Assignment 3 - Manipulating Digital Images
Assignment 3 was broken into two chunks: an image exercise to get us warmed up and a set of instructions that uses text and images to support the learner. I've broken my responses to these two challenges into two sections, as you can see below. Thanks for taking the time to review my efforts - this was a fun assignment (although I feel like I should have picked something with fewer steps...).
Image Exercises
Personal Photo
Background for Webpage
Power Point Title Slide
Icon
Choose Your Own
Instructions - How to Launch a MinecraftEdu Server
For the main task of Assignment 3, I choose to create a set of instruction for launching, setting up and running a local server for MinecraftEdu. This is a piece of software that my school purchased last year and has seen frequent use by only a very small group of teachers. As one of the main users, I hope to create a set of instructions that will guide the first time user through the steps required to create a server for students to join and work within.
My instructions ended up requiring a large number of screen captures, which all required cropping and had simple icons added to them to guide the learner.
For the final creation and presentation of the instruction set, I chose to use Instructables, a website that allows users to document and share the processes required to create any object, food dish or piece of art. It is a great source of information for the budding DIY'er and it's a tool that I've wanted to try out for some time. This tool allows me to easily share my instruction via direct web link or through the sharing of a pdf document, although that feature is not as 'slick' as the website. The web version also includes mobile friendly presentation, which is important in my school full of iPads and other portable technology.
Below you will find the link to my instructions, as hosted on Instructables, which is the version I highly encourage you to view. You will also find the written explanation of the editing conducted on the images used for the instruction set and the PDF version of the Instructable.
Instructable Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Starting-A-MinecraftEdu-Server/
Summary of Image Editing: http://goo.gl/UrX6AH
My instructions ended up requiring a large number of screen captures, which all required cropping and had simple icons added to them to guide the learner.
For the final creation and presentation of the instruction set, I chose to use Instructables, a website that allows users to document and share the processes required to create any object, food dish or piece of art. It is a great source of information for the budding DIY'er and it's a tool that I've wanted to try out for some time. This tool allows me to easily share my instruction via direct web link or through the sharing of a pdf document, although that feature is not as 'slick' as the website. The web version also includes mobile friendly presentation, which is important in my school full of iPads and other portable technology.
Below you will find the link to my instructions, as hosted on Instructables, which is the version I highly encourage you to view. You will also find the written explanation of the editing conducted on the images used for the instruction set and the PDF version of the Instructable.
Instructable Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Starting-A-MinecraftEdu-Server/
Summary of Image Editing: http://goo.gl/UrX6AH
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