In this workshop, participants will learn the difference between analog and digital media, as well as how to capture media to computer for editing and analysis. Using Soundforge and Peak, participants will capture audio media from analog and digital audio tape (DAT). We will also discuss the process of extracting audio from CD. Using Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro, particpants will capture video media from VHS and digital sources, like Digital 8 and Mini-DV. There will also be a very basic outline of video format and compression. For more on compression, see the next workshop below. Also, where possible, the instructor will discuss possibilities for using low-cost alternatives on Macintosh and Windows platforms.

In this workshop, participants will learn what video compression is, and the important variables in tailoring video compression algorithms for different forms of delivery, platform, later software usage, etc. Using Cleaner 6 for Macintosh and Cleaner XL for Windows, participants will compress captured video into streaming and CD delivery formats.

In this workshop, participants will become familiar with the basics of editing digital audio files. Through two software applications, Soundforge for Windows and Peak for Macintosh, participants will learn how to perform basic editing tasks, such as cutting, trimming, and joining multiple files. Participants will also learn techniques for raising the amplitude of quiet sound segments, silencing audio (good for protecting the anonymity of consultants during presentation), and performing noise reduction to remove unwanted noises, such as air conditioning. There will also be a discussion of free, low-cost, and open-source alternatives to Soundforge and Peak.

In this workshop, participants will become familiar with the basics of editing digital video media. Through two software applications, Adobe Premiere for Windows and Final Cut Pro for Macintosh, participants will learn how to perform basic edits on video tracks, such as insertion/deletion and superimposition. There will also be discussion of techniques for adding superimposed titles and text, as well as creating transitions between video clips. There will also be a discussion of post-production editing using QuickTime Pro. And there will be some discussion of free or low-cost alternatives, such as iMovie and Windows Movie Maker.

In this workshop, participants will become familiar with two types of tools for facilitating the qualitative analysis of video (and audio) data. Through two software applications, Transana for Windows and vPrism for Macintosh, participants will learn how to transcribe video files, insert timecodes, make collections of timecoded clips, and code segments of video for later analysis.

Many new tools being created by the open-source community, such as Transcriber and the Annotation Graph Toolkit (AGTK), are using XML (Extensible Markup Language) as the basis for their file formats. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of XML and how to use markup for transcribed data, separating the content of the data from its structure. Further, participants will learn how to use XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language – Transformations) to impose task-specific structures on the same XML data files.

The linguistic open-source community is creating new software applications that are free to the academic community for use in analysis and transcription. Transcriber (http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/mirror/Transcriber) and the various applications using the Annotation Graph Toolkit (http://agtk.sourceforge.net) are some examples of such tools. These tools use XML as their file format, and these XML applications are based on the concept of the annotation graph. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with the concept behind annotation graphs and learn how to use Transcriber, TableTrans, and MultiTrans for transcription and analysis of language data. It is not necessary for participants to have prior knowledge of XML, but it couldn't hurt (see workshop above).

In presenting linguistic data, more and more presenters are turning to digital media to illustrate their material. In this presentation, participants will become familiar with the basics of using Microsoft Powerpoint, and learn various techniques for inserting and manipulating multimedia objects, such as digital audio and video.

Macromedia Director is a powerful software package designed to aid in the creation of interactive applications for CD and the web. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of Director, and how to use Director's facilities to create interactive multimedia presentations for conferences or the internet.

The internet is another avenue for the presentation of linguistic data, and many instructors and researchers are turning to the Web for the presentation of their work and for sharing data and ideas. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics anatomy of a webpage, learn the basics of HTML, and how to use Dreamweaver to facilitate the creation of webpages. Participants will also learn how to use the power of QuickTime to embed and manipulate video and audio in their webpages.