March Maddness!

Well, March has truly been madness this semester and not just in basketball, but academics and online journalism as well. If you have never touched Dreamweaver or related programs before, creating a website and multimedia site can be a tall order in just three months.

That is why the open labs we had this week in class were great. Thursday's open lab was especially helpful because we had a Dreamweaver expert come in and help the class with Dreamwever problems.

I took away a skill that will be very valuable to me in my multimedia project. I learned how to use youtube.com to post a video on my website. NOT a hyperlink, the actual video window with a play button. Here is how to do it:

• Go to YouTube.com
• Click on "Upload Video" in the upper right hand corner
• Follow the directions to post your video on youtube.com
• Open Dreamweaver and find the page and the spot where you want your video to be
• Minimize Dreamweaver and return to YouTube.com and use the search box to find your video
• To the right of your video highlight the window specifications next to the word "Embeded"
• Copy and Paste the embeded code between the body tags of your split view on Dreamweaver

Easy as that! It's a very quick and useful tool to jazz up a multimedia page. Hope everyone finds it useful. I know I'll be using it to post a video interview I conducted with the varsity head football coach and the athletic director here at Mason.

Let's Go Georgetown! You can never have enough success for the D.C. George's in March! See ya next post!