My first week has been pretty busy since this is my last semester, i’m taking a few higher level course so the workload has come a little bit earlier than expected, despite the quick start I’ve been adjusting well and feel its made me focus even more than I typically would.
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Weekly Summary 1/16/2025
My first week of ds106 was productive! This is my first DI course, so it was a lot of information to take in, for me! On the second day of class I went to the DKC because I overwhelmed myself with information by going down a syllabus-domain-mastodon-discord-cyberpunk-tech noir – RABBIT HOLE, and I freaked myself out. Luckily for me, Feli from the DKC was fantastic and helped relieve me of any worries that I had. Feli gave me a pretty in-depth explanation of how this class works and showed me around on word press, how to create subdomains, and showed me a few different tools that could be helpful to me in the future.
Overall, I would say the first week was a complete success! I carefully followed the syllabus, went to the DKC, and completed my first 2 blog post.
Week 2, here I come!!!
Mae B
First Week Summary
Starting off the week
I started the week for this course by reading over the syllabus carefully, as well as scrolling through the course website just to start acclimating myself to what is expected of me. I then started the weekly tasks for the first week, and planning out when I would do what. I also thought about what I wanted to accomplish with this course. I went more in depth about my goals in my post My Goals for this Course.
The First Week Tasks
I found the first week tasks to be easy, as I simply created the accounts I needed. Also, I already have created a domain and various subdomains in past digital classes, so creating a new subdomain, as well as installing WordPress with it was a piece of cake. I also had the group meeting, which was very helpful in terms of answering questions and getting to know the professor as well as some fellow classmates. It was also interesting to dive into the background and meaning of Tech Noir, as well as some films and tv shows that fall under that genre. I watched an episode of Black Mirror, which I went into more detail in my post Film Review: Black Mirror.
Week 1 of Digital Storytelling
This class has always piqued my interest, so when I got the opportunity to take it this semester, I was very excited. The most important thing I learned from this week was to not let the volume of tasks intimidate me. At the beginning of the week, the assigned amount caught me off guard, and I was anxious about how to succeed in this class. One by one, I eventually started to cross them off. Some parts took longer than others, but for the most part, they were very easy to complete. The hardest part, and the thing that drove me crazy, was setting up Discord because of technical difficulties. I already had a Discord account for another class I was taking, but when I clicked on the invitation link, it wanted me to set up a new one. Then I forgot which email I was using for my Discord, and it was a longer process than it needed to be. The easiest part was getting to watch an episode of Black Mirror. I had a lot of fun doing that because I’ve been meaning to check out the show and the episode I watched; I really liked it, which was a pleasant surprise. I’m pleased with how the first week went and am happy I didn’t fall too far behind on the assigned tasks.
First Week Summary
Well, I made a website.
Now I just have to make it look more like it’s actually mine. That is a fight for another day though. There are truly so many guides I can hear my fan huffing and puffing
- https://umw.domains/guides/categories-tags-and-menus/
- Posts and Pages – Web Building at UMW
- Web Building at UMW
- And this list can go on…
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And you are telling me that the first month hasn’t even passed yet?!
;-;
The process was far simpler than I had anticipated, thanks to the many resources provided. Admittedly, the hard part was being aware that these resources existed. I really enjoy trying to find free pictures online and then realizing it’s easier to take my own, then figuring out I am definitely not doing it right, so things will look plain for a while longer.
Final Week Summary
I wanted to use my character, Rikaro, for this video, but it made no sense to appeal to Aggressive Technologies since he is against them. I’m glad I took this class, since it made me explore my creative side through video-making, which is a skill I will improve from now on when making YouTube uploads. This has been an amazing class, especially since it is the final one before graduation. Thanks for the amazing semester everyone!
The Final Week of DS106
As DS106 comes to an end I look back at my transformative experience. I learned how to use creative narrative techniques with digital tools to create compelling stories. I also deepened my understanding of narrative structures and audience engagement. The course felt like a collaborative environment where students from diverse backgrounds shared insights and learned from each other’s unique perspectives. This combination of creativity and technology equipped me and other students with valuable skills applicable in various professional and personal contexts, emphasizing the power of AI in storytelling.
To create the video below I used Blabberize.com – Make a Blabber! to make Leo Storm talk. For the audio I used Realistic Text to Speech converter & AI Voice generator (speechgen.io) to write the script of what Leo would say. Once the script was complete, I uploaded the file to Blabberize and let the software do its thing and what you see below is the finished product. In the video Leo responds to the two prompts: What is the best thing you saw in the course? and hat was the best thing you made in the course? He also explains why Aggressive Technologies should support DS106. I hope you enjoy the video! Until Next Time!
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Final Video Assignment + Weekly Summary
This class has been very fun. I have enjoyed being able to do research into the digital world. Going to the Digital Knowledge Center has been fun to do to learn more about the digital world. I will look to continue learning more as I feel there is still so much to learn. I liked how we we able to do an assignment like this as I was able to get more creative opposed to a boring test.
AT Conference – The Finale
Let’s get started with the finale and then I’ll head into the details and process of this afterwards. I also wanted to start off saying that I have been having some connection issues and I have been trying but am unable to download my video from Canva and upload it to YouTube since it’s not making it past the processing stage. Therefore, I have attached the shareable link to my video from Canva and if that does not work for some reason either, I have screen recorded my video and will upload that here. The downside to the screen recording is the audio becomes slightly lower. My apologies but I’ve been trying my best and included a backup!
In this video, you can find my character Chuckles discussing the two prompts and why Aggressive Technologies should support DS106. My thought process behind this was to have a last moment with my character. I portrayed this through a radio talk journey of Chuckles heading out, similar to us students leaving for summer break/graduating!
For the first prompt – What is the best thing you saw in the course? The best thing in this course is Dr. Oblivion, he perfectly tied in this AI theme and fit perfectly with the course in general in how he would answer all our questions about AI and more. I also enjoyed how it was interactive and social while being a fully online course. For the second prompt – What was the best thing you made in the course? The best thing I made in this course I would say is my coffee video for one of the assignment banks. I got a potential business opportunity out of it. I am thinking of selling coffee in my neighborhood! Then I went in and discussed why Aggressive Technologies should support DS106.
My Process:
The very first thing I did was write up my script so that everything is organized. I then used Canva to make my video, a text-to-speech generator to get my character’s voice, Pexels for the car ride video, and lastly, Pixabay for the background music playing in the video.
That wraps up this final week as it was our only assignment! I absolutely loved this course once I got a hang of it, it was so refreshing to interact with students and their work every week. I hope you guys have a great summer break and if you are graduating, congratulations!