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Multimedia Presentation

Robert Tippett

Student ID: 000299500

Western Governors University

Student Mentor: Nina Smith

Assessment Code: TDT1 Task 3

May 18, 2017

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Introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Vza8ac_QI. My video

There was a time when creating and edit videos looked to be a career for me. At the time

I was working a tiresome job in a big box retail chain. The pay wasnt great but the hours I

worked were very flexible. This was great as it gave me time to pursue other passions. One

passion I thought I had was taking and editing videos. I even produce a few professionally I

say professionally because I made a whopping thirteen cents on monetizing a video on YouTube.

I can safely say that is the only time anything I have created turned into real hard cash. While my

career as a professional YouTuber may not have panned out the skills I learned during this time

have proved invaluable to me as an educator.

Part A

Audience

When I created this video I had just began the long process of becoming a teacher. I was

working at the time as a Para-Professional in a Life Skills classroom at a Middle School. Life

Skills is the title of the program for students identified as Intellectually Disabled (ID). The

teacher was using idioms as an entry task to teach the students about figurative language. The

students ranged in age from 11-15 and were registered as 6th-7th graders. All the students have

varying disabilities from Downs Syndrome to Cerebral Palsy. Each student was receiving special

designed instruction in English Language Arts (ELA) as per their Individual Education Plans

(IEPs). Academically the students were at varying levels as well from Kindergarten to about a 4th

grade level as the highest academic level. These students were all quite low.
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Purpose

When I created this multimedia project, I did it as a way to introduce the students to

another idiom while trying to show a student how an idiom might be used in an everyday setting.

The multimedia project was created as part of the daily lesson on figurative language. It was

meant to help student reach the standard, Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they

are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a

specific word choice on meaning and tone, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4, (CCSS, n.d.). This

was only a portion of the instructional unit additional learning targets were used as well.

Design

To create this piece of multimedia I used CyberLinks PowerDirector 11 Ultra version.

The features this video editing software brings are extensive, however to create this video I used

basic functions that anyone can use. Below I have listed the steps I used to create this multimedia

presentation.

1) Find the right media

a) Using the internet and a search provider, look for graphics, video clips, music and

lettering that fits your needs and style.

i) If selecting copyrighted material make sure to pull the copyright information so as to

credit the creator.

ii) If using a video there are many copies of originals be sure to pick the correct copy.
b) Save all needed Media to the same folder.
i) As a general rule I create a new folder for each project I start.
2) Open PowerDirector
3) A new project board will open when the program starts.
a) There will be some generic images that are opened with the program. You can ignore

them or use them if they serve a purpose.

4) In the upper left corner of the screen is an icon to add media.
a) Click this icon
b) Navigate to your folder of saved media
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c) Click open
d) This should put all your media into your media temp location at the top.
5) Start by dragging your first image to the storyboard line at the bottom of the screen. It is best

if you use the first line in the storyboard this way it keeps all images in sequence. Additional

lines are used for more creative purposes and were not used to create this multimedia content.
a) I chose a simple graphic for my first piece of media. The image I chose came from this

website: http://bluesgreene.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html. (Greene, 1970).

i) For this graphic I had to reduce the size this can be done by grabbing the image in the

right corner then scaling it back until it fits the screen as need.
ii) There are additional editing features that become enabled once the media file is

placed on the storyboard. I did not use any additional features to edit this image.
iii) If needed you can add a transition effect to your image at the beginning or end. I used

Fade Out on this my image but there are multiple effects to choose from. These can

all be found by clicking the effects button in the middle of the storyboard/graphics

holder.
iv) Once all edits have been made save your work.
6) Drag your next image/media piece to the storyboard.
a) I choose to insert my video clip here. The original clip I used can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcIYOgcCcnM (WWE, 2011).

b) The original was to long/loud for my audience and required me to trim it down and soften

the volume.
i) I first trimmed the video clip to about 6 secs as all I needed was the idiom. Do you

smell what the Rock is cooking?

(1) To trim simply click the Trim button.
(2) Then move the sliders on the window to the points you want the video to begin

and end at.

