I have separated these things into four steps as follows. Though there are several different ways to create a movie using Movie Maker, it is usually best to do certain things before others. It also provides previews of what different effects and transitions will look like before actually adding them to the project. The Preview panel shows what the completed video will look like in real time. It is also the area where narration can be added once all the elements have been assembled. The Timeline/Storyboard is the area where pictures, video footage, and audio can be sequenced. It is important to note that files must be imported into this folder before they can be used in any video project. The Imported Media folder shows all of the files which can be dragged and dropped into the timeline/storyboard to create a video. The Tasks bar shows all of the options for importing files, editing files, adding text to pictures and video, creating transitions between pictures, and finalizing and exporting the completed video.
After this explanation, I will describe how a Movie Maker project can be used in an EFL/ESL classroom.įigure 1 shows the four important sections of the screen which appear when Movie Maker is opened: the storyboard/timeline, the imported media folder, the preview screen, and the tasks bar. In this article, I will explain each step in creating a digital film using Movie Maker. It allows users to combine pictures and video footage together with text, music, and narration into a digital video file, thus lending itself particularly well to digital storytelling projects (Czarnecki, 2009 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, 2007). Movie Maker 6.0, which is standard on all Windows Vista systems, is a program designed to allow people with relatively little technical knowledge to be able to do exactly this. Nonetheless, one technique that seems to have passed these tests and become quite popular is that of digital storytelling, a type of project in which students must put together pictures, text, video footage, and their own recorded voices to form coherent video narratives (Adams, 2009 Hull & Katz, 2006 Ianotti, 2005 Ohler, 2006 Robin, 2008).
However, technology continues to evolve rapidly (Bitner & Bitner, 2002 Wang & Reeves, 2003), making it difficult to find lasting, meaningful, and effective ways to use technology to help students achieve their learning goals. User friendly and available in many languages.Īll levels of education are feeling the push to integrate technology into teaching. PC with Windows XP or Vista, 7.04 MB free memoryĪvailable as a free download included with most versions of Windows XP and Windows VistaĪllows users to combine video, pictures, audio, and text to create videos.
March 2010 – Volume 13, Number 4 Windows Movie Maker ver.
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