Faculty Development Institute: Year-round technology training
   
 
History: FDI Home : FDI 2006 Spring : Windows Movie Maker: Editing Digital Video for Instruction (for PC users)
   
 
Windows Movie Maker: Editing Digital Video for Instruction (for PC users)
  ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  Presented by
  Arul Isai Imran
   
  Workshop Description  
  Do you have video that you would like to edit and present to your students? This short course is designed to provide entry-level video editing skills using Windows Movie Maker on a PC. This session will be almost entirely hands-on, and participants will learn to use Windows Movie Maker to capture, edit, and export video as well as the concepts and skills needed to successfully approach the video editing process. This session can be seen as a companion to FDI's "Video Production: Planning and Shooting Digital Video" short course. Please note: Windows Movie Maker is now a free download from Microsoft.

Workshop Assumptions:
Participants should have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows XP.
Participants should have basic experience of shooting videos.

Workshop Objectives:
Provide an overview of Windows Media Maker.
• Provide an overview of the Interface.
• Discuss how to import video from various sources using Movie Maker.
• Provide hands-on activities that will familiarize the participants on how to
     i. Edit a Video Clip
     ii. Add Effects and Transitions
     iii. Add background audio
     iv. Export the finished movie

Instructional Outcomes:
• Participants will be familiar with the interface of Windows Movie Maker.
• Participants will be aware of how to import Video using Movie Maker.
• Participants will be able to create a movie using Windows Movie Maker.
 
  ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  Instructional Content and Learning Activities
  Movie Maker Presentation file (PowerPoint)
Movie Maker Handouts (PDF)
   
  ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  Related Links
 
Windows Movie Maker Homepage
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

Movie Maker for Beginners from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials and forums http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/Default.aspx

Excellent Resource on how to import video – Detailed Tutorials for different camcorder models http://www.papajohn.org/

Creating a Video Slideshow from Photos http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Tutorials/HowToVideoSlideShow.aspx
 
FDI Evaluations
  ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 

Contact us at fdi@vt.edu

3000 Torgersen Hall Blacksburg VA 24061
A Unit of Learning Technologies

© 2006 Faculty Development Institute
Virginia Tech All Rights Reserved