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Creating Videos Using Movie Maker

Quick and Easy

By: Mary L. Lanigan, Ph.D.

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/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows-Live/movie-maker

http://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.

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