(3) If needed you can also do multiple cuts. But for this I did not use that feature.
ii) The audio for this part was a little louder than my audience is accustomed to so I used

the wave editor feature in PowerDirector to bring down the levels. If you need to edit

audio of a video clip this is a simple tool that is an add-on to PowerDirector 11 Ultra.

All other versions it must be purchased separately.

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(1) A new window will open it will allow you to use different effects on the audio. I

choose to use soften and then moved the slider to the left to bring down the

volume of the clip.

iii) Once your clip is trimmed and audio has been edited you can choose to use a

transition feature again. I used fade out again because it was quick and effective.
iv) Save Your Work
7) Next drag your next graphic to the next line of the storyboard.
a) During this step you will be using the last image to create words and add additional

images. So this first image must be placed on the same storyboard line.
b) Now create the floating word graphic.
i) To do this click the add text box this will allow you to create and text you need for

your project. I used the quote from the video. Editing the quote to instead you read

Do you smell what I am cooking? To understand what is being said.

ii) You can add motion to the words by clicking the effects button. In retrospect I would

have used a different effect. But the students seemed to enjoy it.
iii) I then added the other two graphics.
(1) To do this add the graphics to the lower lines of the storyboard.at the same time

position as the background graphic and added words. This will make all the

graphic be on the screen at the same time.

(2) You will need to change the graphics so that they are opaque. This will allow the

background image to appear through the images as you can see in my example.
(3) Add effects to your choosing.
(4) Add transitions to you liking
(5) Save Your Work.
8) Now it is time to publish your work. Click the publish tab at the top of the screen.
a) This will bring you to a screen with options to choose your desired output.
b) For this video I used the YouTube setting. This will format the video into an easy to load

format for YouTube.

c) At the bottom there is place to type in the title for your video once done click the

publish/start button.
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d) Depending on the size of your video it may take a while to create your final product.

Once it completes it will take you back to the editing screen where you will find a copy

of your finished product.

9) Save your work and close the program.
10) Publish your video to the hosting site of your choosing or if its a private video keep it on

your local hard drive.

Part B

Framework

Before creating this multimedia piece I first sat down with the teacher in the classroom to

discuss my idea. Below is a copy of the original concept map I did for this. I will apologize as

my hand writing is terrible and not everything makes much sense.

Originally I was planning just

to show the clip of the Rocks

entrance theme music. This would

have been a lot easier then creating

a clip. But during my discussion

with the classroom teacher she was

the one who suggested adding the

graphics and text. The student

copied the daily idiom into a

notebook and discussed. By adding

text and graphics this would give

these student something of an example.

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Choosing the entrance theme was both by design and due to a heavy interest into

wrestling one of the students whom I worked closely with had. He loved the WWE, we spent

many minutes discussing the best wrestler. I still contend it is the Rock! Regardless I knew that I

wanted to use the idiom Do you smell what the Rock is cooking? By choosing a popular clip I

was also able to associate figurative language to a real life situation. Almost every student in the

class knew the Rocks entrance theme.

On the teachers suggestion I created the multimedia presentation. I choose the line art

graphics of some listen to portray the literal mean and the image of a chef as the figurative mean.

I chose line art graphics so they would be easier for the kids to reproduce and because both of the

images were in the public domain. Obviously the text was used to draw attention to the idiom

and to give the students something to copy.

The only real obstacle I found was the timing. The teacher had specified only having two

minutes. The bulk of which time would be need for the students to copy the materials on the

screen. In order to accomplish this I had to trim down the original clip. I also did not want the

clip to replay itself which is why there is so much dead time at the end of the clip. This allowed

the students to copy down the information without interruption. Overall I followed the

storyboard we had created and the project was a complete success. I still use it whenever I teach

figurative language.

Part C

Finished Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Vza8ac_QI.

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Reference

CCSS, English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Grade 6. (n.d.). Retrieved May

16, 2017, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/6/.

Greene, B. (1970, January 01). Daily Blues&Views. Retrieved May 19, 2017, from

http://bluesgreene.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html.

WWE. (2011, February 15). Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson WWE Entrance Video. Retrieved

May 19, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcIYOgcCcnM.