Consistent Aesthetics I -Animotos in Unit Intros
May 4th, 2009

A student’s lasting impression of an online class is his or her first impression of the instruction.  We can make that instruction look better by being careful to add nice aesthetic touches to the outside of units and folders.  A little web 2.0 never hurts, and we can easily produce some really nice unit intros using the method in the tutorial below.  Remember to maximize the view by looking for the little icon in the bottom right that looks like a target, and enjoy the lesson.  It will show you:

1.  how to Gather images from google
2.  how to Create a neat animoto presentation
3.  how to Embed the finished animoto presentation into a folder or item in Blackboard
4.  how to Create a chart around the presentation so that a textual intro can be added beside the presentation
5.  Some neat troubleshooting tips like ctrl+f in a text field, resizing embedded content, etc.

Enjoy!  Shu





9 Responses to “Consistent Aesthetics I -Animotos in Unit Intros”

  1. Kimberly Rushton Says:

    Hey. Thanks for that tutorial. That was the problem I was having back at the beginning of our course development when i was asking for help because of size. Your video was clear and easy to follow. Thanks so much!

  2. Thomas Moncrief Says:

    I wonder why the MySpace formatting for the embed code works with Bb better? The big difference is the formatting script in the html.

  3. admin Says:

    Tom,

    I’m not exactly sure why, but last year when we were working on the development for English IV Hon and English IV, Erika J, English teacher extraordinaire, made the discovery that Animoto wouldn’t work in Firefox and Explorer unless we used the myspace code. It’s been a while. Erika, is that right?
    Shu

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