1) The document provides instructions for a module on using Microsoft PhotoStory3 software. It includes 3 lessons that guide learners to create a digital story with photos, audio, and other multimedia elements. 2) The objectives are for learners to understand how to open PhotoStory3, import and arrange photos, add text, narration, transitions, and background music to create a completed digital story. 3) The module contents include lessons, activities with questions, and resources on using PhotoStory3's features to develop a story for classroom use by the end of the course.

1. Sultan Qaboos University
College of Education
Department of Instructional & Learning Technologies
Microsoft PhotoStory3
Module
Done By :
Asma Baqi 90761
Iman Bait Said 89815

2. Introduction:
Photostory is free software from Microsoft. The collection of three lessons gives you
the opportunity to investigate, experiment with, and create a digital story that is
illustrated with still images and audio. Photo story involves useful elements of video
production such as writing, imaging and editing. They will help guide you and show
you how you can create your slideshows using digital photos. With a single click, you
can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. You can also add special effects, voice
narration and personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy
to send your photo stories in an e-mail or watch them on TV, a computer, or a
Windows Mobile–based portable device. Lessons are designed by Captivate program
and other assistance programs. It demonstrates step by step for the learner (using
captions, notes & screen shoots). It contains three lessons: the first lesson is about
how to open the software, import new pictures, rearrange them, add text and save
your work in each step., The second one is about how to edit your pictures, narrate
them and customize the motion and the last one is about how to add transitions,
background music, and save your work.. Also it includes objectives & instructions for
using this instructional module
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE:
To improve classroom instruction through the
implementation of technology.
DESIRED OUTCOME(S):
By the end of this course, participants will have :
1. A better understanding of how to use and create a PhotoStory.
2. A completed PhotoStory for use in classroom for the upcoming
school year.

3. Objectives:
By the end of this instructional module you will be able to:
Open Microsoft Photo Story 3
Import new pictures to your story
and rearrange them
Add text
Save your work in any step
Edit your pictures
Narrate your story
Customize the motions
Add transitions between pictures
Add background music
Save and publish your story
Learning outcomes Process
1. Outcome 1:- 1. group think and discuss
the instructor will :-
 present a question to the group.
By the end of this module,
 ask for everyone to think about his or her
learners will have a better response to the software.
understanding of how to use  ask them to discuss the question in pairs.
and create a PhotoStory. .
2. preview display prior PhotoStories
The instructor will
 share with his learners some of previous
PhotoStories.
.
3.Brainstorming
Learners will have opportunity to choose topic of
PhotoStory creation.

4. 4. BREAK
5. Wrap-Up
Learners will share his/her PhotoStory topic
2. Outcome 2:- 1. Create new Folder
2. Locate and save images (using
By the end of this module, PowerPoint)
learners will have a completed 3. Open PhotoStory (new project)
PhotoStory for use in classroom 4.Create Photostory about the chosen topic
for the upcoming school year .
a) Import images
b) Captions
c) Narration
d) Merging
e) Slides
f) Music
g) Other features
5.Save and Publish PhotoStory
a.Convert PhotoStory (if necessary)
6. Submit your PhotoStory to the PhotoStory
Dropbox ( tech tool for uploading and sharing
information)
Self Assessment Questions:
1- What type of MS PhotoStory related to?
2- How could you use the keyboard and Mouse and use their
function in MS Word?
3- When are you using MS Word, How could you get help from

5. the software without using Internet?
4- I your view, what fields that you can use MS Word in it?
Let us start
Content 1 :-
You can import pictures from your computer, a network
folder, or an MSN Groups Web site. For each story, you can
import up to 300 pictures, which can be files with .bmp, .dib,
.eps, .gif, .jhif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg … etc
Your pictures appear in the film strip (timeline) at the bottom
of the page. If you import more pictures, Microsoft Photo
Story 3 adds them at the end of the film strip.
Also it provides feature to remove unwanted borders from the
pictures after you import them it will be shown blew the
import picture button
Please watch lesson 1
Which we’ve created
http://goo.gl/Y9YbX
Activity 1:
1. 1-Import and Arrange Your Pictures.
a. Clicking begin new story then import picture.
b. Clicking begin new story then next.
c. Clicking begin new story then help.
2. After importing picture, where your photos appear?
(one word)
3. You can remove the black borders in the import and
arrange your pictures step.
a. True
b. False

6. 1. Clicking begin new story then import picture.
2. Timeline or what we called the film strip.
3. That’s true after importing picture remove
black borders button will be display.
Content 2 :-
Add Narration And Custom Motion You can record up to five
minutes of narration for each picture in your story (optional).
You can narrate the pictures in any order you want and if you
do not like the narration for a picture, you can delete the
narration and record it again. (see Fig 3.) Deleting the
narration does not delete any of the other enhancements
made to your story so far! (You can also type notes for each
picture to aid your memory as you narrate!)
By setting the motion manually, you can select the general
areas of a picture that will appear at the beginning and end of
the picture's video clip. In the Customize Motion window, you
can also do one or more of the following: - Specify the number
of seconds that a picture without narration is displayed when
your story is played. (The settings you specify in this dialog box
only apply to the selected picture.) - Specify whether a picture
starts playing with a transition, and select the transition. -
Specify the number of seconds that a transition is displayed
when your story is played. (The settings you specify in this
dialog box only apply to the selected picture.)
Please watch lesson 2
http://goo.gl/fNN65

7. Activity 2:
1. Photostory does not contain crop image feature
a) True
b) False
2. 2- How you can set a duration ?
a) Customize motion then set duration
automatically
b) Customize motion then set number of
seconds to display the picture
c) Customize motion then set end position to be
same as start position.
3. 3- How many minutes of narration for each story?
(one word)
4. False it contain the crop feature by clicking on
edit the check the crop.
5. Customize motion then set number of seconds
to display the picture
6. Up to five minutes.

8. Content 3 :-
Adding Background Music To Your Story You can add
background music that plays during your story. A different
piece of music can play for each picture or for a group of
pictures. You can add as many pieces of music to a story as
there are pictures in the story. (Though this will increase the
overall time it takes to save the finished story and the actual
size of the file too.) There are two types of music you can
add as a background to your story. WMA, MP3 and WAV
You can use music from your computer such as WMA, MP3
and WAV files. Photo Story will then make your story as long
as the music you are adding. So a 3:30 minute MP3 track will
mean a 3:30 minute Photo Story... Please note though that
if you are trying to use a DRM (Digital Rights Management)
protected track, this will NOT work with Photo Story 3.
Please watch lesson 2 http://goo.gl/xJPLr
Activity :
1. After adding a title to your picture and clicking next
what will appear ……
2. You can’t control the volume of the music.
a) True
b) False
3. In the last step of the project after viewing your story
what you should do before exiting?
A. Click exit only
B. Save the project then exit
C. Click cancel
D. Click help

9. 1. Adding music to your background
2. False
3. Save the project then exit
Resources
http://goo.gl/jkgMO
http://www.jakesonline.org/pho
tostory.htm
http://www.techlearning.com/h
ow-to/0022/how-to-create-
slideshows-with-the-free-
photostory-3/44023