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Using Movie Maker To Produce a

Teaching or Learning Resource “THE COMPUTER LAB. RULES EXERCISE”

Aim: To produce a video that outlinesthe rules to be followed in a TAFE computer laboratory.

1. Preparation1.1 Create a storyboard for your video.How many images will you have, Title,End, etc?, What text will you use on

your images, what photos will youuse/take, what will be the approximateduration of your video clips, AND whatspoken words, narration, will you use?

1.2 Using PowerPoint to develop a titleand end slide for the videoe.g. Title slide text: COMPUTER LABORATORY RULES

End slide text: KEY POINTS –No eating or drinking, mobile phones

off, etc.




1.3 Create a folder for storing your video files (referred to as a

“collection”).

1.4 Use the SAVE AS function to saveyour slides as .jpg images

2. Record your video using a digitalcamera or mobile phone.

2.1 Record a short (1min. max.) video(or video segments) of the computer laboratory.

NOTE: Check the location of your camera’s microphone and use themicrophone to record your ‘voiceover’ as you record your video. Donot cover the microphone with your

finger and ensure that you and your “actors” speak clearly.

2.2 Copy the video clip/s to your “Collection” folder.




Instructions for uploading a mobilephone video:

Mp1. After recording your mobilephone video upload the video to your Collections folder and note the file’stype e.g. 3GPPMp2. Go to the free file conversionweb site Zamzar.com and browse toyour ‘mobile’ video file.Mp3. Select the .avi file type for conversion (of the file types displayedMovie Maker will only ‘read’ the .avitype) and enter your email address.

Mp4. Go to your email account, notethe Zamzar message and click thedownload link and follow thedownload directions.Mp5. Transfer your .avi file to your

collections folder for importing intoMovie Maker.

3. Import video resources

3.1 Activate the Movie Maker softwareand use the IMPORT VIDEO and




IMPORT PICTURES to import your images and video from the Collection

folder.

3.2 Click and drag your images andvideo to the VIDEO TIMELINENOTE: Problems may occur during your video production e.g. MovieMaker has a tendency to “crash”,

particularly with large projects.Therefore it is advisable to saveyour work regularly as a project that can be recovered and

recloaded.

3.3 Select FILE and then SAVEPROJECT and save your work to your Collection folder – it will be a

.MSWMM file.

3.4 Click and drag the blue timelineslider to the beginning of your video,click the play button and review your video.




4. ADD A VOICE NARRATION FOR YOUR IMAGE CLIPS.

4.1 Prepare a script or key pointprompts for each image clip’snarration.

4.2 Select the clip for your first image,the title slide.

4.3 Select TOOLS and then NARRATETIMELINE. Click START NARRATIONand record the script for your clip. ClickSTOP NARRATION to finish. Save

your audio file to your Collection ANDSAVE YOUR PROJECT.Repeat for other image clips.

4.4 Note that your audio clips are a

different length to your image clips. For each image clip, click the image clipand drag until its length corresponds tothe length of the audio clip. NOTE thatyou can click and drag audio clips toposition them adjacent to their

corresponding image clip.




5. ADD TRANSITION EFFECTS

5.1 To add transition effects betweenclips select VIEW VIDEOTRANSITIONS and click and drag therequired transition to the timeline andplace between the relevant clips.NOTE: transitions will overlap thevideo and audio clips slightly.

6. PRODUCE THE VIDEO AS AMOVIE FILE6.1 Select FINISH MOVIE and then

SAVE TO MY COMPUTER. Enter aname for your video and save either toyour Collections folder or a folder for your video teaching resources.

6.2 Note the movie settings optionsand compare your file size for “bestquality for playback on my computer”with selections from “other settings”.For this exercise choose “best qualityfor playback on my computer” and

click NEXT.




6.3 You can now either play your videousing a desktop application or upload

your video to a WWW host service for embedding in your class wiki or blog.

7. Online tutorials:voice narrationhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/narration.mspx

background musichttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u

sing/moviemaker/create/addmusic.mspx

transitions and special effectshttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u

sing/moviemaker/create/addspecialfx.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/narration.mspx



http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/addmusic.mspx



http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/addspecialfx.mspx












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