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Animoto.com. Visit: http://animoto.com/education/ Sign up and wait for a promotional code. Your promotional code will be sent to you in a couple of days. Your students need to use this promotional code in order to make free animoto.com videos. Animoto.com. The first step to making a video:
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Animoto.com • Visit: http://animoto.com/education/ • Sign up and wait for a promotional code. • Your promotional code will be sent to you in a couple of days. • Your students need to use this promotional code in order to make free animoto.com videos.
Animoto.com • The first step to making a video: • Make sure you have “Quicktime” installed. • You can always download a free version of it. • Create a picture file from a Google Images search (JPEG images only) or from your own camera. • Choose to make a full-length video • Download the pictures into Animoto.com • You may arrange the pictures in any order. • There is also a text box to add text.
Animoto.com • You may need to convert your I-tunes (MP4 format) to a MP3 format. • Download Cdex, free software for conversion to MP3 format. Google “Cdex” or visit http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=CDEX
Animoto.com • Animoto offers a “T” tool for adding text. • However, you may convert your text into a picture by downloading a free version of cooltext.com • It can make your text look like a “graffiti” picture, “wave” etc.
Animoto.com • The third step to making a video: • Go ahead and ask Animoto to create the video. • You may turn off or leave the computer. • They will email you the final product in about an hour. • You may go back and remix any portion of the video. • All of your versions of your videos will be saved until you delete them.