Archive Protocol
- A series of protocols for the MMD&C 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
Inside you'll find folders named: MMD&C_trimN_Yearfolder 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
Depending on the medium you choose to document your work you will: * 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 work, you will place it under a folder with the medium's name on it. Like in the example bellow.Note: The the medium you choose to document your work does not have to be the same medium of the work. Say you do a performance, in order to document it you can choose to use photographs or video (2D), an audio recording of the event, or a text.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 |
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| 2D | Requirements: 1 (high-res) image. Format: jpg Size:< 1Mb |
Requirements: At least 1(high-res) 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: wav, mp3 Max:4 files |
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| Code | Requirements: Samples of the code output pdf of the wikipage where you document that work in screenshots(see 2D requirements) video(see Video requirements) |
'Requirements: Samples of the code output pdf of the wikipage where you document 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 .rtl .doc. odt ... ONLY PDF! |
Requirements: PDF 's of each text or wikipage. NO .txt .rtl .doc. odt ... ONLY PDF! |
Name your files accordingly: Assignments_Title_Yourname.pdf - for assignments Printed_matter_Title_Yourname.pdf - for catalogues, printed books, etc Project_description_Title_Yourname.pdf - for project descriptions Trim#_notes_Title_Yourname.pdf - for notes taken over the trimester # Trim#_process_Title_Yourname.pdf - for process documentation taken over the trimester # Technical_plan_Title_Yourname.pdf - for technical plans |
| Video | Requirements: 8 screenshots Format: jpg Size: <1Mb |
Requirements: full-length export of the video Format: mp4,mkv,mov |
Archive Cycle
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