Archive Protocol
- A series of protocols for the MMD&C Archive
- Archive Protocol/Video - off-line MMDC video archive
The MMD&C staff wants you to present your work in a standalone and archivable mode, independent from the wiki or any other medium.
In all assessments credits are given for the delivery of your work, in a standalone and archivable manner, not solely for its presentation.
What follow is an recipe on What and How to Archive ,followed overview of the Archive Cycle.
What and How to Archive
Archive computer
In the study there is a computer dedicated to archiving (Archival Machine): the mac connected with the scanner.
To archive your work login to:
Account: Archive
Password: AnnetDekker
On the Desktop of the Archival Machine there is an Alias for the archive. Click on it and you will be led to the current archive's folders, prepared to receive your work.
@Andre: add more info on how it the file system is organized
folder structure
Where:
- N is the trimester number
- Year: the start and end years of your studies at pzi. e.g. 2013-2015
On the Datastorage partition, there's a folder called "MMD&C_trim#_2013-2015 0r 2014-2016" , with a list of each course this trimester: Inside each one of this folder you'll find folders dedicated to the courses of that trimester, such ast : - MDCPRT01_Prototyping - MDCRWR01_Reading, Writing and Research Methods - MDCSDR01_Self-directed Research - MDCTHS01_Thematic Seminar - etc
Inside each one of these course-folders you'll find a folder with your student number and name on it.
Here is where you should place the documentation of your work for each course.Media of your work
- create a folder with the name of the medium of your choice for documentation (see table below)
- inside that folder create 2 sub-folders, named respectively PZI and WdKA
- use these 2 to store the documentation of your work
The following table determines the requirements and limits of the documentation you need to deliver, in any of the following media
| Medium (folder name) | For WdKA | For PZI | For the wiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2D | Requirements: 1 image. Format: jpg Size:< 1Mb |
Requirements: At least 1 image. Format: jpg Max: 4 |
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| 3D | Requirements: 4 images Format: jpg Size: <1Mb |
what best documents the work | |
| Audio | Requirements: Format: mp3 Max:2 files |
Requirements: Format: mp3 Max:4 files |
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| Code | Requirements: Samples from the code output and a pdf from the wikipage where you documented that work - in screenshots(see 2D requirements) video(see Video requirements) |
'Requirements: Samples from the code output and a pdf from the wikipage where you documented that work - in screenshots(see 2D requirements) video(see Video requirements |
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| Text | Requirements: PDF 's of each text or wikipage. NO .txt .rtf .doc. odt ... ONLY PDF! |
Requirements: |
Name your files accordingly: |
| Video | Requirements: 8 screenshots Format: jpg Size: <1Mb |
Requirements: full-length export of the video Format: mp4,mkv,mov |
Semester 6 - Graduation
The last (graduation) semester's documentation is archived in the archiving machine, under the MMD&C_trim6_Student_Work_Achrive_2013-2015 folder, organized into 3 child folders:
MDCGPS06_Graduate Project Seminar_2013-2015archives the project process.MDCGRS06_Graduate Research Seminar_2013-2015archives the ThesisMDCSDR06_Self-directed Research_2013-2015archives the final project, including the gradshow.
Archive Cycle
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reference for Leslie
trim 1-3
- Descriptions of work (minimum of three short texts)
- Synopsis /annotations/of texts (minimum of three short texts)
- media essay (thematic changes each year)
- essay on practice