Digital Story Workshop and Copyright

WEEK 3

WHERE ARE WE?

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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

• In general, good job! • Issues:

– Script length (Movie 2-2.5 minute)– Number of Storyboard Slides– Draw images instead of describing– Focus (Address topics)– Creativity

GENERAL FEEDBACK ON STORYBOARDS

• Creating & Collecting Images– Copyright– Ways to create images – will be addressed

later

• Recording Narration – Audacity

AFTER STORYBOARDS

COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES(No more than 3 external images for this assignment)

purpose : Non-commercial and educational purpose

HOW TO COLLECT A CITATION FOR AN IMAGE

Demo (Try it on your own as well)

1.Go to a copyright free website e.g. http://search.creativecommons.org/

2.Enter search word to find images for your story e.g. <computer>

3.Select the image that you like.4.Right click on the image5.Save image as

Other copyright-free websites are on the W200 Website

WAYS TO CREATE IMAGES

Be CREATIVE… but PROFESSIONAL at the same time…

Here are some ways to create your own images…

REMEMBER THERE ARE OTHER WAYS AS WELL…

HOW TO RECORD YOUR NARRATION USING AUDACITY

ULA Demo:Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio• Edit MP3 and WAV sound files• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together

1.Go to programs on your computer and type audacity.2.Start the program.

HOW TO RECORD YOUR NARRATION USING AUDACITY

Click on the red Record button to begin recording.

Click on the blue Pause button to pause the recording. Press it again to continue.

Click on the yellow Stop button to cease recording. The cursor will return to its previous position, before the recording was started

HOW TO SAVE YOUR NARRATION AS AN MP3 FILE?

1. Click the File menu2. Click Export As MP33. Click OK on the opening panel4. Save the file to your flash memory into the narration

folder. See the Audacity job aid on the week 3

Important Notes:• Quality of the narration is EXTREMELY important • You can use TTL to record your narration – not

recommended though… • Other audio-recording programs can be used as well

(MP3)E.g. Digital sound recorder

FOR NEXT WEEK (WEEK #4)

1.Create at least 5 of your images. Review how you can create your own images.

2.If you use external online images (max 3). Find them before week 4 and keep them in your flash drive. Make sure to keep the URLs of these files as well.

3.Record your narration using audacity or other audio-recording tools (Remember quality & mp3)

4.Make sure to keep all the files on your flash drive. Bring your flashdrive to week 4 class.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR YOUR DIGITAL STORY

• Create a main folder in your flash drive, and name it as Digital Story

• Create subfolders for your: images, music file(s), narration and others

• All your files need to be saved on your flash drive