrismo 11:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

WV group photo
Hello Robert, do you have perhaps a tool to make these later into a group photo with some nice framework/design effects ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 23:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Holiday?
Hi Robert. I see you haven't edited for a couple of months. Hope it's a good holiday. Please drop a note on my talk page when you get back. --McCormack 05:02, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Robert, give a sign, we miss you ! Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikiversity the Movie
When you have time, could you look here please ? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat (try) 18:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Where is Robert?
Does anyone know where Robert is? When does he come back? -- Ironcode 11:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Course assistance
Hi Robert, I've recently been looking through your course on film making and have been most impressed. I was wondering if you could give me some help in setting up my course, Drum set. I don't require help writing the text but I would like you to assist me in the setup and layout. Thanks, Rock drum (talk • contribs) 14:51, 21 July 2010 (UTC) P.S. Please reply here but leave a notice on my talk page. Rock drum (talk • contribs)

Help Me learn
Help me get to the Wikiversity SchoolBhainbore--Bhainbore 18:18, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

are you still there?
just reviewing my blog + remembered you were gone, seems you are still MIA :-( Where are though? Erkan Yilmaz uses the Chat + Identi.ca 19:48, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

pagemove
Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 18:08, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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Aristotle/On the Soul: discussion group

Welcome to the Discussion group for On the Soul by Aristotle.

Content summary
Panpsychism is still a popular world view among people who have not taken a skeptical approach to the idea that all living organisms have a common feature: mind. Aristotle studied many types of living things and observed that they display different types of sensory and cognitive abilities. Aristotle noted that both plants and animals obtain what they need for growth and reproduction but only animals have a sense of touch, the simplest kind of perception. At the same time, some plants are able to display sense of touch to aid in their survival mechanism. Aristotle was concerned with making the distinction between those animals that can feel pleasure and pain and those that cannot.to discover about these expressions will depend on how closer we are to the animal language. Language barrier between different organisms makes it difficult to familiarise ourselves adequately with them hence their emotional expressions may be hard to be perceived across different organisms. Some animals have complex abilities for memory and the control of their behavior. In the case of humans, our memories allow us to produce rational thought processes and have what we experience as a mind. In line with this, we are trying to figure out about our true identity.The mind is trying to find out its true nature and this brings about the big question about the mind and at the same time the mind itself will find the probable solutions to the big questions.

Goals
This learning project offers learning activities to explore the classical Greek understanding of the mind.

Concepts to learn include: how modern concepts of the mind arose from earlier ideas and the future of the mind such as the possibility of conscious mind transfer.

Learning materials
Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing!

You should also read about the Learning model. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple projects. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
 * ../On the Soul: Outline/ Outline of the work studied.
 * Vitalism. Was Aristotle a vitalist?

Texts

 * The book "De Anima: On the Soul" by Hugh Lawson-Tancred (ISBN 0140444718) has a useful introduction and can be found in book stores.
 * Consciousness Studies/Early ideas - at Wikibooks

Activities

 * read the book (see the previous section of this page)
 * discuss the book (see the next section of this page)
 * etc.

Discussion
Did Aristotle use the word "soul"? Why do some translators translate "De Anima" as "On the Soul"? (Greek - Peri Psyche, Latin - De Anima, English - all of the following have been suggested for translations of "psyche": "soul," "spirit," "principle of life," and "mind"). "Psyche", "Thumos", and "Pneuma" are all terms that may be translated as "soul" in different authors and contexts. However, the Greek "psyche," the Latin "anima" and the English "soul" have always been regarded as cognates; likewise for "pneuma," "spiritus," and "spirit". In Aristotle, "Psyche" is not well translated as "mind". This is so for two reasons. It is neither identical with the brain nor the thing that thinks ("Nous" is translated as "Mind" in this latter sense). The soul is either the structure or the thing that provides structure to the living thing.

What are the main topics for the three parts of "De Anima"?

Did Aristotle have a modern conceptualization of the human mind? What passages from his book support your view?

