9 Digital Production and Publishing Free Online FlashCards

What is a production workflow?

A planned sequence of tasks, decisions, and reviews that guides a project from its brief through publication and maintenance.

What is a digital asset?

A media file or related production item that a project stores and uses, such as a photograph, recording, video clip, graphic, or editable project file.

When should accessibility be addressed in production?

Accessibility should be considered during planning, creation, and testing—not postponed until final formatting—because early design choices affect which alternatives can be provided.

Does buying a copy automatically permit every reuse?

Buying a copy does not by itself grant permission for every reuse; establish ownership and the uses allowed before publishing.

How should a digital item be prepared for its publishing channel?

Publishing makes a completed item available through a channel. Export a version suited to that channel’s requirements for file type, size, dimensions, captions, metadata, or playback.

What should a production brief define?

Identify the project’s purpose, audience, deliverables, publishing channels, schedule, budget, success criteria, and applicable accessibility and technical requirements.

What does asset management do?

It organizes materials from creation or acquisition through use, storage, and eventual replacement or preservation, making them easier to identify, find, verify, and reuse.

Why keep a primary asset file separate from delivery versions?

Keep the unchanged source or primary file when practical, and make separate working copies and delivery versions. A compressed export may be unsuitable for later editing.

What information can asset metadata contain?

Metadata is information about an asset, such as its title, creator, date, format, description, source, rights, and permitted uses.

How should alternative text support image access?

Alternative text should communicate an image’s relevant information or function. Decorative images can be marked for assistive technology to ignore; complex charts may need fuller explanations.

What access alternatives may video need?

Provide captions for meaningful speech or sounds, and an appropriate text alternative or audio description when visual information is not conveyed by the soundtrack.

Why should important information not rely on color alone?

Do not rely on color alone to convey important information; use additional cues so the information is still clear without color distinctions.