Friday, October 3, 2014

Thing #11: Presentation Tool

The presentation tool that I chose as a discovery exercise was Animoto.  Animoto has been around for some time.  I never took the time to explore the tool until now.  I recall my father mentioning it to me a few years ago and he even created a video of me with the tool that I will find and add to my profile. Animoto is a site/application where you can use your pictures and song of your choice and turn it into a video.  Animoto even allows you to use videos in your presentations.  To began, I signed up for Animoto account, this way whatever I create can be saved to the profile.  Upon creating your first video it will give the option to be tutored, you may jump right in if you choose to.  You will be prompt to choose a particular style which are theme based, I chose to customize my own with a documentary theme.  From there you are able to upload your music, pictures, and videos.  Once finished you may preview the video before finalizing it.  While you are previewing you may create a name for your video, post time, and add a description.  I liked that Animoto was very user friendly.  I disliked the fact that it continued to freeze up while I was editing and previewing the video.  The feature that seemed useful was "style setting" which allowed you to customize your text and your media.  This tool could be used as a picture story, to tell biography, to introduce new topics, or as a life introduction.




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