Additional Readings

 * Wikipedia article: On the Soul
 * Aristotle's biology - Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
 * Aristotle's Biology: Recommended Readings - Cynthia Freeland
 * Daniel Dennett's book "Kinds of Minds", Chapter 2. Dennett desribes Aristotle's "nutritive soul" as a principle of organization by which living organisms respond to their environment so as to self-regulate and self-protect. How does Dennett's efforts to understand mind within the frame of biological evolution go beyond what was possible for the ancient Greeks?
 * The biochemist Albert L. Lehninger wrote about the "molecular logic of the living state". Is it possible to provide a coherent study of life and mind without any knowledge of the molecular basis of living organisms?
 * etc.

Active participants
Active participants in this Learning Group

Learning Project Summary

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 * Assessment suggestions:
 * Portal: Humanities
 * School: School of Philosophy
 * Department: Classical Philosophy of Mind
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Filmmaking Basics/Understanding Film Dailies

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Look at real examples

 * In this lesson, we look at real examples from Hollywood. To do this, you need the disks from the Star Movie Shop. Currently, it takes up to 4 weeks to send disks to Africa, 12 days to Egypt, etc, so let me know your maling address.

Take the exams

 * Once you are finished looking the disks, you take an exam. Each disk has a separate introduction page and a separate exam page.

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Disks from Star Movie Shop
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To do this lesson, you need to get the disks from the Star Movie Shop. The good news is you can get these disk for free if you have been a good student.
 * You need disks

These are the same disks used for the motion picture editing course at Wikiversity Film School. Therefore, by completing this lesson, you will be ready to take the film editing course.
 * Film Editing Disks

All of these disks are designed for the Macintosh computer. Fortunately, all of the disks are cross-platform disks. If you have trouble accessing any of the pieces of these disks, find someone with a Macintosh computer and ask them to convert them to whatever format your programs need.
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Use your points to get the disks.
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You can use your points to get these disks. (Unfortunately, these disks are not available in all locations.)
 * Get the disks for free

To get the disk, email me and tell me what you are ready for this lesson. @undefined.

 * Note : This offer is only for students who have already completed the first part of the filmmaking course.

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Learning Java/Introduction to Java

What is Java?
Java is an Object-Oriented, cross platform, multi-purpose programming language produced by Sun Microsystems. First released in 1995, it was developed to be a machine independent web technology. It was based on C and C++ syntax to make it easy for programmers from those communities to learn. Since then, it has earned a prominent place in the world of computer programming.

Java has many distinct characteristics that have contributed to its popularity:
 * Platform independence - Many languages are compatible with only one platform. Java was specifically designed so that it would run on any computer, regardless if it was running Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix or any of the other operating systems.
 * Simple and easy to use - Java's creators tried to design it so code could be written efficiently and easily.
 * Multi-functional - Java can produce many applications from command-line programs to applets to Swing windows (basically, sophisticated graphical user interfaces).

History of Java
See History of Java article section at Wikipedia

The Java Platform
One thing that distinguished Java from some other languages is its ability to run the same compiled code across multiple operating systems.

In these other languages such as C or C++ the source code, or the instructions which are written by the developer, is compiled by a compiler into an object file, which is then linked with other object files to create an executable file. This file is in machine language, and is intended for a single operating system/processor combination. This means that the developer would have to compile the program separately for separate operating system/processor combinations.

Java is different in that it does not compile the code into machine language code. Compilation creates bytecode out of the source code. Source code is written and stored in files with the extension of .java, and after compilation a file with a ".class" extension is created which contains the bytecode instructions. Bytecode generally looks something like this: public class UserDetails extends java.lang.Object{ public UserDetails; Code: 0:	aload_0 1:	invokespecial	#1; //Method java/lang/Object." ":V 4:	return

public UserDetails(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String); Code: 0:	aload_0 1:	invokespecial	#1; //Method java/lang/Object." ":V 4:	aload_0 5:	aload_1 6:	putfield	#2; //Field userName:Ljava/lang/String; 9:	aload_0 10:	aload_2 11:	putfield	#3; //Field password:Ljava/lang/String; 14:	aload_0 15:	aload_3 16:	putfield	#4; //Field email:Ljava/lang/String; 19:	return

public UserDetails(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String); Code: 0:	aload_0 .... } To view the bytecode of a compiled Java program one can execute the following command at the command-line: javap -c NameOfClassFile where NameOfClassFile is the file ending in ".class" which was generated during compile time.

