Effective Web 2.

0 Tools for the Classroom: Part 4

Johan Eddy Luaran

i-Learn Center Universiti Teknologi MARA 2014

First Published 2014

All right reserved. No part of this publication may reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recorded or by any storage information or retrival system, without the prior written permission from the author.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 POWTOON ........................................................................ 1 CHAPTER 2 IMAGECHEF .................................................................. 15 CHAPTER 3 BITESLIDE ..................................................................... 40 CHAPTER 4 FOTOFLEXER ................................................................ 55 CHAPTER 5 SHAPE COLLAGE .......................................................... 73 CHAPTER 6 STUPEFLIX .................................................................... 97 CHAPTER 7 PIXTON ......................................................................... 114 CHAPTER 8 SCRATCH ...................................................................... 124 CHAPTER 9 GOANIMATE ................................................................ 130 CHAPTER 10 FOTOR .......................................................................... 134 CHAPTER 11 KIZOA ........................................................................... 149 CHAPTER 12 MUSEUM BOX............................................................. 157 REFERENCES ...................................................................................... 163

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POWTOON

Website: http://www.powtoon.com/

Description Powtoon is an online service to create interesting animated features such as handwriting animation, cartoon animation, transition effects and more. Almost all features can be accessed in a single screen making Powtoon easy to use. Features such as built-in cartoon characters, animated models and other objects make this service suitable for instructional media creation, able to cater to the need of students who love the relaxed atmosphere and non-formal learning in the classroom.

Suggested Activities Students can use Powtoon to create amazing video and presentation.

POWTOON create interesting animated features such as handwriting animation, cartoon animation and transition effects. The time line for the transition can be easily edited too.

Click this to see the example

You may also choose any video and presentation that has been created by POWTOON.

Click Start Now to create a new POWTOON

You can also use this application to create a new animation according to your own creativity.

POWTOON can also be downloaded to your computer. This makes it easier for your POWTOON to be uploaded to You Tube and shared with others.

You can also animate your presentation to make it powerful.

POWTOON makes your video graphic design beautiful

POWTOON also can attract attention and increase interaction.

Videos on any page can be made creative by using the various applications available on POWTOONS.

POWTOON also features a few testimonials for you to see how others has made used of the platform and achieved their goals.

Before you start, make sure you have signed up.

You can choose to log in through your Facebook, Google or Linkedin account on the POWTOON website

Click start to continue

Click to choose a blank project

Click to insert title and description of your file.

Choose any favorable template available

Then, click create 10

Click edit button to start

This is the main view of the application

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This left pan shows the existing slide(s).

Variety of styles is available as a theme of the animation to be chosen

This is the text effect. Click to choose the best text effect. You can also choose any character here Include props to make your presentation looks good

You can choose and change the background here

This is the time line

This is the play button. You can click to play your animation

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This is an example of another wallpaper

Start your power point with text effect. This is just as an example. You can also choose other effects.

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The effect will look like this.

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IMAGECHEF

Website : http://www.imagechef.com/ Description This website is a fun web tool that transforms word into graphical image. It allows us to make template, timeline cover, meme maker, and also word mosaic. Register user also can create their own shape to graphically display text. Word mosaic can be shared on blogs, Facebook, email, printed materials or saved the image in the image chef.

Suggested activities Use image chef to create timeline cover, template, graphical word mosaic and edit photo frame.

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SIGN IN TO IMAGE CHEF

Before you start using Image chef, you need to sign in. You can sign in manually or sign in using your Facebook accounts. If you are already an image chef user, you can just log in and get started.

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ACCOUNT SETTING After you log in., you can view your account setting here

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Example of an account setting

The credits allow access to silver level with more interesting features

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You can also invite friends to become your followers

Here, you can see who your followers are and who you are following.

ACTIVITIES IN IMAGE CHEF

These are all the activities that we can create in image chef

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MAKING A TIMELINE COVER

You can make a timeline cover using Image chef. It has varieties of templates to choose from that creates an interesting timeline cover in no time!

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Share the timeline cover on Facebook

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MAKING A MEME MAKER

Meme maker allow you to add text to the photos you upload to make it more meaningful.

