The Fairbairn House is a bilingual heritage centre that interprets and celebrates the heritage of the Gatineau Valley and its surrounding hills.
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The Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders promotes the culture and heritage of the English-speaking communities of the Magdalen Islands. The Council also advocates on behalf of the English-speaking communities' identified needs and supports these needs through projects and community activities.
The Colby-Curtis Museum and Stanstead Historical Society Archives are housed in an imposing granite house built in 1859 by the Colbys, a prominent local family of American descent. Permanent displays relate to the lifestyle of the house’s former occupants, while temporary exhibits pertain to regional history.
Oral history refers to the recording of information through interviews with people having firsthand knowledge of past events.
It might be said that we have an almost instinctive desire to pass on our knowledge to future generations and to receive the acquired wisdom of our elders. We have all had the experience of listening to someone tell an interesting story and thought, “Someone really should record this.”
The purpose of this document is to provide the user with the basic vocabulary needed to develop design projects as well as a checklist of the key elements necessary to complete a project. It will also provide a guide to the ethics and protocol of design and content sourcing which will include the issues of copyright restrictions and giving due credit.
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AIFF (Audio Exchange File): This is an audio file format which was developed by Apple primarily for storing sound files on Macintosh computers. It is a larger file of higher quality than a compressed file such as an MP3.
ASCENDER: This is the part of a letter character that extends above the baseline.
BITRATE: A ‘bit’ is a small unit of data and ‘bitrate’ is the amount of bits processed during a given period of time. It can also be written as ‘bit rate.’
The internet is a wealth of resources for any designer. There is so much information online that it can be overwhelming when searching for something in particular. A selection of links has been provided to serve most of your basic design and tutorial needs. This list is not conclusive so feel free to also do your own independent searches.
Lynda.com http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk3=true
Tutorial Index http://tutorial-index.com/
Never before has the public had such easy access to media components such as images and audio files. It is a common misconception that files found on the internet are there for general use. Certainly, some are put there by generous donors but many are copyright protected and are only for your viewing or listening purposes. Appropriating these files for your personal use would be a breach of copyright law and can result in prosecution.
Video content is a well established media form. It combines motion or still graphics with sound. Its uses are unlimited, from instructional online tutorials to interactive DVDs. The same principles of working with sound and images apply in this medium. For example, always work with a high quality master file and compress only at the end when you are outputting your final file. Similarly, there are different factors to be aware of when creating video for web and for DVD.
Podcasts have become a very popular trend in web technology. They are inexpensive and easy to distribute and you don’t need to be a sound expert to create your own. You can develop your own custom podcasts and upload them to your website for your audience to download and listen. Follow the simple steps below to create and upload your own podcast.
Recording equipment: a microphone, headphones, digital recorder or digital camera, a computer with an internet connection and audio editing software. Audacity is a popular free software program for creating podcasts and can be downloaded at: