That Blue Square Thing

Interactive Digital Media Project

There's an older version of this project as well.

Produce an Interactive Digital Multimedia Product (IDMP) about your town.

PDF iconOutline scheme of work – updated 9 February 2025

There's a markgrid idea:

PDF iconMarkgrid – new 26 February 2025

Some ideas for do now tasks. These are only ideas and will need checking and filling out the top and bottom.

PDF iconLesson 1 (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconLesson 2 (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconLesson 3 (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconMaking the IDMP (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconAfter video tutorial (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconAfter storyboard (PowerPoint version)

If you're doing video first though:

PDF iconLesson 2 video route (PowerPoint version)

1 – What is an IDMP?

Explore what they are, producing a document with examples.

PowerPoint iconIntro slides – these might be the ones to teach from

PDF iconWhat is an IDMP (PowerPoint version) – this might be better used as a reference

PDF iconWritten tasks (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconWorksheet version of tasks

There are a set of example IDMPs that can be explored.

2 – Project brief

A client brief:

PDF iconKey definitions – a starting point to recall key points (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconProject brief (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconWritten tasks (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconWorksheet version of tasks

Then dem and create the basic product, using the structure chart and wireframe as a guide. Skills guides towards the bottom of this page.

PDF iconOrder of work for setup (PowerPoint version)

The idea of wireframe layouts and structure charts will need to be taught explicitly as part of this process.

PDF iconWireframe theory (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconStructure chart (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconWireframe layout slides (PowerPoint version) – changed 6 March 2025

PDF iconPrint version of wireframe – changed 6 March 2025

There's a blank wireframe to use for the design of the final slide:

PDF iconBlank wireframe

It would be a good idea to talk about copyright briefly at this stage and to try to convince children to use copyright free sources.

PDF iconCopyright slides (PowerPoint version)

It might be a good idea to use an assets table when saving images etc... If we can go heavy on saving rather than copying and on using copyright free where possible.

Word iconAssets table

Two good sources of copyright free images:

Wikipedia is a likely source for text:

3 – The Video

This is dependent on it actually working...

Video tutorial:

PDF iconVideo task slide (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconVideo editing guide

PDF iconExample timeline (PowerPoint version)

Set of videos:

PDF iconWhere to get the videos from (PowerPoint version)

The video clips are all by Rene Strgar who uploaded them as free to use video to Pexels (here's a link to one of the videos)

PDF iconVideo brief (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconStoryboards (PowerPoint version)

There's a storyboard sheet to use. This needs printing.

PDF iconStoryboard sheet

Video clips are in shared docs as the files get quite large at times.

PDF iconLocation of video clips (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconContact sheet of video clips

Guides on how to use software will come once I get a chance to figure it out...

There are sites to download copyright free sounds and music at this page – there's a username/password combo for the sites which require them that should work – this works best printed and put on the classroom wall I find

4 – Review and Refine

Review and refine the work. Here's one way to do this.

PDF iconReview task slides (PowerPoint version)

PDF iconChecklist

Possible use of a test table:

Word iconTest table

IDMP Skills

Slides summarising basic skills in PowerPoint to create an IDMP. The setup is particularly important.

PDF iconSetting up an IDMP in PowerPoint

PDF iconAdding buttons and hyperlinks to navigate with

PDF iconUsing a master slide – maybe for the title stuff?

Making skills:

PDF iconAdding objects (images mainly)

PDF iconTextbox skills

PDF iconAnimations

PDF iconTransitions between slides

PDF iconAdding video

PDF iconAdding audio (probably not needed for this project)

PDF iconAdding decent maps using Google Maps

The final product needs to saved as a PowerPoint Show (ppsx).

PDF iconExporting the final product

Video Skills

These are for Filmora.

PDF iconImporting media files

PDF iconEditing video clips

PDF iconAdding text titles and captions

PDF iconUsing still images in video

PDF iconUsing audio files

PDF iconAdjusting video speeds

PDF iconExporting video files