User Guide - Start, Write, Find Images
1. Start
When students enter Digital Storyteller, they are greeted with a start screen that may contain general information or specific directions from the teachers. Students may log in, if an account has been assigned by the teacher, or explore through a guest login if an account has not been assigned.
The next tab is labeled Write. This provides a space for the student to write their story. If the student chooses, they may also create the story in an external word processor, and paste it into the Digital Storyteller text editor.
After the student has created a draft script, the next task is to find images to accompany this task. The Find tab allows the student to find these images. Digital Storyteller allows the teacher to create a set of images for an activity that loads when the student logs into the application.
A set of images can also be imported from Flickr, a widely used Web 2.0 image sharing service that is available to educators without charge. To acquire images from a school or student account on Flickr, select the Options button at the bottom of the Find screen and choose the “Pix from Flickr” option. Then enter the Flickr screen name for the school or student account. For example, to access images on the Cale Elementary account, type:
Cale Elementary
It is also possible to import a set of images associated with a particular project by tagging these images in Flickr. This tag associated with the project can be used to select only those specific images. For example, a Cale Elementary project associated with volcanoes could be accessed in this manner:
Cale Elementary /volcanoes
Adding Images to a Project Folder
Each image listed on the Find screen has a checkbox beside its title. Click the checkbox to the left of the title to view the image. When the image is displayed, an “Add to Folder” button can be found in lower right-hand corner of the Find screen. Select this option to add the picture to the project folder for the current story.
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