1. DIGITAL STORY WORKSHOP
Introducing Windows Movie Maker
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2. Digital Story – Must Haves
 Visuals - Images/Video Pieces
 Narration
 Background Music /Sound effects
 Title slide
 Credits slide
 Transitions between images / Effects
• Check Digital Story iRubric (w200 website)
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3. WORKSHOP GROUPS
• Divide the class into two groups
o iMovie
o Window Movie Maker
• One group in the classroom and the other
group in the TTL (Led by a ULA or a TTL staff)
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4. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
• Rationale for using Windows Movie Maker:
o It is a FREE, relatively easy to use, provides various features
o Download Windows Movie Maker 2.6 Free
• Where to checkout equipment:
o Library http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=3757
o ETS https://info.educ.indiana.edu/ttlreserve/Default.aspx
o TTL
• Release form from Guardians/Parents for participants under
18 and any other participants in your digital story.
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5. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Overview of some of its functions:
• Importing media (images, sounds, video, etc)
• Timeline view
• Effects (applied to slides)
• Titles, on-screen text, and credits
• Saving a project file (work in progress): MSWMM file
• Publishing your final project to movie file: .WMV file
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6. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 1. Add narration to your movie
1. Import audio or music into Movie Maker.
2.Browse and add your narration (.mp3) to your project.
3.In Timeline View, add your narration.
You might need to use the split function to cut your
narration.
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7. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 2. Importing your pictures to your project
1. Go to Movie Tasks on the left
2. Choose Import Pictures
3. Browse and choose the pictures from your
computer (You should have at least 5 images
ready for practice)
4. In Storyboard view, drag your pictures in order to
begin making your movie.
* Storyboard view versus Timeline view
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8. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 2. Importing your pictures to your project
5. Use the “Drag” function in Timeline view to adjust
the length of your images according to your
narration.
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9. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 3. Adding Effects and Transitions
• When and why should you use these?
1. Edit Movie >> View video effects from the left side
2. Drag the video effects to your picture
3. Drag transitions in-between the images in the
storyboard view
4. Play your movie to preview (before saving!)
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10. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 4. Publish your Movie without music
• Make sure all your files are in the right place
• Play and listen to it and view it before publishing
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11. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part4 (Cont.). How to Publish your movie
o Go to File >> Publish Movie/Save movie file (depends
on the version of your movie maker)
o Make sure you save it to the desktop, and then after
you have published it, drag it to your flash/USB drive
and upload it to Box.iu.edu acccount
o Name it this way: DigitalStory_yourname_NoMusic
o Your finished file will be a WMV file, NOT a MSWMM
file
o Let’s try it together…
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12. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 5. Add Music to your movie
1. Create a new movie project
2. Import your published movie file (with narration)
into the timeline
3. Add music to the audio/music track
4. Adjust the volume of your music to make sure it is
not too loud.
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13. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
Part 6: Inserting the“Title” and “Credits” pages
o In Storyboard view
o “Edit” --> “Titles and Credits”
o Make sure to have (1) title and (2) your name on
your title page (You can use PPT slide for your title
page as well).
o Make sure to include credits for pictures, music,
sounds, etc. THIS is where you will cite your sources.
(For the credit slide, use the PPT template and save it as a jpeg
file)
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14. Introducing Windows Movie Maker
• Part 7. Publish your Movie with music
Make sure you playback to preview your movie before
you publish the final version.
1. Go to File >> Publish Movie/Save movie file (depends
on the version of your movie maker).
2. Make sure you save it to the desktop, and then after
you have published it, drag it to your flash/USB drive.
3. Name it this way: DigitalStory_yourname
• Now you are ready to upload your movie to YouTube.
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15. Finishing Up
Part 8. Upload your movie to YouTube
1. Go to YouTube
2. Login with the following account
 Username: w200iu@gmail.com
 Password: w200rocks
 Click on the Upload button
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