Aurasma and iMovie Tutorials

This week I have 2 things to share:

1) Aurasma

Aurasma provides an image-recognition software for creating and sharing augmented reality experiences. Users pan with their mobile device cameras to scan images in their physical environment to trigger a separate image or video to play on their screens. The 2D and 3D Arts classes are working on creating auras about student projects. Spanish classes will use Aurasma next semester to document the unit on tours for new students and families at ISB. 

Take a look at this sample: http://youtu.be/z3Z8Jix-zsU

For more information open the following website: http://educade.org/teaching_tools/aurasma

The possibilities are endless.

2) iMovie Tutorials

Sometimes it is hard to find suitable tutorials for your students to allow them to complete digital media projects in your class. In this past week, I have seen a lot of students working with iMovie. Here's some information that you can share with them. If a student is a beginner in iMovie, I recommend they watch this YouTube video - iMovie 2013 - FULL CLASS movie. I like this one because it covers the issue of copyright, which is a big deal when it comes to digital media.

However, if they have some experience and just want to learn some specific features in iMovie then they can use the MacMost Tutorials about iMovie 10 found below. I like MacMost videos because they are short (approximately 5 minutes), easy to follow, and you can also read the Video Transcript at the bottom of the video by clicking a link to expand the text.

For Beginners: iMovie 2013 - FULL CLASS - http://youtu.be/PZcfLjecyCc

Topics covered:

• Themes - Theme Chooser - No Theme
• Libraries - Events (folder that organizes the footage) - iMovie Library
• The Timeline - Where the edits take place
• The Content Library (Transitions, Titles, Sound Effects, etc.)
• Importing your footage (Selecting a clip to drag into the timeline. Drag and drop to timeline; Zoom in or out of the clip)
• Cutting Clips (Secondary click - Split Click - command + B)
• Adding Transitions - stick to the top ones
• Enhance and Adjust (Color Correction; Undo with command + Z; Cropping)
• Titles
• Maps Backgrounds
• iTunes - Copyright
• Sound effects - tons of sound effects
• Slow footage down or speed it up (Right click - Secondary click - Show Speed editor)
• Share button - Create a file or YouTube with school account

For More Experienced Users and iMovie 10 specifics, MacMost Tutorials about:

• iMovie Basics - http://macmost.com/imovie-basics.html
• iMovie Titles - http://macmost.com/imovie-titles.html
• iMovie Video Effects - http://macmost.com/imovie-video-effects.html
• iMovie Cropping - http://macmost.com/imovie-cropping.html
• iMovie Voiceovers - http://macmost.com/imovie-voiceovers.html
• Editing Audio In iMovie - http://macmost.com/editing-audio-in-imovie-2.html
• iMovie Transitions - http://macmost.com/imovie-transitions.html
• For other topics: Videos by Category: iMovie - http://macmost.com/tag/imovie