Tech Tips for Movie Maker 2.0
Make sure that all your students save their work to the correct folder.
o Use the S Drive –Teacher –Workspace Folder
o Make folders for your students-by group
o Folders with in folders to help them organize their project
Pictures
Video
Audio
o When their movie is complete – Save to your Inbox
Discourage students from trying to work at school and at home
o If they want to do this – make sure they render (Step 3) the movie each
time
o They will need to Import the Video into Movie Maker each time they
want to start to work on the movie
o Don’t forget to check or uncheck the “Create Clips for Video Files”
box on the Import window
IMPORTANT –Although it holds all the relevant information, a movie
maker project does not contain copies of the source files (the actual
pictures, videos or sound files), nor does it hold a copy of the finished
movie. It only includes links or the paths to these files on the computer,
where to start and stop each clip, and what effects, transitions, and text
to use. Once you have started a Movie Maker project do not move or
rename any of these source files or Movie Maker will not be able to
find them.
The extension for a Movie Maker project is .MSWMM which stands for
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker.
The default setting for the final movie is .wmv which stands for Windows
Media Video but you also can save it as an .avi file.
You can use music tracks from a CD for your movie but you must first
“rip” them and save them to the folder on your computer first. Windows
Media Player which is on KSD computers will do this for you. If you place
the CD in the computer and open Window Media Player – “Rip” is one of
the options for you. You will have to make sure that you save the file as a
.wma or .mp3 and in the correct folder location.
Make all Setting changes before you start adding to the Story Board or
Timeline. It is best to not have any one still image last for longer than 2-3
seconds at most. The human brain gets bored for times longer than that.
Make sure that your students have enough pictures for the length of their
movie. A typical 2-3 minute still image video will need between 60-90
image unless the students are creative in breaking up the movie with title
transitions and video clips.
If you want to make a VCD or a DVD with your movie, you will have to
open it with another software package – so save it as an .AVI.
Scaffold this project with your students.
Use formative assessments and checkpoints for you students along the
way.
Review their storyboards before they even start Movie Maker.
Use a Organizing template to help them narrate the pictures/videos in
their video
Make sure you plan and give students adequate time to give you a
quality project
Schedule computers and TOSA time early
Laptops will work for small movies – 2-3 minutes in length maybe up
to 5 if you save and render often.
Use desktops for movies 4-10 minutes in length. NEVER assign a
movie longer than 10 minutes including credits. Our equipment can’t
handle it.
If you want your students’ videos to be viewed by an authentic
audience you can upload videos to http://teachertube.com
Encourage you building to purchase sets of headphones/microphones.
Supported file types include:
Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpv2, .wm,
and .wmv
Picture files: .bmp,, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff, ..wmf
Audiio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and
.wma