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MAKING A MOSAIC WORDS

Word mosaic is an interesting tool which enables words to be arranged graphically.

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You can share or save it into :

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MAKING A FLOWER TEXT

Flower text makes the texts move. Its similar with gif graphics.

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MAKING A PHOTO FRAME

You can edit your picture using the various type of frames.

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POETRY BLENDER
Poetry blender is a tool to create a video. We can make poetic video using Image chef. Any poet can be entered into theme and it will appear as video.

you can choose any theme that you like

insert text

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choose any symbol

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MAKING A BANNER
You can make a banner for your blog using this tool.

You can choose any banner style here

Example of banner style

Insert text

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Choose any symbol that you want to include

Example of a completed banner

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MAKING A JERSEY

You can choose the colour of your text You can choose the color of the jersey You can choose the colour of stripes on the jersey

This is the view from the back

Back view of the jersey

Front view of the jersey

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The front view of the jersey

This is an example of a football jersey

This is an example of a basketball jersey

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This is an example of a soccer jersey

This is an example of a baseball jersey

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MAKING A RIBBON
Insert the text

You can choose the color of ribbon here

Example of ribbon

You can send or share with others via different platforms

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MAKING A SYMBOL

You can pick any style that you like

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Type in your text

Choose symbol

Some examples of symbol that had been chosen

You can choose the background colour, shape and outline

Type in the text

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GET IMAGE CHEF IN YOUR SMARTPHONES & IPHONE

You can download Image chef application in your Smartphones and tab to get the latest version of tools and experiences more on Image chef. You can download Image chef from the Apple or Android app store.

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BITESLIDE

Website: http://www.biteslide.com

Description: Biteslide is an engaging platform for creating school projects online. They are easy and fun to use. It develops students creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills. Biteslide is especially designed for teachers and students, and the teaching environment. Here are a few examples of students work:

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Biteslide gave a new meaning to the typical school project and help to develop students 21st century skills through a creative, engaging, and efficient platform.

Suggested Activities: Create a scrapbook by doing collage activities. This encourages engaging learning visually.

What Is Biteslide?

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How to Create A Project:

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You can choose where the resources is available to you

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You can add your text or explanations about your slideshow. You also can change your background style.

You can download it and use it as your reference.

Besides that, you also can print and use it as your note.

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FOTOFLEXER

Website: http://fotoflexer.com/

Description FotoFlexer has a range of tools that make it an attractive choice for users. It also offers plenty of features that appeal to users who desire creative images. Features such as glitter text and animated graphics will make the kids love to add these effects to their photos.

Suggested Activities Get the students to build their own collage for their parents on Parents Day.

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 This is a free on-line photo editor. Upload a photo from your computer, camera, storage device, or a social networking site.

FotoFlexer http://fotoflexer. com/

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The Decorate tab allows you to add things to your photo, including stickers and text. Stickers can be used for a variety of effects An animation lets you add animated stickers. Beautify allows you to touch up blemishes and wrinkles (not high quality).

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Distort lets you twist the photo into a number of odd shapes or distortions. These tools are very simple and are best used for fun projects

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You will be shown a window for you to upload your photos. You can choose a different location in the dropdown menu, or you can look in other folders in your libraries. Click on the photo you want to edit. Then click open. Waiting for the image to load.

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The normal feature of a random photo uploaded.

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This tutorial only showcased a few features out of so many more interesting effects available. Explore more to understand how this can be used to maximize students potential in their projects.

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SHAPE COLLAGE

Website : http://www.shapecollage.com/

Description : Shape Collage is a photo collage generator. With the help of Shape Collage, you can draw your own form, upload an image to serve as a pattern or use text with a specific font.

Suggested Activities : Students can draw your own form, upload an image to serve as a pattern or use text with a specific font.

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When you open Shape Collage, this is the first page that you see.

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For the first step, you can click the button as indicated by the arrows. After that, a file photo will be opened.

Next, you may choose and drag any file in your gallery that you want as shown above.

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The photo that chosen will be automatically dragged to the box on the left side as shown by the arrow above.

