Link to: Sample Grade 8 About Me video slideshow

Steps Needed for Photo Slideshow ( you have 5 classes to finish this, but it can be worked on at home!!!!)

1. 15 photos minimum: 8 choice/candy shots, 6 about you, 1 of you

2. Move photos from phone to Mdrive personal folder, then move upload photos to Canva

3. Open Canva with your school login credentials

4. Go to Video Project 1080p

5. Pick a front template, change it so it has your name on it, use the text tool to change the text

6. Go to UPLOADS on the left and upload all of the photos you need from your M drive folder. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS YOU CAN WORK ON IT AT HOME.

7. Drag and drop each photo into the video template DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING else.

8. On the bottom of each photo there is a button to add a transition in between each photo CHOOSE A DISOLVE ONLY no crazy transitions.

9. To shorten each photo, grab on the right side of the photo and drag left to shorten or right to lengthen. The first slide should be 5-8 sec and all of the other slides should be 3.5 sec in length.

10. You can add Audio two ways: 1. by choosing a song from Canva, go to ELEMENTS and choose a song. or 2. Import an audio file from the files I have on the M drive. Let me know if you need help with this.

When finished...show teacher then go to SHARE

then to DOWNLOADS (give it time to download), go to DOWNLOAD folder on computer

right click EDIT COPY

go to the file FINAL video and then click EDIT PASTE, right click RENAME, and rename the video by your first and last name

Wed March 12

Watch animated video and ask the students when it is completed:

1. What made the video funny?

2. Did they think the ending worked?

3. Were they routing for the sea creature?

4. What makes animation so enjoyable to watch?

 Have students continue working on:

• completing and editing candy photos
• finishing doodles, taking a photo of doodles and then creating 2 art cards
• creating a business card on Canva and downloading it to the computer and copying to their media folder (Get Adam to help people with this he knows what he is doing)

Business Card on Canva

• Log in to Canvas with Isfeld ID
• go to business card templates, find one you like or start from a blank template
• you can do a double sided card if you like
• Criteria: make up a business name, create a logo for the business, create a slogan, include your name and email. You can add anything else you want to make it look interesting
• go to share, download as a pdf
• go to downloads in the folders , usually at the top 
• copy/paste from download folder to drive folder and name it business card

Week of March. 3-7

Understanding Composition in Photography

 Understanding the Importance of Backgrounds and lighting when shooting up close.

Each person composes and takes their own photos!

• DO NOT SHOOT ON THE BARE TABLES
• choose a variety of interesting backgrounds, make sure you make the background work with the colours of your candy
• edit on your phone
• use lighting to enhance the photos 
• set up the shot using elements of composition
• upload photos
• edit photos using IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS brightness/Constrast and Crop
• Reshoot again on WED.

ASSIGNMENT: 15 well executed shots

Think COLOUR, PATTERN, SYMMETRY, SIMPLICITY, RULE OF THIRDS, RULE OF ODDS,

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