animoto setup

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Getting Started

• www.animoto.com• http://animoto.com/education

– Note: Registering for Education takes few days

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Create Video

• Click CREATE VIDEO to get started• Choose Video Length

– Free: 30 second short videos– Educators: Full-length videos free!

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3 Ways to Get Images

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After granting access to your online albums, click RETRIEVE next to the

album you want to use so Animoto can import your

pictures!

Animoto can import

pictures from these

photo sharing sites!!

Arrange Images

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• Add Text for your slideshow where needed

• Choose important pictures to be SPOTLIGHTed by clicking Spotlight (adds extra attention to that image)

• Click CONTINUE after setting up images

Choose Your Music

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Make sure you follow

Copyright/Fair

Use/Creative Commons

Guidelines if uploading your own

music!

Can preview each track by clicking PLAY. To select

for your Animoto, click SELECT

Music Settings

• After selecting music, you can choose where you want your music to START for your Animoto.

• Click SAVE & CONTINUE to proceed

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Finalize Video• Choose Length (Animoto

Short for MDMC practice)• Choose Image Pacing

(how fast images will move)

• Choose one of your pictures to be the “cover” screen of the video

• Click Continue when finished to proceed

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Enter Video Info

• Fill out information about your video!

• Click CREATE VIDEO to proceed

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If you get the above message, may want to go back and DELETE some pictures

Video will create; don’t close this window!

Wait until it finishes and you

Taking to Next Level

• Sharing!• Embedding!• Downloading!• Posting to You Tube!

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The VIDEO TOOLBOX

gives you all kinds of

options for sharing,

remixing, and exporting

your Animoto!

Share on FacebookPost to Twitter

Share on MySpaceShare with Friends

TIPS

• REMIX if you don’t like• Select multiple pics at once

– Mac: Hold COMMAND ( or ⌘) while clicking– PC: Hold CTRL while clicking

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Discussion

• How can we use this in the classroom?• How can this kind of service ENHANCE

what you are already doing?• How can students use this?

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