April 2010

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The second island developed by Designing Digitally, Inc. for Marshall University was completed in late 2009. Since the completion of the island many professors at Marshall have used the island for campus tours, small events, discussions, and classes. The faculty at Marshall wanted to create more insight and support campus-wide for the island and decided creating a machinima video would be the best way to achieve that.

As with all of our machinma videos we first start with general ideas and the intention of the video and work side by side with the client to create a full storyboard for the audio and visuals. After that we take over and record the audio and video which are then meshed together. Finally, we add background music and we end up with something like this:

After some thought about the future Andrew Hughes President of Designing Digitally, Inc., has developed a video asking our industry to explain their thoughts on the evolution of virtual worlds. Below is the video created by Andrew in hope that we can get the like minded people of the industry to start thinking about implementation across platforms and gaming / virtual world engines. We would like to know your thoughts on this by posting responses below. We look forward to reading your comments to his questions!

We're proud to announce that our President / CEO here at Designing Digitally, Inc. has been accepted as a guest speaker at the International Conference on E-learning in the Workplace on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010.

Andrew will be discussing the Future of Virtual Worlds in Education where he will be touching on the standardization of effective learning and the affordances of virtual classrooms and spaces.

He will also provide incite to educators on how to effectively create a virtual classroom on a limited budget.

We are proud of Andrew, and are excited to watch his presentation at the conference located at Columbia University.

Andrew's session will be at 5:00pm. On behalf of Designing Digitally, Inc. we hope to all see you there!

Designing Digitally, Inc. is proud to help support Silpada Jewelry and Fight Her in their Walk to Cure Diabetes on April 24th.

"Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating disease that affects millions of people - a large and growing percentage of them children.

There is some good news, though. For the first time, scientists are predicting that we CAN expect to see a cure well within our lifetime!

Now, more than ever, you can make a crucial difference. Won't you please give to JDRF as generously as possible? Together, we can make the cure a reality!"

To donate and show your support, visit http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmID=87653883

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Job Title: Junior Interactive Media Designer (Programmer)

Location: Franklin, OH (between Cincinnati and Dayton)

FT/PT: Part-time

Job Level: Some Experience

Required Working Hours: Approx. 25-30 hours M-F with some flexibility

Do you love design? Being challenged? Working on new and exciting projects? Are you looking for a place to not only utilize your current skill set, but to add to that skill set as well?
If you enjoy working in a casual, yet professional atmosphere, enjoy being challenged and working in several different mediums, as well as thrive under the pressure of tight deadlines, this may be the job for you!

Designing Digitally, Inc. a small, rapidly growing company looking for a talented, goal-oriented self-starter who has the ability to incorporate the best design and technology practices to provide cohesive support of all business divisions which include E-Learning, Web Design & Development, and Virtual World Development, and Graphic Design

Job Duties May Include (but are not limited to):
• Creating Flash interactivity/animations to support Web-based training modules or interactive activities and games using Adobe Actionscript 3.0
• Developing Content Management Systems using Open-Source Applications such as Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress
• Creating and manipulating Excel documents
• Quality Control/Quality Assurance over concepts and projects
• Other programming projects as needed

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:
• Degree in Interactive Design or similar field (recent graduates encouraged to apply)
• Positive/CAN DO attitude with a willingness to pitch in and help whenever necessary
• High attention to detail a must
• Strong time management skills important
• Ability to take a project from start to finish with little supervision
• Ability to work as a team to complete large projects
• Willingness to take constructive criticism and use it to improve
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills in a tight-deadline environment
• Proven ability to multi-task and work on several projects at once
• Ability to interact with clients both written and verbally in a professional manner
• Strong understanding of the importance of excellent Customer Service
• Willingness to put in extra hours if required to meet a deadline
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new tools and techniques extremely important

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Experience in the following: HTML, CSS, FLASH, AS3, XML, PHP, MySQL, CS4
• 3D Modeling experience a plus
• .NET, C#, and JavaScript experience a plus
• InDesign experience a plus
• Experience in Graphic Design a plus

If you think this may be the job for you, we want to hear from you! Send us your resume and portfolio, as well as your availability M-F. Email your material to: jobs@designingdigitally.com with the subject as: Junior Interactive Media Designer (Programmer).

We're proud to announce the completion of another custom built content management system for one of our ongoing clients. The Ohio Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a major force in the continuous improvement of curriculum and instruction for all educators in the State of Ohio.

This content management system allows for members to have access to documentation and journals that are restricted to the general public. They also have the ability to schedule conferences that is tied into their e-commerce system so that they can have members and nonmembers purchase event tickets dynamically via the web site.

The entire site is controlled by a back end web interface which allows for the client to change all content on the site, update events, add content for members to view, create surveys dynamically, create and send out newsletters to members, and even be able to send out notifications to members that have upcoming renewal fees.

The system is completely automated to track membership accounts, activity, and purchases so that OhioASCD does not have to monitor the site constantly. We're proud to announce the launch of this new site and are excited to see the system in action for OhioASCD.

We're proud to announce the development of a promotional machinima video created for our client Florida International University. The development consisted of our team developing the detailed storyboard along with the audio commentary. Once approved our team recorded each clip corresponding with the detailed sketched storyboard. Once we have all clips approved by the client we then mashed the video clips together using Adobe Aftereffects. Take a look at the finished development below: (take into consideration it's on youtube so it's lost quality in the conversion)! For more information on how we can create your promotional video contact us today!

We have completed the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases Second Life headquarters. This island will not only create a virtual presence for the organization, but will also set a precedence for the entire cultural health society. Being the first of its kind to offer health information and guidance through a virtual platform, the Victor Center will allow visitors to view videos, read articles and listen to audio clips from real world people that are faced with unfortunate circumstances in their everyday lives. The island will also allow those who wish to share their own stories and experiences with others the ability to submit video or audio of themselves and/or text articles.

The island is complete with an outdoor auditorium, conference meeting spaces, a private consultation room, a resource building which houses all the text, video and audio pieces, and a virtual store that will allow users to purchase a Victor Center t-shirt to wear in world and show their support. A sandbox area is set up on the island for hosting building contents, which the Victor Center plans to host monthly. The final area that was added to this island is our Second Life tutorial area, as with all of our islands we don't want new users landing and feeling lost and not knowing what to do, so we make sure to add our interactive tutorials so everyone has a solid understanding of using Second Life.

For more information on how we helped the Victor Center create their virtual space or how we can create your virtual presence, contact us today!

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