Media Component
From LIS5313
Hey everyone, don't just bury a link to your media project somewhere in your article... and don't just have a section that you call "Media Component" or "Media Project" (this won't make a lot of sense to reader who isn't familiar with our class, or the specifics of the assignment).
Depending on what kind of project you have, it might make sense to have your project at the beginning of your article. In other cases, it might make sense to have it as part of a section within the meat of the article. Wherever you place it, try to make it inviting to your readers to click on and view (or listen to) your project... try to make it clear to them why they would want to click on it! You can do this in the text of your article. You can do this as a section header. You can do this with bold text, or colored text, etc. In addition, I strongly encourage you to create an image to accompany your media project (perhaps a screen shot from the project), and then include a link to your project in the caption of the image.
Here is an example of what this could look like (with Candice's project as an example):
[edit] Promoting Your Web 2.0 Article and Media Projects
I also encourage and invite any of you to post your Media Projects ("media components") on our blog, categorized under Media Projects, and write a post in which you advertise and link to your web 2.0 article. You can include a CC license with your media project there if you like.
And don't forget that a media project can be a good way to raise interest in your article on other sites as well... so for instance you could post a video to another website dealing with web 2.0, library 2.0, digital stories, etc., and include a link to your article with your media project. The sky's the limit. ;-)
