#bHereMainSt@MuseWeb
Selwyn Ramp
Project Director
Heather Shelton
Digital Curator
@SelwynRamp
@MuseumsAgo
www.MuseWeb.us/be-here-main-street
http://www.slideshare.net/MuseWeb/be-here-main-street-project
21Determine the format your story fits in most naturally?
Think about supporting imagery, sounds, or video content.
Next Steps!
• Audio?• Video?• Slide presentation? • Written reports?
Can you find it online? Think about usingCreative Commons content.
What is Creative Commons?
“Creative Commons (CC)
helps you legally share
your knowledgeand creativity to
build a more equitable,
accessible, and innovative world.”
https://creativecommons.org/about/
Creative Commons (CC)
Allows you to easily find and understand the licenses for online content:• Images• Video• Audio
https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Great Creative Commons Repositories Online:Wikimedia, Flickr, Vimeo
Wikimedia: https://wiki.creativecommons.org
Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/creativecommon
s
Searching Museum Collections: https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org/?providers=met&search_fields=title&search_fields=tags&search_fields=creator
So Many Great OPEN Resources
Citing Sources
A SOLID CREDIT:
Title of photo: “Carnavalet Museum”
Author: Shadowgate
Source: Flickr Creative Commons. Add link
to original photo.
License: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY
2.0). Click on “Some Rights Reserved” to
find the license
Try to add links if you’re publishing online:
“Carnavalet Museum" by Shadowgate.
Flickr Creative Commons. Attribution
license CC BY 2.0.”
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_
practices_for_attribution
I’m Ready to Start Editing Stories! Downloading free or low-cost software.
Audio:• Audacity• Levelator
Video: Good examples: • VSDC Free Video Editor, which works fairly well and has a less
intimidating interface • Filmora/Wondershare is a good low-cost option at $39.99 per
year or $59.00 for a lifetime license• iMovie comes on some up-to-date Apple products• AdobeSpark for short video, text, images
Working in Audacity
• Free sound editing software
• IOS and Windows versions
• Easily mixing different audio
segments into one
soundtrack
• Click and drag to select clips
from a story.
• Click ‘delete’ to get rid of it!
Audacity Work Space
Free sound leveling software
Adjusts audio levels within a single audio segment
Great for normalizing interviews and combined recordings
The Levelator
21Post to platforms most suited to your type of content.
Think about accessibility. Create a transcript to post or includecaptioning in videos.
I’m Finished Editing.
What’s Next?
Find tips for creating accessible audio/video:http://www.washington.edu/doit/creating-video-and-multimedia-products-are-accessible-people-sensory-impairments
Untitled photo by Alexandra Savicheva. Flickr Creative Commons.Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Follow the advice of financial planners.
Diversify your digital content to safeguard it.
YouTubeSoundCloud
These platforms will help you diversify.
Internet
Archives
Museum
On Main Street
Other platforms to consider include: Wikimedia Commons, izi.Travel - It all depends on the nature of your story!
YouTubeSoundCloud
Do I REALLY need to post to ALL of these?
Internet
Archives
Museum
On Main Street
Other platforms to consider include: Wikimedia Commons, izi.Travel - It all depends on the nature of your story!
Start with the Museum on Main Street
website and then make your selections from there.
Which
platform
would
best
for me?
http://www.museweb.us/finding-a-home-for-your-story/
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What’s Next?
1Share on your social media channels and inform content creator that his/her story is out there!
Tag your content with #bHereMainSt and add the words “Be Here: Main Street” to the description.
Experiment with text, graphics, and reposting the same content.
Share liberally and often!The story’s value is in its use!
#bHereMainSt
@MuseWeb
Nancy Proctor
Executive Director
Selwyn Ramp
Project Director
@NancyProctor
Heather Shelton
Digital Curator
@SelwynRamp
@MuseumsAgo
Contact Details
www.MuseWeb.us/be-here-main-street
http://www.slideshare.net/MuseWeb/be-here-main-street-project