User Guide - Saving, Loading, and Sharing
7. Saving, Loading, and Sharing
Once you have completed a draft version of the story, it is a good idea to save it. The Save option is found under the Save button in the lower right-hand corner of the window accessed through the Write tab.
Digital Storyteller provides the student with the opportunity to save three different draft versions (labeled “Version 1,” “Version 2,” and “Version 3”). This permits the student to explore different variations of a story.
A student can continue to revise and work on a story at any point. The Load option is found under the Load button in the lower left-hand corner of the screen accessed through the Write tab.
This option permits the student to load any of the three draft versions or the final version of a story, continuing to revise the story. A student might, for example, begin work on a story in school. Later they might continue to work on the story from a terminal in the public library, and then complete the story by working at a friend’s house or at home later in the evening. The ability to load the current story and continue working on it from any terminal with Internet access is one of the most important features of Digital Storyteller.
When the student completes and saves the Final version of the story, a story number is generated. This number is found at the bottom of the Start page:
This web link (URL) can be posted on a web site or sent to a colleague via e-mail.
Important Note: To minimize the amount of work that might be lost in a session, Digital Storyteller automatically saves the story every five minutes.
It is important to note that refreshing the web browser resets Digital Storyteller to the starting login screen (i.e., the initial starting point). If this inadvertently occurs, the most recent version of the story can be reloaded.
There is also an Undo feature found under the Load button. The Undo feature allows the previous saved version of the story to be reloaded.
