5130 - What to do?

I finally have a start on my instructional package with a purpose! And I'm excited about it. My draft script is written. Now I need to put it all together.

So I'm trying to decide what tools to use. After comparing some of the available technologies, I initially decided to go with Microsoft Movie Maker. I used this for the "We'll Show You, Tufte" project, and really liked how easy it is to use. I already practiced my audio in Movie Maker - worked like a charm.

But as I think about adding text to the images, Movie Maker doesn't seem like the best tool to use. I can add text, but have no control over the placement of the text. Also as far as I can tell, the image becomes the entire slide - another background isn't possible. This may be fine for the project, but I'm not sure yet.

I may need to create the images with text in another program, like Fireworks. In the end, it's probably not that much different.

I may try working with Jing to create screen shots. And I love playing with Wordl. Wordl provides a fun and artistic approach to playing with Words. In fact, I may try doing my definition of SCUBA with Wordl.