This presentation forms part of the Digital Storytelling course for the African Storybook project. It gives ideas on how to publish stories online in either presentation format or movie format

1. How to publish stories online in either
presentation format or movie format
By Fiona Beal

2. Definition of digital storytelling
“The art of combining storytelling with a
combination of graphics, text, recorded
audio, narration, video and music, to
communicate information about a specific
theme or topic”

3. Text and graphics in
presentation format
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4. a) SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net

5. Join, upload and follow the prompts

6. http://www.slideshare.net/ohteikbin/the-flood-a-story-for-children-presentation
The Flood

7. http://www.slideshare.net/ben_nesbit/pig-in-the-box
Pig in the box

8. http://www.slideshare.net/ohteikbin/ungrateful-twinsa-moral-story-for-children
The ungrateful twins

9. b) Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/

10. Add documents from a variety of sources

11. Lions
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135592757/Lions

12. http://www.scribd.com/read/195617283/Dolphin-of-the-Ocean-Ebook

13. c) Youblisher
http://www.youblisher.com

14. http://www.youblisher.com/p/550920-Our-Love-Book-by-Grade-1-Roberts/

15. Opens up and turns like an e-book

16. All last year’s stories…
http://africanstorybookproject.wikispaces.com/

17. Emily and the seagull
http://www.youblisher.com/p/723502-Emily-and-the-Seagull/

18. http://elk-grade6-stories.wikispaces.com/Eagles

19. Text, graphics AND
narration in presentation
format
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20. a) Slideboom
http://www.slideboom.com/

21. Slideboom
http://goo.gl/CfYPdJ

22. The Storm
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/95756/The-Storm

23. b) AuthorStream
http://www.authorstream.com/

24. Join, upload and follow the prompts

25. Example in AuthorStream
The Three Little Pigs

26. Text, graphics, and
music in video format
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27. a) YouTube slideshows
The following screenshots come from Richard Byrnes blog post
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-
slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

28. Step 1: Log into your YouTube account and
click "upload" then click "Photo Slideshow."
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

29. Step 2: Select images from your Google Account or upload
images from your computer.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

30. Step 3: Drag and drop your images into the sequence in which you
want them to appear.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

31. Step 4: Choose a sound track and select the slide display duration
and transition.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

32. Step 5: Enter a title, description, and tags for your images. Select a
thumbnail and privacy setting.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

33. Step 6: Use the annotations tool to add text to each frame of your
video. You can specify the length of time that each annotation is
displayed for.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/how-to-create-audio-slideshows-in.html#.U_W7jfmSzh5

34. Text, graphics, and
music in video format
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35. a) Create videos from PowerPoint
- upload them to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
To create a movie, convert the PowerPoint to a .wmv file

36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 1. Open PowerPoint (These screenshots
come from About.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0

37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
1. Your slideshow should have its transitions
and time slots for each selected
2. Narrations should have been made into each
slide OR
3. Music should have been selected

38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 2. Complete transitions and narration and
choose Save as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0

39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 3. Under ‘Save as type’ choose Windows
Media File

40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 4. Watch the video progress in the
bottom grey bar

41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 4. Watch the video progress in the
bottom grey bar

42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Step 5. The video can be uploaded to
YouTube to give it an online presence

43. b) Screencastomatic
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

44. Use Screencast-o-matic to create a 15 minute video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBetZmNUQ0

45. Text, graphics, narration
AND music in video
format
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46. a) Windows Live Movie Maker
http://www.pil-network.com/
b) iMovie for an Apple Macbook
https://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/
c) iMovie for an iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/imovie/id3772
98193?mt=8

47. Why the African Storybook Project
can’t use these sites

48. Thank you!