Software

=Software Programs =

 The students used the following software programs to create their instructional videos.
 * 1) **MovieMaker**: Free and easy to use program to create videos. Students enjoyed adding music, sound effects, text, and transitions to enhance their movies. ([|Windows Movie Maker_Directions.pdf])
 * 2) **PhotoStory**: Another free and easy to use program that enables you to create a video out of still pictures. This program is perfect for panning up or down a tall monument. Simple take a portrait photo and then select your starting and ending points in the program. (tutorial:[|PS PhotoStory.pdf])
 * 3) **Microsoft PowerPoint**: Occassionally students used PowerPoint to edit a picture that would be used within MovieMaker or PhotoStory. PowerPoint allows you to save each slide as a jpeg image.