1. FIRST!
1. Go to D2L > our class site > “In-class Materials for Activities” 2. Locate the three zip files: IMAGES, MUSIC, and VIDEO 3. Download—to your computer’s desktop—each of the three .zip files: • images.zip • music.zip • video.zip 4. Create a new folder on your desktop and name it “digital video for in-class” 5. Unzip the .zip files (by double-clicking on each .zip file) and drag and drop all the files to the “digital video for in-class” folder on your desktop NOTE: You can’t actually access and do anything with the files inside the .zip archives until you download them and then “unzip” them

2. Digital Video Making Activity
Purposes:
to learn how to use moviemaking software;
to practice expressing ideas through the combination of visuals, audio, and written text;
to understand the affordances (and limitations) of digital video making; and
to practice patience.

3. In-class Activity
Goal: to create a 30-second-or-so (25 seconds is okay; 40 seconds is okay; 2 minutes is not okay) digital video argument about one of the following:
what creativity means to you
what freedom means to you
what learning means to you
what writing means to you
Materials: can only use the materials provided in D2L—images, audio clips, and video clips—but
you can cut, clip, edit, mix, mash, and play with them as much as you like and
you can also add text and titles, and use any of the effects and transitions embedded within the moviemaking software.

4. Launch either Windows MovieMaker…
if you have a Windows computer running XP or newer, you should have Windows MovieMaker installed on it (it came bundled with XP)
if you have a Windows computer running Windows 7 or 8, you can download MovieMaker Live for Windows 7 from:
NOTE: this will prompt you to install the entire Live Suite; you will likely want to customize the install to only install Movie Maker
or launch iMovie…
if you have a relatively new Apple computer, you should have iMovie installed on it (it comes bundled with most Macintosh OS)
if you need to install iMovie, you can do so from the Mac App Store:

5. The digital video should craft an argument about one of the following
Using files in the folder you created on your desktop, compose an approximately 30-second digital video
The digital video should craft an argument about one of the following
what creativity means to you
what freedom means to you
what learning means to you
what writing means to you
by using:
the images
the music clips
the video clips
written text inside the movie-making application
*** you can also add transitions inside the movie-making application

6. Saving your work to submit
exporting or saving your video file can be difficult if you’re new to this, so be patient with it and yourself the activity deliverable is your video file,
For Windows MovieMaker:
save or export as a .mp4 file (DO NOT SAVE AS .wlmp)
For iMovie:
you CANNOT upload a raw project file (like a .mswmm file) or a noncompatible, proprietary Apple file (like a .m4v file).
save or export as a .mp4

7. Saving in MovieMaker
As you work, save your file as a project file (File > Save)
When you are done
composing your movie:
1. select File > Save movie
2. select “For computer”
3. when prompted, name your movie
4. ignore the settings options and just click through to save your video as a .wmv file

8. Saving in iMovie
As you work, save your file as a project file (File > Save)
When you are done composing your movie:
1. select Share > Export using QuickTime
2. when prompted, name your movie
3. ignore the settings options and just click through to save your finished video as a .mov file