Lord+of+the+Flies+Project+Videos

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies Tic Tac Toe assignment: 


 * Creating an Animoto video **

Animoto is a website that will turn a PowerPoint into a 30 second music video!!

1st: Create a PowerPoint.

Use your creativity to design a visually appealing presentation. You MUST keep the text to a reasonable amount. Each slide in your Powerpoint presentation will only be seen for a few seconds; so if there is too much text on the slide, your audience will not be able to read everything!!

You also need to consider the color and size of your text. Make sure your audience can read it easily.

Make good decisions about what images and text you want to include. Remember you will only have 30 seconds, so you have to make some hard choices on what you will and will not be able to say. You can only have 7-10 slides.

2nd: Save your Powerpoint as a picture file.

Since Animoto uses pictures to make the video, in order to add text, you will need to create a picture of your words.To do this, simply open your Powerpoint.


 * 1) While in your Powerpoint file, select "File", then "Save as".
 * 2) Select your location to save. (I recommend “Documents Library”, unless you have a flash drive)
 * 3) Name your file and **__select "Save as Type"--JPEG file.__** **It automatically will default to "presentation"....you MUST change it to JPEG!!!**

Now your PowerPoint slide is a picture file!!

3rd: Go to www.animoto.com You will need to sign up for a free account. Just enter your email address, name, and a password and you will be able to begin making your video.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Animoto will walk you through making your video, but if you need help, just ask!!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">When you are done with your animoto video, follow the directions to add your video to this wiki page!

1st: Copy your embeddable code from Animoto. (Click on the blue box labeled "video toolbox". Click "embed" and "copy code".)

2nd: Back on the wiki, click on the link for your class period.

3rd: Click on edit in the top right hand corner.

4th: Click "widget" at the top. Then click "other html".

5th: Paste your embeddable code and SAVE.

6th: Clcik "Save" again at the top of the page. You will need to type in the security code to authorize the update.

7th: Your video should now be on the wiki!