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Most computer labs at Middlebury should be able to handle all the media and methods of referring to that media listed below:

Shockwave Applications

The following web applications require the Shockwave player

Sounds and Tones:
This is a Director shockwave application for studying Chinese sounds and tones.

Sounds and Tones (development version)

Chinese Test of Reading Comprehension (CTRC):
This is another Director shockwave application that is an adaptive reading exam.

MiddMedia

Below is video from MiddMedia that uses an embedded Flash player:

[middmedia E966CA341E9D26A5EA67ECDE36E4C402 achapin wordpress-updates01.mp4 width:400 height:300]

Below is audio from MiddMedia using an embedded Flash player:

[middmedia E966CA341E9D26A5EA67ECDE36E4C402 achapin Capture%20-%20Overview.mp3 width:400 height:300]

Embedded MP3 audio

The following sites contain links to mp3 audio files that require  an embedded Flash player:

French in Action
Phonetique Progressive
Al-Kitaab

Media File Links

Below are links to various types of media files.  How these media files are handled by the web browser depends on:

  • The browser
  • The OS
  • Media applications and plugins

Most browsers can be configured to use certain media applications or plugins to handle particular types of media files.  Internet Explorer is unique in that how it handles a given media file type is dependent on how the Windows OS is configured, not the browser….

.mp3 audio file link
http://middmedia.middlebury.edu/media/achapin/Capture-howtodoit.mp3

.mp4 video file link:
http://middmedia.middlebury.edu/media/achapin/screenflow01.mp4

Language School Online Placement Exams

Here is a link to the Measure, for most online placement exams (except the Chinese School).  Of online placement exams only the Russian and Chinese Schools will have students who need to take the exam at Middlebury. 

Measure >>
 

The Chinese School placement exam requires Shockwave, see

iTunes in Lab

Students may need to download audio files from Segue onto lab computers for use on their own or loaner iPods.  Here is a link to some sites that students may download from:
French in Action
Phonetique Progressive
Al-Kitaab 

Here are sample instructions for students (taken from French in Action site):

To put audio files on your iPod, here are the steps

  1. Click on link to the set of audio files you need to study (see above)
  2. Save this file to your computer
  3. Double-Click on this file lessonXX.zip (e.g. lesson1-6.zip) to decompress it
  4. Drag the lesson1-6 folder from your computer into your iTunes library
  5. Browse your iTunes library where:
    Genre = Language-French
    or
    Artist = French in Action
  6. Connect your iPod to your computer.
  7. Drag and drop the audio file(s) from your iTunes library to your iPod (see animation below)