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Category Archives: USING DIGITAL TOOLS
How to move a file to a different folder
To move a file, you need to find the file in the DIRECTORY VIEW. Do NOT try to move the file from within the open version of the file, as …
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Using GarageBand ’11 to record an audio voiceover
This page, which I just created for my Fall 2013 Digital Storytelling students, provides more details on using GarageBand ’11 than the screencasts I made for previous students. But you …
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How to find all your files on Google Drive
After you log into Google Drive, look at the menu on the left. At the bottom you’ll see an option for Owner, Type, More that gives you a variety of …
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How to upload a file to a shared folder on Google Drive
(1) Open the shared folder you want the file to go into (2) Click on the Upload button and choose Files (3) Locate the file on your computer and select …
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Recommended apps for digital composition
OVERVIEW Below is an ever-expanding list of the software applications I recommend you have available, even if only in free trial mode, in order to work on digital composition projects. …
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Using iMovie with an external drive
If you want to use iMovie on a Mac on campus, perhaps because you don’t have a Mac of your own, then you’ll need to take a moment to learn …
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Reduce the size of a PowerPoint file
If you make a PowerPoint presentation that contains a lot of images, the file might end up being quite large in size, particularly if the images you used were very …
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Getting started with iMovie ’11
The sections below and the screencast at the bottom provide you with a basic overview of what you need to know to get started with iMovie, particularly if you’re planning …
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Apps for composing with video
For most video projects, you will need to be able to make basic edits to videos you download or create, including cropping and trimming selections, adding title cards and transitions, …
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Apps for working with audio
Overview In order to create an audio story or essay, or to create an audio voiceover for a video, you’ll need two things: (1) a recording device (a laptop with …
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Recommended audiovisual equipment
Amy’s WRTG classes require students to compose projects using a variety of digital media, which means that students should have access to the following hardware equipment: If you’re a student …
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How to make Preview the default PDF reader on a Mac
ALSO POTENTIALLY RELEVANT: How to make images web-ready (cropping and resizing in Preview) and How to annotate PDFs (in Preview). How to Change the Default PDF Reader to Preview Preview …
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Apps for composing animations
You don’t need to know a thing about the technical details of creating animations, nor do you need to be at all artistic, to make some pretty amazing animated cartoons. …
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Apps for composing comics and cartoons
COMIC STRIPS Probably the best known app for creating comics is Comic Life, which is available in a trial version for both Macs and Windows. It’s very easy to use …
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Recommended Mac apps for composing photo essays
OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …
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Recommended Windows apps for composing photo essays
OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …
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