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Shape and Size

Firstly, we go to the Shape and Size tab as shown in the picture above. When you click Shape and Size, we can see there are many options that are being provided for the users. Reset setting is used to reset the shape, size and so on, in order to create a shape collage.

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Appearance

Color Transparent Photo

Color

size Reset setting

Secondly, we go to the Appearance tab as shown in the picture above. When you click it, we can see options such as color, transparency, and photo are being provided to aid the making of a new project. Reset setting is used to reset the shape, size and so on, in creating a shape collage.

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Advance

Rotation

Shadow

Options Reset setting

Next, we go to the Advance tab as shown in the picture above. When you click it, options such as rotation, shadow and options are provided for the users. Reset setting is used to reset the rotations, shadow and options.

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Heart

Click Create when you change anything. Then the image will be changed to a difference shape that what you want.

You can choose and click any shape that you want, and click the Create button. For example, you click the Heart shape and then click the Create button. So, the Heart shape will be formed as shown above.

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Next, type any word that you want and you also can change the font text given as above.

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After that, you also can adjust the Text spacing and Vertical text. Click the Close button once you are done.

The Text shape will appear like this.

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Click Custom and types of shape will appear. Choose any types of shape given, and click Close button.

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The shape will appear like this, and you can click Done.

Click the Create button to get the selected shape as a collage.

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This is the result of the selected shape.

After you choose the shape that you want, you can also adjust the shape using the types of size as shown above.
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The function of Appearance is to adjust the Background and Border in your collage. For background u can also choose to have it either Color or Transparent For example, click the color button and choose your own color as you want and click Ok.

After that, you can click Create button.

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This is the example of a result of collage background that have been created.

Furthermore, you also can change the Border by using the color that you want.

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Adjust the Size and click the Create button to get the result as shown above.

Other than that, you also can get the different types of backgrounds such as Photo. For examples, click the Photo button, and the file photo will appear as shown above. After that click your selected photo, and open it.
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Click No to get a different size.

This is the result of selected background.

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Besides that, if you click Yes to get the same size, the background and the collage will become smaller than before.

The functions of Advance is to change the Rotation, Shadow and Options. You can change the level and click the Create button. The result will come out with a difference shape and last click the Save button.

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Picture below shows how to add photo from a web

You can also add photo from web such as Facebook, Instagram and so on. Firstly, click file and then click Add photo from web. After that, the page will appear.
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For example, log in with your Facebook and click Okay

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As usual, choose your own photo and click Done. Then, the photo will appear as shown.

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To create this shape, use the same way as shown above.

Click Exit to close the Shape Collage

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Example of Shape Collage

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STUPEFLIX

Websites : studio.stupeflix.com

Description Stupeflix is a web application that create awesome video with just a few clicks. It can import pictures and videos from files on the computer, by recording them with webcam, or from a Facebook, Dropbox, Picasa or Flickr account. It can add music by uploading a song from our existing library. It also can add voice-over by uploading a sound file, or using computer voices that read the text.

Suggested Activities Make a personal video with a theme on the students childhood memories.

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STEP 1 :

Click here to enter the website

STEP 2 :

Enter the email and the password

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STEP 3:

Choose the video theme.

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Click add photos & videos to insert the photos and the videos

Insert slide title here

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STEP 5 :

Click here to upload the photo / video from computer.

STEP 6 :

It also can import the photos/videos from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, picasa and dropbox.

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Example from Facebook

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Some example is from Facebook. First, you must connect to your Facebook account.

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Folders from your Facebook account

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Drag the photo

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The photos / video can be seen here after uploaded.

STEP 12 :

Add text to overlap on the picture.

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Add videos

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Here some of the photos and the video.

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STEP 15 :

The text overlay the picture.

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The video.

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STEP 17 :

Click here to produce and share.

STEP 18 :

Click here to produce the video

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STEP 19

Process to render the video

STEP 20 :

The video is done!

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STEP 21 :

You can share it to Facebook.

STEP 22 :

It also can share it to Twitter.

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Sign in to Facebook to publish the video if you want it to be uploaded.

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It also can be uploaded on Youtube.