When the code is run by the user, it is processed by  Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JVM is essentially an interpreter for the bytecode. At execution time the JVM translates the compiled bytecode into machine language which can then be executed by the hardware. There are different versions of the JVM which are compatible with various operating systems, allowing the same code to be executed on different platforms. This makes little difference to the end-user, however it greatly reduces the effort needed to develop cross-platform applications on the part of the developer.

Installing the Java Development Kit
The Java Development Kit (JDK) contains the core libraries and compiler required to develop Java, and it is distributed by Sun. The JDK should not be confused with the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). The JRE is a virtual machine for running, as opposed to compiling, Java programs.

Downloading and Installing
To download the JDK, go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. Click on "JDK 6 Update 3 with NetBeans 6.0". Follow the instructions for downloading the JDK installation file. If you are running Windows, simply run the executable file and follow the installation instructions. If you are using UNIX, Solaris or Linux, it might take a little more work.

If you are using a Macintosh, the latest available JDK is automatically installed by the operating system. Because Java on the Macintosh is developed and maintained by Apple, in coordination with Sun, the current version on the Macintosh may not be the current version that is available from Sun.

Note on Editions
The JDK comes in three editions. Now the '2' has been dropped from the name and is generally referred to as Java SE/EE/ME. Also JDK 1.5 is JDK 5 and so on.
 * Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) This is the basic platform for Java. This is the one this course uses.
 * Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) This edition is mainly for developing and running distributed multi-tier architecture Java applications, based largely on modular software components running on an application server. We will not be covering this version in this course.
 * Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) This is primarily for developing programs to run on consumer appliances, such as PDAs and cell phones.

Configuring Variables
Before writing code, it is recommended that you set the Path variable on your system so you can compile your code more easily.

For Windows Users

 * From the Control Panel, double click "System"
 * For XP and 2000, click on the "Advanced" tab and click on "Environment Variables" For NT, click on the "Environment" tab.
 * Under System variables Select the Path variable and click "Edit"
 * Add the path to the bin directory of where Java is installed on your hard drive. It should probably be: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin unless you changed it during installation.
 * Click OK

For Linux and UNIX
One way to set your path in Linux/Unix is to add a path export to your bash profile.

"pico ~/.bash_profile" "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/jdk/bin" Note that the path to the java directory "/usr/local/jdk/bin" may be different on your machine.
 * In order to do this, first open your bash profile in a text editor. For example,
 * Then add this line:
 * Restart your shell.

For Macintosh
Apple sets everything up for you. Sit back and relax.

The only drawback is that because Apple handles development and maintenance of Java on the Mac, there is usually a delay from the time that a new version is released by Sun and the time that the new version is released on the Mac. Also, getting the latest version sometimes requires an operating system upgrade.

Oh well, you can't have everything.

"Hello World"
Anytime you learn a computer programming language, it is tradition that the first program you write should be to make your computer say, "Hello World". This is a small feat, but is a good opportunity to make sure that you installed the JDK properly.

The Java compiler reads basic text files. Open up a text editor like Notepad (do not use a complex program like Microsoft Word for this). Type this code, remembering that Java is case-sensitive: Here's the JDK 1.5 or later version of Hello World

Save this file as HelloWorld.java. Start your system's command line and navigate to the folder that you saved HelloWorld.java to. Type. This runs the java compiler, javac, and creates a class file, which contains the bytecode for the application. Next type. This runs the class file that was just created by the compiler. Your console should print: Hello World! Congratulations - you finished reading Intro to Java. Now, you can move on to Basic Java Language

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Learning to read

How do children learn to read words?

As adults, we assume there are two routes to reading skill - decoding and sight words, however, children who can decode and recognise sight words are already successful readers. There are many necessary factors contributing to the acquisition of these skills that must already be in place for children to succesfully decode text.

The first step towards reading success is helping students tune into the sounds in words. This is not a instinctual act for children and requires explicit teaching of various concepts, including: rhyme, alliteration and body/coda or onset/rhyme blending. This can be done through singing songs, nursery rhymes, guessing games and silly sentences. The possibilities are endless.

