The document discusses Animoto Educator, a video creation service that teachers can use to engage students. It allows teachers to incorporate photos, videos, and music to create cinematic videos for classroom use. Some suggested uses are introducing new units, reviewing material, digital storytelling, and end of year recaps. The document provides step-by-step instructions for using Animoto and setting it up for student accounts. It also offers best practices like developing a rubric, allowing peer feedback, and sharing student videos.

1. Animoto
Educator for
the Classroom
Presenter: Elaine Zhang
EDLM 410

2. Why Animoto Educator for the
classroom?
 To focus on multiple literacies in order to
prepare students for tomorrow.
 To engage students in learning through
technology,
 To encourage communication,
collaboration, and creativity.

3. What is Animoto Educators?
 A video creation service that incorporates images, video
clips, photos, and music;
 It has cinematic A.I. where Animoto will automatically
analyze the music, photos, and video clips and create a
custom video while you can personalize the content and
narration;
 It can spotlight specific images by giving it more screen
time and added importance;
 Includes text to allow you to include important learning
information to add to the pictures, images, and videos; and
 It can be downloaded so it can be shared on email,
websites or blogs, exported to You Tube, or downloaded to
a computer for presentation use.

4. Ideas for Animoto in the Class
 A great introduction of the teacher to both the parents and
students during Open House or a meet/greet session. It gives
students a glimpse into who the teacher is through sound, video,
and photos. These images will better help parents capture who
you are and leave a more lasting impression on the viewers than a
simple speech.
 Captivate students and get them hook by using a video to
introduce a unit. A video that gives exciting images to the unit
coming up can get students excited and interested.
 Use Animoto videos as a quick review tool for a unit that was just
completed. A review with simple text of concepts learned coupled
with images will help students make connections and help cement
what they have been learning. Students can also create their own
30 second Animoto videos that show what they have learned and
understand. These student created projects can be collaborative
allowing for students to problem solve, synthesize and analyze
information, and connect with each other.

5. More Ideas for the Classroom
 For younger students, teachers can use Animoto to
create a book trailer to hook students into reading
certain books. For older students, Animoto can be
used as a means to share a book they have read
with the class.
 Use for digital story telling with students. Have
students create a story or poetry and add images to
their stories and poems to share with their peers and
parents. It’s a great way to motivate students to write
especially when they know they have an audience.
 End of the year digital scrapbook that students can
create together to share all that they have done
during the school year.

6. How do you use Animoto?
 Go to www.animoto.com and follow these steps.
1. Click on create video.
2. Select a template to use.
3. Upload images including pictures and/or videos
from your computer or select from images and
videos provided by Animoto or add URLs from other
websites. Images and videos must be less than 5
megabytes. For videos, only 10 seconds of the video
are allowed but Animoto has an editing tool that
allows you to pick which 10 seconds you want of the
video.

7. Continued steps for using
Animoto
4. Once all images and videos are loaded, click
and drag to rearrange images in the order you
want them to appear in the video.
5. Add lines of text to the various images and
videos.
6. Next choose the music either from Animoto’s
collection or music from your computer.
7. Save and finalize video and select the pacing
or speed with which you want to present the
video.

8. References
 6 Best Education Videos to Make for Your Classroom.
(n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2014, from
https://animoto.com/blog/education/education-videos/
 Hagood, M. (2012). “Risks, Rewards, and
Responsibilities of Using New Literacies in Middle
Grades.” Voices from the Middle, 19 (4), pp. 10-
16.
 Make great videos. Easily. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 11, 2014, from https://animoto.com/

9. Continued steps for using
Animoto
8. Add a title and description to the video.
9. Click on create video and your video is
ready to go. The video tool box will allow
you to re-edit the video as needed.
10. Go to video tool box to share video
through email, embed code into another
website, export to You Tube or download to
computer to present.

10. Guidelines for Animoto
Educator
Start-up
 Begin by applying for an educator account at the
Animoto Education page.
 A confirmation email will be sent including a code for
your students. The code is valid for 6 months. After 6
months, it will be necessary to reapply.
 After receiving the code, follow instructions from the
Animoto help section How Do I Set up Accounts for My
Students? .
 Instruct students on how to use Animoto using your own
set up instructions or Animoto Instructions.
 Create a sample Animoto video of topic already taught
for the students to view
 Model for students how to create an Animoto video.
Discuss how to add photos, videos, text, and music.

11. Guidelines for Start-Up
2. Develop a rubric for evaluating students’ Animoto videos. The
rubric can incorporate students choice of music, the organization
of photos and videos, and the use of text to convey
understanding. Provide support and guidance for students who
may have difficulty finding appropriate music or photos for use in
their videos.
3. Give students the opportunity to also evaluate their classmates
Animoto videos and allow students to revise based on feedback.
4. Make sure to set aside time for students to share their Animoto
videos with the class.
5. Create a class website or class wiki where you can link the
students’ Animoto videos so that it is available to the school and
parents for viewing.

12. Follow-up
 Monthly meeting to plan for more
classroom ideas and activities.
 Create Animoto projects that suit
individual classroom needs.
 Meeting will help align assignments to
Common Core State Standards.