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Creating Videos Using Movie Maker
Quick and Easy
By: Mary L. Lanigan, Ph.D.
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Introduction
The purpose of this workshop is to help you create videos using Movie Maker. It is
beneficial to know how to create videos in order to supplement lessons, both face-
to-face and online. Researchers state that videos are the most influential tool
professors and instructional designers have at their disposal. While there are more
sophisticated programs instructors can use to create videos, Movie Maker is free
and simple to use, regardless of your technological skills.
While this lesson continues to build on basic technology skills professors and
instructional designers employ when designing instruction, the remaining modules
will highlight other instructional design techniques that are useful to raising
students’ performances to optimal levels.
Objectives
At the end this lesson, you will be able to:
Import pictures, audios, music, and videos into Movie Maker;
Alter the order of your movie storyline;
Add text to your movie storyline; and,
Save a completed Movie Maker video.
Outline
Background Information
Equipment Needed
Target Lesson
Importing Items to the Movie Storyline
Editing the Movie Storyline
Adding text to the Movie Storyline
Saving a completed Movie Maker Video
Summary
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Background Section
Equipment Needed
In order to complete this lesson, you will need two things:
1. Download a free copy of Movie Maker; and,
2. Utilize the saved items within the lesson practice folder to help you progress
through this lesson.
To download a free copy of Windows Movie Maker, follow these steps.
Step 1: To obtain the latest
version, complete a
Google search by typing:
“Windows Live Movie
maker download.”
Note: Many versions may
appear but the download for
Windows 7 and 8 are similar.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows-Live/movie-maker
Step 2: At the Movie
Maker website, follow the
steps to download a free
copy of the software.
After downloading the Movie Maker software, copy and paste the practice file
called “project” onto your computer by going to:
www.marylanigan.com/module2/project/contents/
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Target Lesson
Importing Items to the Movie Storyline
You are now ready to make a video using Movie Maker.
To see the finished project of what we will be creating for this lesson, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjWfmA_SWag
Step 1: Open Movie
Maker by double-
clicking on the desktop
icon.
Note: If you didn’t create a
desktop shortcut, then locate
Movie Maker under
Windows Explorer or the
Programs menu.
Step 2: Notice to the
right of the Window, it
says, “Click here to
browse videos and
photos.” Let’s click on
that text to add all the
videos and photos for
this project.
Step 3: Find the
folder called “project”
that contains all the
contents for this project.
Note: You either
downloaded this folder from
the web as instructed
earlier, or the instructor
gave you instructions on
how to obtain this folder.
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Step 4: Next, click
open the pictures
folder and highlight all
the contents within the
folder.
Then click Open.
SIDE NOTE: You can
also add videos or
photos by clicking this
icon.
Step 5: Notice there are
two sides in the
Window. On the left
side is the preview
window. On the right
side is the order the
pictures will appear (the
timeline).
To see how the pictures
will run, click the
arrow below the
Preview Window.
Notice: One insert is a movie clip. Can you tell which one it is?
Editing the Movie Storyline
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Step 6: Let’s click and
drag a new image to
begin our movie.
Find the image to the
right, and drag it to the
start of the time line as
illustrated.
Step 7: Now move this
image to the second
position on the timeline
so it follows the
Welcome slide.
Step 8: Let’s add some
music to our welcome
slide.
Click Add music.
Click Add music as
illustrated.
Next, go into the
contents folder “music”
and click on
music.wav.
Click the Play arrow to
hear the Welcome slide
play with the music.
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Step 9: Since the music
goes longer than our
slide, let’s click Edit;
click the down arrow
by Duration and click
on 9.00.
Notice how the audio
shrinks on the timeline.
Step 10: Let’s also add
an animation to the
welcome slide.
Click Animations.
Select a transition.
Click the play arrow to see what you created.
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Since there are four different segments to our video, that is: (1) the Alamo; (2)
the Japanese Tea Gardens; (3) the Zoo; and, (4) The Riverwalk, let’s place a
Cinematic transition on the first slide of each of these new sections. To do so:
Click on the appropriate slide; click Animations; scroll down to Cinematic and
click.
Notice by adding animations, your slide audio length changes. Don’t worry
about it for now.
Step 11: Now we will
add some audios to the
time line.
Click your mouse on
the second slide.
Next, click add music.
Go to the project folder
and click open the
audios folder. Open
a1.wav.
Notice how the audio
goes past our second
slide. We could change
the duration so the
audio fits or we can add
a few more images to
make the audio more
interesting. We will do
the latter.
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Step 12: Copy the four
slides you added
animations to: the
Alamo; Japanese Tea
Gardens; Zoo; and
Riverwalk and paste
them following the
second slide as
illustrated.
NOTES:
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Step 13:
Adjust the
duration for
each slide so
the audio aligns
with the
images.
Slide Number Duration
Three 4.00
Four 3.00
Five 3.00
Six 5.00
Step 14: Now
we will add the
next video to
the seven slides
that introduce
the Alamo.
Click add
music.
Click open
projects;
contents;
audios/a2.wav.
Notice that the second audio spreads evenly through the
pictures we have for the Alamo. If you like how the delivery is
presented, then leave it as is. If you want to change it, then you
need to alter the durations like you did before.
Save your project by clicking Save Project As.
Name your project tour (keep the MovieMaker file extension for now).
EXERCISE: Add the remaining audios to the timeline.
You have already added audios one and two. There are four more audios. Go ahead
and add those audios to the timeline and adjust the duration as you see fit.
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Adding text to the Movie Storyline
Step 15: After
adding the
audios, let’s
add a text
capture to the
last screen.
Click Caption.
Type – “San
Antonio Tour”
Click any
effects and
duration.
Step 16: Now
let’s add some
credits to our
last slide.
Click credits.
Type: Pictures by: Mary
L. Lanigan
Script by: Mary L.
Lanigan
Step 17: Save
your project
one more time
before you save
it as a movie.
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Saving a completed Movie Maker Video
Step 18: To
save it as a
movie, click
the Save movie
icon located at
the upper right
of the screen.
Select the type
of setting that
is most
appropriate for
your needs.
For now you
may wish to
select the
YouTube
option.
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Summary
In this lesson you learned how to import pictures, audios, music, and videos into
Movie Maker. You also altered the order of your storyline, added text, and save the
completed movie as a video in the format of your choosing. You can use these
videos to enhance both online and face-to-face lessons.
In the next lesson you will build on these skills by creating structured lessons and
job aids. Both instructional tools enhance your lesson delivery by creating structure
and organization to your content so that students can follow what you are
attempting to teach them.