Children also need to develop a sense of phoneme (phonemic/phonological)awareness. Phonemes are the individual sounds in words, and the awareness of this is an auditory skill, not visual. Phonics and phoneme awareness are different concepts. Conversations and shared reading are early ways to encourage this skill. Research shows that 3 elements are present in effective phonemic instruction: 1. explicitly teaching one phoneme at a time; 2. tasks that are designed to make each phoneme memorable; and 3. practice at identifying phonemes in spoken words.

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/

This site has an excellent list of lesson plans for teaching phonemic awareness, as well as more information on teaching the 3 elements in more detail.

Once children have an knowledge of a handful of phonemes, and can identify sounds in isolation, they are ready to start blending these sounds orally, and in written form. In Australia, we use a program called "letter pack" to teach blending. This is called a "letterbox lesson" in the USA. The aim of blending is to produce an oral approximation of a word close enough for the child to access a word. Rhyming is a good precursor for blending skills. As with other concepts in reading instruction, children should not be asked to produce answers immediately. The first step is for children to identify an "odd man out" in a series of text. For example: "which word does not belong: cat, mat, sat, flip, hat?" then children can be prompted to produce answers by providing an initial sound. For example: "which would could come next: cat, mat, sat, h-a-a-a?". Once this is mastered, children might be asked to produce a rhyme.

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Filmmaking Instructor
Robert Elliott is the instructor for the Filmmaking courses at Wikiversity.

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Filmmaking

 * The subject of "filmmaking" is more than creating a motion picture or television drama. Narrative filmmaking is the most efficient way to communicate ideas.

 * Everyone is fascinated by motion pictures. Therefore, use motion pictures to communicate your ideas.

 * Through these courses, you learn the technology of filmmaking so you will understand how to convey more information in a shorter amount of time.

Free lessons

 * The lessons in this course are free. Most of the lessons in these courses use FREE software.  Therefore, you can learn all about filmmaking at home for free.

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Why I teach the film scoring course

 * My background is in filmmaking and film editing (as well as civil engineering, computer science, and printing technology with minors in accounting and enology.)

 * I do not have a musical background. But I have been forced to learn.

 * When I needed music for a dramatic movie, I naturally searched out the most talent musicians I could find.

 * Over the last 20 years, I discovered two things about musicians :

 * 1. Good  news :  Musicians are extremely gifted.  They are a thousand time better at creating music than I am.

 * 2. Bad  news :  Musicians do not understand film scoring.  This is because schools don't teach practical film scoring for musicians.  Therefore, I can never use their music... no matter how wonderful it is.

 * So when I could not find a musician who understands the purpose of film scoring, my next step was to learn to do film scoring myself. My music still sounds dreadful but now I know what is needed.

 * I also learned that filmmakers and film editors are unable to communicate what they need. Therefore, musicians cannot rely on filmmakers and film editors to help them plan the score.  It is a mess!

This course

 * That is why I now offer a very simple course film scoring course for free. I want to explain to musicians what filmmakers like me need from them.

 * I promise to make the film scoring for musicians lessons as quick and as painless as possible.

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Why I teach the film editing course

 * I am developing a new product on spec for a large computer located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 * In this course, you get to work on actual television dramas. There is no better way to learn film editing.

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 * Most of the scenes require a musical score. That is one reason I offer the film scoring course.

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School:Education/Becoming a teacher

Introduction
If someone has ever given information to someone else, then they are a teacher. In other words, everyone is a teacher. But most societies have schools that are considered official, and have some type of accreditation to qualify the school as being official. If you want to teach for one of these schools, you will need to fulfill certain requirements.

Wikiversity
Teaching at Wikiversity does not require any credentialing, anyone may teach here. But this does not mean that there are not requirements of teachers on Wikiversity.

Anyone teaching on Wikiversity should:

 * Be willing to have the information they share be for the good of the world, and not wish to claim any of it as intellectual property. All written information posted on Wikiversity is released under the GNU Free Documentation License

 * Be willing to collaborate. Wikiversity's strength is that all material posted can be edited by any user.  So all teachers on Wikiversity need to be willing to have their information changed.

 * Prove their information in the marketplace of ideas. As with other WikiMedia projects, such as Wikipedia, ideas that potentially may not be agreed upon by all participants should be discussed in the discussion pages.  Having a degree or credential does not give anyone any more or less say upon an idea.  All ideas must have their accuracy proven.

