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Very old content capture instructions Needs: Photoshop CS2/CS3 or some other XMP embedder (for Greg - XMP Manager), the OER XMP Template text file, some sort of screen capture that allows you to select a region (Examples - Mac: SnapNDrag, Capture Me; Windows: SnagIt)

Getting Started
In order to start any content capture you'll need to have some sort of screen capture tool installed as well as Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3 or some other XMP metadata embedding application. If using Photoshop, you will also need to place the OER XMP Template in your root directory so that Adobe can access it. These instructions are below. You will also need to convert your presentation slides into images (JPEG only for now) to upload into the OER Tool.

Saving the XMP Template

 * 1) Go to the dScribe CTools site and download the OER XMP Template from the Resources folder. Here is the path: Resources/Resources By Project/Tool Development/OER_XMP_Template_2.22.08.txt
 * 2) Save the file in the following directory:


 * Mac OS X: {Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels\\
 * Windows: \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels **OR** \Documents and Settings\{User}\Application Data\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels

Converting PowerPoint or Keynote slides to JPEG images

 * 1) Open the presentation in its native application.


 * For PowerPoint: Go to File&gt;Save As - then select to save the slides as JPEG images. Choose the best quality possible. This will create a folder (with the name of the presentation) with an image of every slide in the presentation.\\


 * For Keynote: Go to File&gt;Export - then select to export the slides as JPEG images. Choose the best quality possible. Create a new folder for the images and export them.

Capturing Content Objects (COs)

 * 1) Open the presentation in its native application (PowerPoint or Keynote).
 * 2) Open the screen capture tool of your choice. The main issues here are that the capture tool can save images as JPEG and that the tool itself if easy and quick to use. I have tried a number of them and I like Capture Me or SnapNDrag (both free) for Mac OS X, and SnagIt for Windows. Many of you have the free license for SnagIt. If you don’t, you can get a free trial of SnagIt from TechSmith. Feel free to find others and alert the group if something works well for you.
 * 3) Select the content object you wish to capture within the presentation and save it. You’ll want to rename the saved file. The file name should look like this: 12_NetworkDiagram.jpg - this would be an image of a network diagram that occurred on slide 12 or page 12 of a document. This naming convention is important for replacement objects. If you are saving a replacement content object for this object, you would call it 12R_NetworkDiagram.jpg - this would ensure its attachment to the original CO, and reserve its status as a replacement for that CO. If you have multiple COs for a single slide, just make sure that the filename text is different. For example, a second CO on slide 12 would be: 12_buffoon.jpg and its replacement would be 12R_buffoon.jpg.


 * To summarize the naming convention for COs and RCOs (Replacement Content Objects):


 * CO, slide 3 -  3_horse.jpg
 * multiple COs, slide 4 -  4_cowboyBucket.jpg; 4_cowgirl.jpg
 * RCO slide 3 - 3R_horse.jpg
 * multiple RCOs, slide 4 -  4R_cowboyBucket.jpg; 4R_cowgirl.jpg


 * 4. Capture as many objects as you’d like at a time and save them in the same folder as the slide images from the converted presentation.

Attaching Metadata to COs

 * 1) Open the content object(s) (both originals from the presentation and replacements that have been downloaded from the web, but NOT CONVERTED SLIDE IMAGES) in Photoshop (for Greg - use XMP Manager). You can open them all at once or do a set of them at a time. It’s up to you.
 * 2) Once you have the COs open in Photoshop, choose one and go to File&gt;File Info.
 * 3) On the left side you’ll see a list of XMP Templates - choose the OER Content Object template (if you don’t see this one, go back up to “Saving the XMP Template”).
 * 4) Fill out the template. On this template you’ll have to use your discretion. Here are the fields and what you should do with each of them:


 * XMP Template Field Descriptions


 * Object Type: Choose whether it’s an original CO (from the presentation) or if it’s a replacement CO (replacing an original CO).


 * Content Type: Choose what type of content the image displays. For instance, if the object is a newspaper cover, it would be considered an Artifact Image (same with a screenshot of a website). If the object is a picture of a bread bin, it would be considered a Illustrative Photograph.


 * Object Title: Give the object a descriptive title.


 * Author: Name the author(s) of the object - if unknown leave blank.


 * Contributor: Name the contributor(s) to the object - if unknown leave blank.


 * Citation: Give the full or partial citation of the object - if unknown leave blank. If you can find the full citation, do so. If you have a URL to where you downloaded the object, make sure it appears here.


 * Description: Give a fairly comprehensive description of the object and what’s being represented.


 * Keywords: Give a number of keywords for the object so that a web search can be useful.


 * Copyright Status: Select the copyright status of the object. Remember, Creative Commons licenses still mean that object is copyrighted. The CC license is just that, a license.


 * Copyright Holder: The holder of the copyrights - this might be the author, it might be the publisher, it might be someone else. Try to be sure.


 * Copyright Notice: This is a notice of copyright for the object. It might be just a copyright symbol and the year or maybe a whole statement about how the work is offered under a CC license. Capture what you can.


 * Copyright Info URL: This is important for the CC licenses. Find the license on the CC website and copy the URL here.


 * Ask?: This should be a YES if the object is a replacement (the instructor must review all replacement objects). This will also be a YES if you need to ask the instructor a question about the object - specifically about its origin or provenance. These objects go to an ASK Form for the instructor that have predetermined questions for the instructor about what the object depicts, who holds the copyrights, and what the citation looks like (among other questions).


 * Action: Choose the initial action you will take with the original CO. If you are going to search for a replacement, choose “Search” - if you are going to get permission, choose “Permission”. This one is pretty straight forward.


 * 5. After filling out the XMP Template, hit “OK”.
 * 6. Save the image and move on to the next one. Remember to save the images after filling out the metadata fields.

Prepping Images for Upload
Once you have a folder of images that are either slides or COs tagged with metadata, you can start the upload process.


 * 1) Compress or Zip the folder containing the images you’d like to upload. Remember, you should have one folder for each material item (a presentation). Its contents should contain all of the slides converted to jpegs, and all its corresponding COs and replacement COs. When the web tool is ready, we’ll show you how to upload the Zip file.