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It also can be downloaded as media.

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Download in progress.

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The video will then be saved automatically at the website.

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Click here to log out from the website.

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PIXTON

Website: http://www.pixton.com/

Description Pixton is the easiest and simple way to make comics without any cost. Anyone can use it for hobby, learning or business.

Suggested Activities Students can create their own character, their own comics with variety of art in it. It is also suitable for beginner.

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Register to start. You may also log in via Facebook or Google

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First, you create or choose your own character

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Then wait for a minute

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You can click this for advanced and create something unique

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You can save it if you want to use it again later

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After you done with character, you can go to second step, create comic

Then you can choose any comic format that you want

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You can put more than one character to make your comic creative

After you have completed your comic, you can save and publish your comic! Others can read your comic too!

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SCRATCH

Website: http://scratch.mit.edu/

Description Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, games, and animations and share your creations with others on the web. A wide variety of educators have been supporting Scratch creators since 2007, in both formal and informal learning environments K-12 classroom teachers, educational and computer science researchers, librarians, museum educators, and parents.

Suggested Activities Have students to create their own project based on the topic given.

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TO CREATE A PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT FIRST!

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YOU CAN START MAKING A PROJECT BY FAMILIARISING YOURSELF WITH THE WEBSITE. START WITH AN EASY ONE.

YOU CAN CHANGE BACKGROUND FOR THE PROJECT.

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YOU CAN GET HELP BY REFERRING TO THE STEP-BY-STEP INTRO, ON HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING MOVE, INSERT SOUNDS, AND ETC.

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THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE ON SCRATCH.

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THERE ARE VARIETIES TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE MEMBERS OF SCRATCH. JUST SEARCH!

In conclusion, Scratch is a resourceful website for the teachers, even for the students to aid them in teaching and learning. This can help teachers to plan a more enjoyable and exciting lesson for the students. It is highly recommended to try out this website.

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GOANIMATE

Website: https://www.goanimate.com/ Description GoAnimate is a tool that gives us the opportunity to create animations exactly in the way we wanted. We can create our own characters, direct them and see other animations uploaded by other people. Its easy, fun and free. We can create our own animations in a creative way, making them unique. It provides us with different tools that will help us in creating our movie the way we want. Suggested Activities GoAnimate is a useful tool to engage student in writing, for instance. They can create their stories and create a dialogue for characters to interact with each other. Student can create their own animations and share them with other people around the world.

You can create your own animations in a creative way, making them unique. It provides you with different tools that will help you in creating movie the way you want it.

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If you already have an account you just click on LOGIN but if you do not, you should click on SIGN UP and follow the registration steps.

You can choose the themes that you want

Click at the FILTER THEMES to choose a theme

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Display characters, text, scene, music, and effects option in the option panel

Generate and show a preview of the progress of your video

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Display camera positioning options Add scenes to your video

Zooming in, out and positions

Display scene options such as durations, transitions

If you want to create your own character, you will be given plenty of options to design him/her.

Choose any part of the body that you want to create the character.

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You can choose the background that you want

You also can create stories and create a dialogue for characters to interact with each other.

Click to display scene menu

Add new scene to the timeline

Video/animation timeline

Audio timeline

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Copy scene

Delete scene

Clear scene of all content, actors and object

Click the button PREVIEW to view your video

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After you click the PREVIEW button, you can play your video

After finished making a video, click the button SAVE to save the video.

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You can share your video on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and many more.

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FOTOR

Website : www.fotor.com

Description The heart and soul of Fotor is photo editing with best tools available online. Using Fotor photo editor, you can resize your photos, crop them, adjust the lighting curve, rotate them, adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness, adjust the tone and colors, or just straighten a crooked shot! You can also add a photo effect, photo frame, clip art, text, or use our unique color splash, mosaic, and tilt shift tools.

Suggested Activities Use FOTOR to edit photos, resize, crop, adjust lighting, rotate, sharpness, tone colours or saturation to announce school and community events.