New South Wales
To become a teacher in NSW you must hold an appropriate bachelor degree from a tertiary institution. I completed a Bachelor of Education, though you can complete a 1 year Diploma of education, if you already hold a graduate degree in another field.

To teach in the state system, you will need to apply to the Dept of Education and Training. If you are in your final year of an education degree, they will usually come to you and give you a short interview. Once accepted, you will not need to apply again, as you will register to apply for positions in certain districts or schools and be placed on a waiting list for the next available position. To teach in the private or independent sector, you will need to apply directly to the schools. I believe the system has changed for the state schools, and one can apply directly to the school for a full-time position.

For all teachers who haven't held a position before term four 2004, you will be considered new scheme teachers, and have to apply for accreditation from the NSW Institute of Teachers. There are requirements you will need to meet as well as an annual fee.

Canada
In the Canadian system of higher education, teachers are generally selected for entry into a bachelor's degree in Education, whether at the primary, or intermediate/secondary level following their graduation from a four-year undergraduate degree; for example, a Bachelor of Science, or a Bachelor of Arts.

The Canadian education system relies heavily on the use of so-called "teachables" that are obtained throughout the progress of the undergraduate degree. Requirements vary from province to province, but most people who have completed an undergraduate degree with a major and minor in teachable areas will be certified to teach those classes. For example, a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry might lend itself toward teacher certification post Bachelor of Education Intermediate/Secondary, and a career teaching (most likely high school) biology, or chemistry.

In certain areas of the country, exceptions are often made regarding what certifications are actually required for various teaching paths. For example, someone who can perform well on a Canadian Government administered French Language Proficiency test might be allowed to take over a French class. Other examples exist and, as is certainly understandable, necessity for teachers breeds such exceptions.

Primary and Secondary teachers face similar degrees, however, with primary B.Ed. programs, there is a focus on areas of cognitive development that are more relevant to early childhood, as opposed to adolescence in the intermediate/secondary categories. Furthermore, courses in developmental psychology are usually required for primary school candidates.

After the B.Ed., most teachers (if they directly exited high school, and entered directly into University without interruption) will be aged 23 and up. Teacher certification must then be sought through the various educational authorities in the various provinces, as this is a provincial responsibility in Canada. Requirements are similar, but do indeed vary by province.

England
If you want to be a primary teacher, the most common route is a three or four year undergraduate specialist degree. Alternatively, you can do a degree in a subject followed by a one-year Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). Competition is high for primary teacher education courses, you will improve your chances if your subject is one that is taught on the National Curriculum.

For secondary teachers there are several possible routes to becoming a teacher. The most common route is a first degree in a subject related to the National Curriculum followed by the one-year Post Graduate Certificate in Education. It is still possible to take an undergraduate degree, three or four years, but these are declining. Most PGCE courses attract a student bursary, paid by the government, although some subject do not qualify for this.

Another option is an employment-based route, the most common of these is the one-year Graduate Teacher Programme. To be eligible for this you need to have a degree in a subject related to the National Curriculum and find a school willing to employ and train you. You then work at the school, for which you are paid, whilst undergoing training. The training varies from school to school, in some it is very good whilst in others it is minimal. This is a demanding option but does offer an income whilst training.

Whichever route you take, in order to become a teacher you are required to meet the Standards for Qualifying to Teach, which are set out by the Training and Development Agency (TDA). At the end of your period of training, if you meet the Standards, you gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and are allocated a teacher number by the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE), which you will need in order to be employed by a state school. In your first year of teaching, which is known as your induction year, you are a Newly-Qualified Teacher (NQT). At the end of the year you again have to meet the Standards for NQTs before you gain full teacher status.

United States of America
Teaching in the US isn't as straight-forward as in many other countries that have a single Department of Education structure. In the US, every state has different standards for certification. It is highly suggested that if you are looking to teach in the US, to contact the individual state's Department of Education in order to obtain the requirements for licensure. Typically, the requirements center around a 4 year Bachelor's degree in Education/Content or a Bachelor's degree in Content plus a Master's degree in teaching.

California
For California Public High Schools and Adult Education programs the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is the body that regulates who can become a teacher. Further, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Schools is the organization that actually accredits High Schools and Adult Education programs.

Vocational Education
How to Become a Vocational Teacher

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