Assignment 5: Autobiography Mashup (30 pts.) |
1. Create Autobiographical SlideshowLog into your Gmail Account and click on the array in the upper right hand corner. Open Drive and click on NEW. Select "Slides". This works very similarly to PowerPoint. Select a premade theme or create your own. Title slide should look like the example. Leave room for your "Talking Head" you'll make later with Blabberize.
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2. Possible topics for autobiography:
3. Select a clear picture of yourself.Find a picture of yourself that you like. This works best if the picture is straight on like a school picture for example. Click on the Blabberize icon above and set up an account then log in. Next, click on "MAKE" then browse for the picture you want. Upload the picture, crop it if necessary and click on the blue arrow. This screen brings up mouth placement. Please refer to the picture to the right to line up the dots for proper placement of the moving mouth. Click the blue arrow when satisfied with placement of the mouth. Plug in a microphone and click on the microphone icon. You may need to click "ALLOW" on one or two pop ups to enable your mic. When the picture's jaw starts moving, the mic is working. You are now ready to record. Click on the red dot and say, "Hi, I am (your name) and this is my autobiography." Click again on the red dot and listen to the playback. If satisfied click on the OK button, then on SAVE. Fill in the three fields and SAVE again.
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Title Slide: Name: An Autobiography
Slide 2:Topics you might want to cover in your second slide.
Slide 6: future plans topics to consider
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4. Now you're ready to record your screencast. |
Pull up your Google Slides Autobiography (Open>View>Present) and open your Blabberize video. Position the Blab on the first slide where you want it. Look for Screencast-o-matic in your start menu. If it isn't there type it into the search. It has been loaded on every machine and will pop up. Select USE FREE RECORDER. Position the SCREEN lines to include the first slide and the blab and plug in the mic. . Click record and then click to play the blab. Click screencast Pause button again to pause and advance to slide 2. Read each slide into the mic, pausing between each slide to advance and count down. Once finished, click DONE. On the next screen click on SAVE AS VIDEO FILE.
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