Notes on Naming a File and Preparations to Submit a Project

First, export your movie file from Adobe Premiere or Media Encoder (and sourced from Harmony, After Effects, and so on) as an MP4 movie file.

The way you name the file is important.

Naming convention:When you are about to upload a digital project to Moodle or to a dropbox on OneDrive:

  • Give it a proper “one-name” file, typed with “lowercase letters” and an “underscore” to signify spaces.
  • That is, NO SPACES! Underscores [ _ ] take the place for spaces.

Here are the steps. Do exactly as I ask. They are the requirements!

  1. Begin with your last name first, in lower-case
  2. Follow your last name with an underscore [ _ ]
  3. Then add your first name, in lower-case
  4. Follow your first name with an underscore [ _ ]
  5. Then add the course and section, in lower-case, all one-word with no spaces, such as <2dan200_f001>
  6. Follow the course name with an underscore [ _ ]
  7. Then add the assignment number, in lower-case, all one-word, with no spaces, such as <assignment01>
  8. Follow the assignment with the file suffix, in lower-case

By following the steps, in exact detail, your project should be titled like this example:

  • mclaren_norman_anim209f001_assignment01.mp4

For versions of files, if you have made updated revisions, use this naming, with “v” for “version”

  • mclaren_norman_2dan200_f001_assignment01_v01.mp4
  • mclaren_norman_2dan200_f001_assignment01_v02.mp4
  • mclaren_norman_2dan200_f001_assignment01_v03.mp4