Ten+Great+Ideas+Embedding+and+Tagging+in+Digital+Catechesis

=Assignment #2 = Expected time to complete this assignment: 1/2 hour - 1 hour (depending on your previous experience).

Embedding simply means that you don't have to __leave__ the web page you are on to see a video that's posted somewhere else, such as on YouTube. Embedding is a basic skill that we should all have. Tagging is assigning descriptive words to something you have posted or created so that others can find it. How do you embed a video and add tags in Digital Catechesis? Let's take it one step at a time.

(1) Find a video in YouTube that you might use in your catechetical ministry.

(2) In YouTube, click on the "Share" button below the video.



(3) Then click on "Embed."

(4) Copy the embed code to your clipboard.

(5) Now go to Digital Catechesis. Sign in if necessary. Select the Video tab.

(6) Click on the "Add +" button next to your name, upper right corner.

(7) Add the video to the DC video by pasting the embed code (copied from YouTube) from your clipboard to the empty window. Click on "Add Video."



(8) Add tags to your video in the next window. Look for the word "tags" and fill in some descriptive words that will help others find your video. Be sure to save your work.



Questions for you to __ponder__: What makes a good tag, and what makes a weak tag, in your opinion? How do you think tags can be improved upon?

Good tags are directly related to what they "mark". They are usually one word or a short common 3 -4 word phrase. I have seen on Company Intranets and Learning Management Systems limits buy the creators who devise a list of tags for users to choose from to minimize their being too many different characterizations for the same thing. **Cara Stolarczyk**

Good tags are short words related to the topic someone may be trying to find information about. Elizabeth Girton

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Good tags are words people use, church entrance rather than narthex; more tags are better than fewer;

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Finally,in the space below, please post a link to the video you just embedded on Digital Catechesis.
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">EXAMPLE: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Name:Caroline <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Name: Angela Jackson <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[]

Name: Tanya LeSane
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Name: Claire McManus http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com/video/the-mission-reconciliation

Name: Melissa Findley []

Lois Locey http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com/video/crime-worth-forgiving-thai-commercial-true-move-h-amazing-thai-2

Rose Mary Saraiva: []