In today's blog, you will learn about Capzles, which is a free software for creating a a multimedia narrative. Also commonly known as a digital story, a multimedia narrative essentially combines text, images, audio and possibly videos, to tell a story about a topic of interest. A capzle is easy to create. Find out how to create one at the Capzles website or view this video.
For my illustration, I have selected photo images on store display from the depository in edumall2.0. Capzles allows me to categorise images under different forms of merchandise displays e.g. store front displays, in-house displays using racks, shelves, island units and so forth. It also allows me to include background music which is a prominent part of any store's display efforts.
More images of merchandise display may be accessed from flickr at Merchandise Display Photos
Multimedia narratives are fun to create and use, and are also a good way of assessing your students' understanding of content. In addition, students get to practice a range of multimedia skills and learn how to work collaboratively.
We hope you have found this snippet on Capzles useful. If you have a query on the above or have tried something similar with your classes, please write and share with us your thoughts and experiences, using the comments post.
We would also love to hear your views on the following:
- What are your initial impressions of digital storytelling as an instructional tool?
- To what extent would digital storytelling appeal to your students?
- What is the potential, if any, of the use of digital stories as a mode of assessment? as individual or group work?
- What are some challenges that you forsee in using digital storytelling for classroom teaching and learning?
Till the next installment, happy exploring!
