CCIU+Presentation+NOTES

Digital Storytelling webinar (March 27, 2009, 1-2 pm) **
 * Additional Information as metioned in

// These 'notes' are to correlate with the Digital Storytelling with Photostory 3 presentation via Elluminate on March 27. The full transcript of the presentation can be found at [|vclass.cciu.org] and then click on the tab for RECORDINGS. // __**Programs mentioned during webinar**__: //Hopefully I have covered everything extra that I mentioned during the webinar. If you have any questions, please contact me. Remember to HAVE FUN!//
 * **Rubistar** - creates customized rubrics for a variety for projects . - [|rubistar.4teachers.org]
 * **PBL Checklists** - creates project checklists to guide students through the requirements of your projects - [|pblchecklists.4teachers.org]
 * __ Suggestions __:**
 * **Keep the variety of effects to a minium**. Too many can distract the viewer from the message. Too few can bore the viewer.
 * TEXT: try to keep the use of text to a minimum unless you dedicate and entire slide to it. Encourage the students to place the text away from the central point to the images. Don't let it detract from what is happening in the image.
 * Use contrasting rules for increased readability. Dark background, light text. Avoid complimentary colors (like pink on red).
 * CUSTOMIZE MOTION: Once you pick where you want to start, it will change the timing on the slide. This gives the presentation some great emphasis on some pictures. Try to balance out the presentation by not using customized motion on a few slides. Save the effects for making a point.
 * Remember to watch your timings as changing the customized motion will change the video length. You may find that you need a longer timing to avoid a feeling of the viewer being rushed from slide to slide.
 * **Save, save and save**. Remind your students to save both ways.
 * (1) Save the PROJECT-- this will allow them to go back and make edits without creating the entire project again from scratch. The PROJECT SAVE is always an uncompressed format keeping all the layers separate.
 * If you are adding your music, as opposed to creating, to your presentation, then you will need access to the file when in PROJECT format.
 * (2) Final format. This is where you file and all its elements are being merged into one file and layer. It is made into a video file, .wmv format.
 * Before your students begin this step, it is best to review how the final file will be used. Will it be a posted on the web? Presented from a computer? or able to be downloaded to an iPod? Determine this ahead of time and then change your options in the SETTINGS tab.
 * **Adding Titles and Credits**. I have found it best to create a title or credit's page in PowerPoint (PPT). In PPT, I am able to make the text big and see how it is place on the slide. This will show me how it will look in picture format (.jpg). Follow these steps:
 * (1) Open PPT, create a slide with text.
 * (2) Click on SAVE AS. In the field for SAVE AS TYPE, scroll down and choose the option for JPG.
 * (3) Once you give it a name you will then be prompted to determine if you want to export EVERY SLIDE in presentation or JUST THIS SLIDE. Regardless which you choose, each slide will export as a single picture file. You may only need a specific slide though and that is why they ask that.