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Good Site for Copyright Free Music

Posted by techscholar On January - 18 - 2013 0 Comment
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http://www.freeplaymusic.com

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There is a new update to Terrace Times

Posted by techscholar On December - 11 - 2012 0 Comment
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Terrace Times has been updated to the newer software platform that allows photos and other media to be inserted into new stories with greater ease.  

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Audacity (Audio Recording) Basics

Posted by techscholar On November - 13 - 2012 0 Comment
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Audacity is a free program on all student and teacher computers that works like a big digital tape recorder.  It can make mp3 files. Here’s a great tutorial with lots of great little videos on how to do everything from installing the program (which you don’t have to do) to using the program. Link to  [ Read More ]

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How to Insert a Video Into Terrace Times

Posted by publisher On November - 12 - 2012 1 Comment
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So for example, in youtube, choose SHARE and then EMBED and you unclick “show suggested videos when the video finished” and click “enabled privacy mode.” Then cut and paste the code (the highlighted stuff in the picture below) into the HTML view of your post. If you do that the video shows up so you  [ Read More ]

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Voicethread Basics

Posted by techscholar On October - 25 - 2012 2 Comments
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The basics on how to get setup with Voicethread.

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How to Post a Story on the TerraceTimes.com

Posted by techscholar On October - 25 - 2012 2 Comments
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This is a step-by-step guide to post a story on TerraceTimes.com.

Where to Find Apps for iPad and iPod Touch

Posted by techscholar On March - 15 - 2012 0 Comment
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Where to Find Apps for iPad and iPod Touch

New Spell Check Functions

Posted by techscholar On January - 1 - 2012 0 Comment
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Terrace Times has a new spell check and grammar check function which works when you click the spell check button in the visual editor while writing a post.  Be careful, the grammar of the program is not as good as it should be!

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Bloggie Video Cameras

Posted by techscholar On December - 21 - 2011 0 Comment
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These video cameras put out digital video in the latest format – *.MP4.

Editorial Work Flow for Terrace Times

Posted by techscholar On December - 14 - 2011 0 Comment
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Folks, Here’s a follow-up to appointing editors.  It outlines how the process works. CONTRIBUTORS: 1) All students have contributor access. 2) A contributor can create stories, but can’t publish. 3) Their submit button doesn’t say “publish” it says “hold for review”. 4) When a contributor clicks “hold for review” the status of the story changes from “Draft”  [ Read More ]

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