Story+Creator

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 * Story Creator is able to generate a story with pictures, video, drawing, text and audio. The interface is easy to navigate even with younger kids, not a lot of bells and whistles, just solid "make it" tools. A unique feature is an ability to lightly edit the audio so that there is an audio playback that matches the words giving the reader audio support if they touch a word or want the sentence read to them.**
 * Completed projects can be emailed.**
 * One drawback to the program is that it doesn't change its format when shared. It doesn't convert to Video or PDF formats. This means there is only playback in a story creator's app.**
 * Tip: Not seeing the toolbar? Look at the bottom of the screen and pull the tab (3 white lines) up.**


 * Toolbar includes: Adding pictures, camera access, text, microphone, eraser and markers.**
 * A home button in the upper left hand corner will take you back to the created book phase.**
 * The photo tool will ask you if you are looking for existing photos or video but also allows you to access the camera.**

media type="file" key="Video3.MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Video (1).MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Video.MOV" width="300" height="300" Integration Using a package of photos from Drop Box Finding pictures can take too long sometimes when working with students.Streamlining the process can help kids focus on construction and other pieces of the work. Dropbox can be used to create a folder of pictures that can be shared with multiple iPads. Might use pictures to complement text or sequence elements of a story. Here are the steps you can follow to make a dropbox folder of images and move them to the ipads for use. 1. create a generic dropbox account, load app on iPad with same account 2. Upload photos to the account 3. You can make folders in dropbox for activites that you will be doing. 4. Students access the folder through the dropbox app on the iPad. Open the app on the iPad that you will be using for construction. Find the photo option and see if it allows you to access the Dropbox account. If yes, click drop box and find the photos needed. Open the photo and it should insert in to the app they are using. Another option is to open dropbox app on the iPad and have students "save images" to the iPad camera roll by selecting the photo needed and selecting the transfer button (box with an arrow pointing up) which will bring up the option to save the image. Students can also upload photos to the dropbox. This is a nice option for group research projects or photos taken during a project that need to be shared to others, ie process of a science project or moments from a presentation/assembly
 * The audio readback features are created with the microphone tool. Push the read button to record voice or read text on page aloud. An edit recording bar comes up, once you are done.**
 * Playback your recording with the orange speaker. Notice where each word starts and stops, moved the slidebars to the start of each word. Make sure that audio highlights are turned on in the left hand bottom corner, and try touching the words on the page, they should highlight and say the word. See video below.**