Day+17

Tasks for today:

 * 1) FirstClass, iGoogle
 * 2) Finishing and saving our PS Word Collages
 * 3) Adding sound to the wiki using Amadeus Pro

Read your email in FirstClass. Check your RSS feeds. We will take a few minutes to discuss any interesting articles. Find a current event to share first and then you may read your jokes. Amadeus is a sound recording program for OS X. There are many other such applications both for the Mac and Windows. > > > > > > > >
 * 1) Find Amadeus Pro in the Applications folder and drag it to your Dock.
 * 2) Click the Amadeus Pro icon to start the program.
 * 3) Under Sound->Characteristics, choose these settings:
 * 1) Click the round red Record Sound button to begin recording.
 * 2) Your mouth should be approximately 6 inches (15 cm) from the condenser mic on the front of your computer.
 * 3) Record a few seconds of audio and then click Stop.
 * 4) Play it back to make sure it recorded properly.
 * 5) Delete any extra blank sound at the beginning.
 * 6) Normalize the sound to boost the audio volume:
 * 1) Choose File->Save as...
 * 2) In the Save as: field, enter an appropriate name. Be sure the Format field is set to MP3:
 * 1) Click the Settings... button and make these settings:
 * 1) Click OK and then Save.
 * 2) Go to the upload page in the wiki and upload your sound. Ignore any warnings about file size.
 * 3) In your profile page, click on Edit and then Wikitext.
 * 4) Enter this code replacing filename.mp3 with the name of your mp3 file.
 * 5) Save and test.
 * 6) This is an example of what your sound should look like on the page and how it should behave: media type="file" key="Amadeus pro example.mp3" width="181" height="53"



If you finish this, check out Picassa Web Albums. Our last project will be to create a slide show from photos you upload to Picassa Web Albums and embed it in our blogs.

Here is what yours should look like: media type="custom" key="4550126"