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Animoto : Video Creation Made Easy. Colleen Monahan Dobbs Heritage High School. Sample Animoto Video. Cancer Awareness Day Video (Heritage SCA): http://animoto.com/play/1jaBSr7sk10rwBlgLs0y3g. What is Animoto ?. Animoto.com Web-based video animation tool
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Animoto: Video Creation Made Easy Colleen Monahan Dobbs Heritage High School
Sample Animoto Video • Cancer Awareness Day Video (Heritage SCA): http://animoto.com/play/1jaBSr7sk10rwBlgLs0y3g
What is Animoto? • Animoto.com • Web-based video animation tool • Choose music/theme… input pictures and short phrases… program animates for you! • Various pricing plans… • Teacher Decision… • Have students create their own “lite” accounts? • Sign-up students under your education account?
Possible Uses • Teacher Tool: • Videos for School Announcements • Videos for Classroom • Teaser to a book • Introduction to a new unit • Student Tool: • Presentation Tool • Fulfill Multimedia Strand of SOL standards • SAMPLE = Amendment Research – Multimedia Presentation
Click to change song Click to add text to pic slide Click & drag to move Use to add more slides
Adding Text to Picture - #2 Click to exit
Final Screen (before publication) Check video length Save to edit later Tools for advanced version Click here if you’re ready to preview and/or publish
Preview Video Screen Add a title “Produce” if you like it; “Continue editing” if you don’t!
Share the Video Students can email video to teacher Educator account allows you to save as mp4
Completed Videos • Sample Video (Instructor/Dobbs): http://animoto.com/play/DxQUVv1R6Tebo3TzlLGBqQ • Sample Video #1 (Student – Amendment Project): http://animoto.com/play/HT3laavXgKkNuNraKq09hw • Sample Video #2 (Student – Amendment Project): http://animoto.com/play/WwWAvBszMNtyynkiDBxuuA
Helpful Hints • Introduce Animoto to students • Remind students to save pictures to a folder • Provide students a brainstorming template • Encourage students to be thoughtful about the images/words they choose • Specify a minimum and maximum number of slides • Be sure to tell students how they will “share” video • Require that students use music already in Animoto program or use “lyric-free” music • Student may create video in connection with a speech, essay, etc as part of a larger assignment.