So I've had a few questions from other librarians about how I put together our Page One Previews that we are showing the freshmen class during their Independent Reading time. This was a tricky one for me to figure out, but I'm glad I stuck with it and figured out the steps to take. It has a bit of a learning curve, but once you got it, you can crank them out.
Step One: GET THE CANVA TEMPLATE If you want, you can use my template in Canva to give a start to your project. CLICK HERE Pretty much all the steps I will outline here should be outlined in the template as well. You'll just need to read the different slides and and look in the notes section.
Now, here's the *ONLY* paid for aspect of this one you may want. . . .you need to get the "Starter" plan that costs $7 a month. You need this one because it allows you to download any screencast as an MP3. The free version does not. Otherwise, you will need to convert the MP4 video file to an MP3 with something like CloudConvert. And it will only upload to your Google Drive in the free account. It's just a whole bunch more steps. Plus, Screencastify is a great product! Step Three: GET THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THE BOOK AND EXTRACT THE TEXT Okay, we have our audio! Now let's get the text to go along with that audio. To do this, I go to Amazon and find the book. On Amazon, you can preview the first few pages of the book. Do this and scroll on down to the section of the audiobook you have. Using a screenshot tool (My favorites are other the Snipping Tool on windows or just pressing Windows + Shift + S) get a picture of the page or two from the audiobook. OR you may be able to just right click and save the page as an image. Then you will go to an image to text extractor like THIS one. Upload those images, have it extract the text for you, examine it for errors, and there you go!
When you checkout under "license type," select "Education" and then select "Classroom Use," as you see in the picture above. You will then be able to download your atmospheric music and upload it to Canva! Step Five: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
After this, search in Canva's elements for videos that will go with the kind of book you are featuring. I usually suggest looking for a video that's around 30 seconds max per slide. However much of the narration you can get through in that 30 seconds, that's how much text you should paste onto that slide. Please note: In the Canva template, under this text in the layers is a black rectangle that has the transparency pulled down to make the video a little darker, so the text is easier to read. To change the background video or picture, move this black rectangle off to the side a bit, and then you can change the background. Keep working until you get all the narration, music, videos, and text until it's just as you like! BONUS: USING AUDACITY Just because it's the way I prefer it, I actually mix all my audio in Audacity before I upload it into Canva so I have a little more control over the volume of the background music versus the narration. You don't have to do this, but I just thought I'd mention it if you are familiar with that tool already!
Happy Page One Preview!
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AuthorJennifer Zimny has been the teacher librarian at Ponderosa High School since the 13/14 school year and previous to that, she was the drama teacher for 9 years. She holds a BA in Theatre from CSUS, a teaching credential in English, and a teaching credential in Library Media Services from Azusa Pacific University. She has presented an multiple professional development conferences, including CSLA, CUE, ELA Conference at Asilomar, and multiple PD offerings throughout her district. Archives
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