Civic Ecology MOOC 2016 Storify Training Session Civic

Civic Ecology MOOC team Instructor • Marianne Krasny, Professor, Cornell University Co-Instructors • Keith

Final Project (case study on Storify) • Multi-media description of a civic ecology practice

⦿ Story-telling platform linking multiple media forms ⦿ Multimedia elements ● Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr ● Flickr/Getty

Recommendations ⦿ Ask for permission to reference any photos, videos, content you do not

Recommendations ⦿ Upload all content before writing story ●All urls work ●Pictures are uploaded

Recommendations ⦿ Use content throughout text rather than all in one place

For students in China and elsewhere, where Storify is not available. http: //blog. sina.

Thank you! • Course Facebook: https: //www. facebook. com/groups/1790404347913178 • Groups: http: //cornellonline. wordpress.

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Civic Ecology MOOC — 2016 Storify Training Session

Civic Ecology MOOC team Instructor • Marianne Krasny, Professor, Cornell University Co-Instructors • Keith Tidball, Cornell University • Alex Kudryavtsev, Cornell University • Yue Li, Cornell University • Bryce Du. Bois, Cornell University Course email: civicecology 2016@gmail. com 2

Invited Speaker Kim Snyder 3

Final Project (case study on Storify) • Multi-media description of a civic ecology practice seen through the lens of the 10 civic ecology principles. • We’ll use Storify to develop projects; see instructions: https: //cornellonline. wordpress. com/storify • See example Storify projects from the previous course: • https: //storify. com/rebeccajhh/gardening-in-the-21 st-century • https: //storify. com/Civic. Ecology/civic-ecology-practices-in-soweto-south-africa • https: //storify. com/Civic. Ecology/the-friends-of-ithaca-city-cemetery • Ebook with stories copied from Storify: https: //civeco. files. wordpress. com/2015/12/krasny_snyder_m ooc_stories_2016. pdf 4

⦿ Story-telling platform linking multiple media forms ⦿ Multimedia elements ● Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr ● Flickr/Getty Images/Googleplus ● Youtube/Vimeo ● Soundcloud ● Embed urls ⦿ More storytelling elements -> more complete story ● Supplement text with photos, links, videos, Tweets, etc.

Using multimedia functions

Recommendations ⦿ Ask for permission to reference any photos, videos, content you do not own in your case study ●Be aware of copyright!

Recommendations ⦿ Upload all content before writing story ●All urls work ●Pictures are uploaded in your accounts ●Videos are public on Youtube ●Facebook/Twitter posts are public

Privacy

Recommendations ⦿ Use content throughout text rather than all in one place

Recommendations ⦿ Be engaging!

For students in China and elsewhere, where Storify is not available. http: //blog. sina. com. cn/ - Create an account Write a new blog Publish and share Step by step instruction to publish a Blog: http: //blog. sina. com. cn/lm/help/2009/ Insert pictures Insert articles Insert music Insert videos Please share your Blog link with us, then we will publish everyone’s Blog link on course Blog site: http: //blog. sina. com. cn/cornellcel PUBLISH BLOG Review Save draft

Thank you! • Course Facebook: https: //www. facebook. com/groups/1790404347913178 • Groups: http: //cornellonline. wordpress. com/groups • Storify intro: https: //cornellonline. wordpress. com/storify • Etiquette: https: //cornellonline. wordpress. com/etiquette • Discussion tips: https: //cornellonline. wordpress. com/tips Questions? Contact us: civicecology 2016@gmail. com 16