Quick and Easy Slideshows Using Flickr

Basic Slideshow

Example

Make your own:

1. Upload photos to your Flickr account.
2. Tag your photos (e.g. beca1000)
3. From your main account page click on the Tags link.
4. Click on the tag for the photos you want to include in your slideshow.
5. On the tag page click on the View as slideshow link.

Embed the Slideshow in a Webpage

1. Copy and paste the following code into your blog post or webpage:
   <iframe src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=yourFlickrUserID&amp;tags=yourFlickrTag" frameborder="0" height="470" scrolling="no" width="470"></iframe>
2. Use your browser to view the source code of the slideshow you just created
3. Use the find option to search for: insert_user_SlideShow
4. Copy and paste the user_id into the code from step 1.

   (insert_user_SlideShow('swfdiv', 

   '13460537@N03', 'beca1000', '', '', '');)

5. Enter the tag for the photos to be displayed into the code from step 1.

PDF Section 508 Accessibility

Problem

It was noted that the Spring 08 Events Calendar PDF did not pass the Adobe Acrobat accessibility checkpoints and may be in violation of Section 508 accessibility requirements:

• This document is not tagged; the reading order of the contents may be incorrect.
• None of the images in this document that need alternate text have it.
• All of the text in this document lacks a language specification.

Closed Captions

I recently tried my hand at adding captions to the War trailer on the Doc Film website. I originally thought a plain text file with the transcription would be enough, but as I learned, good captioning falls more under the area of copy editing than technical coding or programming. Basically, captioning is an editorial task and should not be treated as a web-specific task. With that in mind, I would suggest: 1) Provide a basic captioning style guide for the College. 2) Hire or train captioners to use the NCAM Media Access Generator (MAGpie). Captioning FAQ from WGBH NCAM Media Access Generator (MAGpie) Captioner Job Descriptions