Alphabet Show

For this project, you will be creating a multimedia presentation using ProShow Gold, that helps a young child learn the letters of the alphabet.

**First, you must create a new folder in your Multimedia folder called Alphabet Show. Then, create a folder inside of that and call it Pictures. You must save all of the pictures for this show in that folder.
You will complete this project in three parts, Parts 1 and 2 are below. My recommendation is to print these instructions and check off each step as you complete them. This will ensure that all requirements are met and that the presentation is completed successfully.

Part 1

Step 1

1. Choose an appropriate theme (Disney, Cartoons, Fruit, Vegetables, etc). This theme must be something that children can recognize. Nothing that could scare them. I MUST approve all themes before you get started.
2. Use Google Images to find appropriate pictures for each of the letters in the alphabet (This is a total of 26 DIFFERENT pictures, for example, a picture of an Apple to represent the letter A, a picture of a Banana to represent the letter B, and so on...)
3. You MUST include a separate document to list the URL's for each picture.
4. Open ProShow Gold and go to File > New. In the folder list, find your network folder. Locate your multimedia folder and open your pictures folder. In the timeline, right click on the first slide. Select Insert > Blank Slide. Double-click on the same slide to open Slide Options. Click on the Backgrounds icon. Choose a background color that you would like to use for your blank slide. Click DONE.

Step 2

1. Using the blank slide that you created in #4 of Step 1, double-click to open the Slide Options. Choose Captions and type the following: Welcome to (Your name's) Alphabet Show (If you want each word to have its own text effect or appear in a different location, you must type each word individually).
2. Select a font style, size, and color. Since this slide will only contain text, make sure it is large enough. Also, be sure you can see the text over the background color that you chose.

Step 3

1. Insert a new blank slide after the first.
2. Double click on the slide to open the Slide Options and choose a DIFFERENT background color.
3. Then, in the Captions section type: Let's Learn Our ABC's!
4. Repeat #2 above.

Part 1 is worth 30 points. For each step not completed, you will receive 3 points off (this refers to the numbered steps).
Part 2

Step 1

1. After creating your first two introductory slides, create an additional 27 slides with DIFFERENT background colors. Be sure to create a blank slide first before changing the background colors.
2. Beginning with Slide 3, type: The Letter A. Continue through the rest of the slides and type The Letter B, The Letter C, and so on....until all slides contain this information.
3. Create a DIFFERENT text effect for each slide. You MUST have the text Enter and Exit the screen with an effect.

Step 2

1. Next, add the remaining text to each slide. This text must be a seperate text entry. In Slide Options, go to Captions and use the (+) to add another SEPERATE text entry. (This will be the name of the image that represents the letter. For example Ariel, Bambi, Cinderella, Dumbo.....). Add a text effect to this text as well.
2. After all of the text has been added, begin adding the images to each slide.
3. The pictures CANNOT take up the whole slide. The images must be resized so that the text is not covering any part of them.
4. Lastly, add a motion effect to each of the images.

Part 2 is worth 35 points. For each step not completed you will receive 5 points off.
Part 3
Step 1

1. Create your conclusion slides. In the timeline, right click in the first empty slide and select INSERT > BLANK SLIDE.
2. The third to last slide should say "Now you know your ABC's"
3. The second to last slide will have "Create by Your name, Block #, and your picture
4. Last slide will either say "The End" or it can just be a blank slide.

Step 2

1. Be sure to check and make sure that your slides are timed for at least 4-5 seconds each. (This will change once you add music)
2. Find 3 songs that you would like to use for your show. These should only include a section of the song, not the entire thing.
3. Record your 3 songs back to back in Sound Forge XP.
4. Save your sound file.
5. Sync Show to Audio. **It is OK if the slides change to a different duration than before.
6. Create an executable file.

Part 3 is worth 20 points. For each part not completed, you will receive 2 points off.










This project is due on April 23.