A basic beginner's guide to using Windows Movie Maker

1. Skills Workshop
Windows Movie Maker
Learning Objective:
To understand how to use Windows Movie
Maker to create engaging presentations

2. Beginner Student can demonstrate basic ability to
use movie maker to create simple
presentation
Apprentice Student can demonstrate competent ability
to create an engaging presentation,
although there will be room for
improvement in terms of aesthetics and
function
Master Student is confident, proficient and uses
their judgement to create both an
aesthetically pleasing as well as functional
presentation

3. Step 1
• First go to All
Programs and
find Movie Maker

4. Step 2
• Click on Tasks to
reveal the Task
bar

5. Step 3
• Create a title
slide by clicking
on Make titles
or credits
• Click on Title at
the beginning

6. Step 4
• As you can see what you type begins to appear
as the first slide on the right hand side
• Click on Done, add title to movie

7. Step 5
• Next you can
import
• video
• pictures
• audio

8. Step 6
• Next, select a
picture to import

9. Step 7
• Now you have a
picture

10. Step 8
• Now add this to the
timeline at the
bottom of the
screen by dragging
it down

11. Step 9
• You may also wish to
add a music track…

12. Step 10
• Select the
track you
want

13. Step 11
• Now drag the
audio file you
have added
down to the
Audio / Music
timeline
• Place it
where you
want the
music to
begin

14. Step 12
• Now return to
the to start of
the presentation
by pressing this
button
• …and play your
movie by
pressing this
button
• As you can see,
the timeline
moves through
the storyboard

15. Step 13
• If you click on
this save button,
you will only
save the project
file, which has
the file
extension
.MSWMM

16. Step 14
• Note that the
file extension
is .MSWMM
• This means
that your
presentation
has not yet
been
published
• It is still being
edited….
• Find a suitable
location to
save it to

17. Step 15
• If you wish to
publish your
movie you must
do the
following…
• Go to Finish
Movie and click
‘Save to my
computer’

18. Step 16
• The following
screen will
appear
• Choose:
• A name
• A location to
save it to

19. Step 17
• Just
choose
‘Next’

20. Step 18
• The saving
process
begins

21. Step 19
• Finally
click on
‘Finish’

22. Step 20
Note the difference between the two types of file you have
saved – one is the editing file (.MSWMM) while the other is the
finished / published product (.wmv)