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Optimizing Digital
Investments |
Much of the content you want to transfer to the web may already reside on
a floppy disk or hard disk in text form. You can use and repurpose this
text for distribution in a variety of formats:
- Paper lecture notes
- Paper handouts
- Classroom presentation
- Overheads
- Slides
- Computer displays
- Web pages
- Floppy disk
- CD-ROM disc
![[IMAGE] Digital
Pathways](pathways.gif)
Before entering text, identify the possible pathways the text might take
from data entry to output and distribution. Make sure that whatever
software you use will be able to import and export the text.
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Kinds of Files Common on
the Web |
Below is a list of some of the common file types found on the web with
descriptions of how they function and examples of how they appear on the
web.
| File Extension |
Description |
Example |
| .htm, .html |
HyperText Markup Language file used to display web pages. |
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| .txt |
ASCII text file; basic text without any formatting like bold or
italic. |
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| .gif |
Graphic files of 256 colors, often used for fancy text, graphics,
logos, and animations. |
Click |
| .jpg |
Image file often used for full-color photographs. |
Click |
| .pdf |
Portable Document File for displaying facsimiles of documents
including fonts, graphics, layouts, etc. Files are not digitally
editable. |
Click |
| .snd, .au, .ra |
Sound or music file |
Click |
| .mov |
Movie or QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) file |
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Digitizing
Pathways |
| Source |
Input Pathway |
Paper
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- Type text via keyboard.
- Scan text with scanner and use optical character recognition (OCR)
software on the image file to convert images of the characters to text.
The success of OCR depends on the font used, size of text, and quality of
the image.
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Graphic, instrument tracing, photograph
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Scan with flatbed scanner. |
| Slide |
Scan with slide scanner.
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Sound, music, narration, special effects
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Capture with sound board or built-in sound hardware. |
Video from video tape, laserdisc, camera
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Capture via video digitizing board or built-in sound hardware. |
Existing digital file
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- Cut and paste via clipboard.
- Import into HTML editor.
- Use RTFtoHTML converter.
- Export from Office 95 or Office 97 using "Save As
HTML".
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Suggested
References |
Welsh, Thomas (1997). From multimedia
to multiple-media: designing computer-based course materials for the
information age. TechTrends January/February, 1997: 17-23.
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