Lets get started by editing your very own beautiful pictures ! You may click the button Edit a Photo to start editing.
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Then, browse your image that you want to edit from the computer and open it. Open Photo Gallery by clicking the Edit A Photo button. Select the photo or photos that you want to edit, and then, at the top of the screen, click the Edit A Photo button.

Once you have chosen your picture, you will be directed to the photo that you choose. You can choose basic edit to edit the photos.
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Then, you can choose effect that can automatically be edited from the web. You can Crop, Rotate, Resize, Basic effect, Tone, Color and Curve

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You can choose to edit the curve, effect or Mildness or others editing of the pictures. It can make your picture appear milder or harder.

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Then, you can make or choose from various type of frames for your photo editing.

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Then, choose a sticker that you want to use as above examples listed.

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Then, write a caption that you want to include and edit the font.

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Then, you can use PHOTOR to make a collage photo by clicking Collage menu or to add multiple photos. You can add a photo form the right side of the menu to put in the collage.

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Below is an example of collage photo.

Then, click save to save the picture in your computer.

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You have successfully save the picture! After you have done editing your picture, you may just save it for later use or immediately share it with the rest of your friends using Facebook, Picasa, Tumblr, Flickr, or Twitter.

Then, we can make a photo collage using various shapes provided such as star, moon, butterfly, kitten and others.

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You can also choose a Birthday, New year, Mothers day, Fathers day, Holiday or Christmas Card Templates.

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In the era of todays advanced technology, there is no need to print your materials ou t as you can just share it online. Share your beautiful and creative photo edited through Facebook, emails and others sharing mediums and promote your hard work. The best part is it is hassle free!

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KIZOA

Website: http://www.kizoa.com/ Description You can create slideshows and videos from scratch or start from one of the templates. Once in your Kizoa account, you may start by uploading your photos and videos. Then use the Editing Workshop to touch-up your photos and videos. A great slideshow starts with great images. You are also able to add frames and instant photo effects from the Editing Workshop.

Suggested Activities Student will able to make slideshows of photos, videos with effects, text and insert music. Student also can create still or animated collages & e-cards with templates or create freely with amazing filters, effects, frames. Apart from this, student can also share online using e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and etc.

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Open the kizoa main page

Sign in at the top of the main page.After that,you may use it freely.

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Click the button GET STARTED to explore the kizoa.

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You can add effect to your slideshow.

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You can edit you photo.

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The page that you can add movement to your collage to make it interesting.

The page that you can make your slideshow.You just add photo and start your slideshow.

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This is the collage maker page.You also can choose part that you want to make collage.

You can select your collage template and choose photo that you want.

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MUSEUM BOX

Website: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php Description This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

This is the front page

You have to register first

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This is the virtual box where you can put in the information

This is example of virtual box, you can click on the box and this is example of empty box. After you are registered, this is the steps on how you put the information or data such as text, video, files ,sound or links

For put the text

Insert the sound

Insert the video

Insert the files

Insert links

For search

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List of student who have done to use this virtual box before

Example of text

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You can enter the photos you like

You can put some video for presentation

Enter Caption here

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There is a tutorial video before you start using this web site. This video teach you how to put in the data. This web is suitable for school presentation and it makes teaching easier.

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Museum Box has been used within the abolition project to help student: Understand the campaign Understand the collection and importance of evidence Understand that many people contributed the campaign

This is button for exit this web site

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REFERENCES
CHAPTER 1 POWTOON

http://www.powtoon.com/
CHAPTER 2 IMAGECHEF

http://www.imagechef.com/
CHAPTER 3 BITESLIDE

http://www.biteslide.com
CHAPTER 4 FOTOFLEXER

http://fotoflexer.com/
CHAPTER 5 SHAPE COLLAGE

http://www.shapecollage.com/
CHAPTER 6 STUPEFLIX

studio.stupeflix.com
CHAPTER 7 PIXTON

http://www.pixton.com/
CHAPTER 8 SCRATCH

http://scratch.mit.edu/
CHAPTER 9 GOANIMATE

https://www.goanimate.com/
CHAPTER 10 FOTOR

www.fotor.com
CHAPTER 11 KIZOA

http://www.kizoa.com/

CHAPTER 12 MUSEUM BOX

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php