ICT Skills for Teachers

Create a movie (Intermediate level)

As a teacher you may give your learners a classroom project about a relevant local issue. After finding and processing information, and reaching their own conclusions, you may require them (or give them the option) to create a movie or a photo story. The learners will use Windows Live Movie Maker to do this task.

Note: You may require earphones and microphone for this scenario.

Create your own movie - one which you will find useful. Follow this example. To do so you would typically work through the following steps:

- Start Windows Live Movie Maker
- Create a movie
- Add transitions to a movie
- Change the photo visual effects
- Add narration to a movie
- Add a soundtrack to a movie
- Add titles, captions and credits to a movie

Create your own movie - one which you will find useful. Follow this example. To do so you would typically work through the following steps:

1.	Plan a movie.
2.	Start Movie Maker. See how »
3.	Create a movie: To start with just create a movie and then return to make editing changes. See how »
4.	Change the transitions: Transitions refer to the way that one slide or clip changes to the next.
5.	Change the photo and visual effects: This is optional, but it gives your the opportunity to add artistic effects if they are appropriate. See how »
6.	Add a narration: The narration will require a sound file or a microphone. You can record the narration using a number of other applications. See how »
7.	Add a soundtrack: It is not easy to superimpose sound over narration (for instance, background music), but the tip sheet will suggest a way to do this. See how »
8.	Add titles, captions and credits: Finally give credit where it is due. Be careful to not overdo the captions and to only use them if appropriate. See how »

Related scenarios

» Create a song using SongSmith
» Create a collage using AutoCollage