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February 18, 2025

Inform: Visual Literacy
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  1. Sign in, stowe your other devices, log into a Chromebook, and go to WYAW (While You Are Waiting).

  2. Finishing up with visual literacy and AI visual creation:
    These generate images from your prompt:

    These do other things with images including games:

  3. Table Groups: Uses of video in the classroom. How are you seeing teachers (e.g., your CE) using video? Write four ideas on your lo-tech whiteboard.

  4. Let's make some video and start with a cloud-based tool that is considered a Web 2.0 tool (in the cloud).
    Getting started with ANIMOTO: An online video creation tool - basic with some but not as much control as other tools.
    • See these examples from our colleagues:
    • Go to Pixabay https://pixabay.com/ and download any three images you like to your Chromebook (files area or Google Drive).
      OR
    • Use the NC images in this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ElUlJU9mFn1hdOvPAekWa8q45mauJUQE?usp=sharing

    • Next, https://animoto.com/ and create a free personal account with your class gmail address. Type your password carefully as you only enter it once. View it to make sure it's what you wish to use.

    • Click "Personal Use", the blue "Create a video" button, and then "Start from Scratch" in the top right corner of the screen

    • Pick a Theme (this can be changed later, if you wish); Landscape aspect ratio, and skip the media upload ("Close" in the bottom right corner, and the tour (you can watch if you wish but don't have to).

    • We're going to do this first one together and then you'll have studio time to work on a new one that is your own.

    • Begin an Animoto using your own images and video or search, download, and use some from one of our free sites such as Pixabay https://pixabay.com/ or Pexels http://pexels.com/ NOTICE that most the Stock library is only for paid accounts - avoid these. Scroll down and you can use the free stock, if you wish. I'd recommend using your own or what you have downloaded from Pixabay or another free site.

      • Upload your images and video using the Media Library: Project tab to the right of the screen.

      • To start your video, add a title by clicking on the existing block at the bottom of the screen and adding text. You can also add an image in the background, if you wish

      • Next, add a block with images, text, and/or video to your video project timeline/storyboard by clicking the + icon at the bottom of the screen. You will have a variety of layouts to choose from and once you make a selection, this will add a block in which you can add images, video, and/or text.

      • Add at least 4 blocks with visuals in addition to your title

      • Now, explore the soundtrack for your video. Suggestion: use the music Animoto offers (see music notes icon to choose at top of screen)

      • ADVANCED ADVENTURERS:
        You may also use one of these sound files from the free site, Incompetech (http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free) Download it by right clicking and saving it to your files area and then uploading into Animoto. This is CC0 music.
        Corncob.mp3 // Flutey Funk.mp3 // Somewhere Sunny.mp3 // Wallpaper.mp3

      • Explore and play with uploading photos, video, uploading your own music *be aware of copyright*, adding captions and other text elements

        • Your final video can be about anything you wish - your choice.

        The following elements are required:

        • A text block at the start of your video with your title
        • At least 4 or more images and/or video (NOTE: images alone are fine, no video is required)
        • Music of your choice
        • Must be between 30 seconds and 2:30 minutes in length

      • Once your video is finished, click the Export button in the top right corner; be patient it may take a little while. To get the viewable link to share, click the Link option to the right of the screen.
        animotosharelink

      • You can continue editing but once you like what you see, copy the link and add it to your Google Site for Web 2.0 #2 tool either embedded or as a clickable link. (Save the rest of the profile for later, if you wish - DUE September 28)

    This tutorial walks you through from start to finish with the start from "Scratch" option and shows how to use different text and image/video layouts as well as how to add music.


ROYALTY FREE MEDIA

Visuals: Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash, Morguefile

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Media Resources from Penn State
http://mediacommons.psu.edu/free-media-library/

OER Commons: Free Digital Library and Network of Educational Resources
https://www.oercommons.org/

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Speeches
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of_the_20th_Century

All Media, mostly Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Public Domain Image Websites
https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/

Access some fabulous visual and audio media collections at the Library of Congress (some but not all are in the Public Domain) https://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html