Making+a+Slideshow+in+Windows+and+Burning+it+to+Disk

Making slideshows for students and parents is easy! These make a great end-of-year gift for your families.
Using Windows...here's how:

Part 1: Prepare the photos:
1. Upload all the photos you'll use to your computer. Put them in a place that makes sense to you (i.e. My Pictures or a folder on your desktop or in your documents). 2. If you want to edit the photos and need a photo editor, you might consider using Picasa, Google's photo editor. You can download the program to your computer and edit from there. 3. When your photos are ready, open the folder where they are located.

Part 2: Create DVD
1. Go to the Start Button>All Programs 2. Open Windows DVD Maker 3. drag and drop photos from photo folder into DVD Maker window. They should load into a "slide show folder" in the program. 4. Click the blue "options" button in the lower right corner to set the playback settings you want. The other default options should suffice. FYI aspect ratio 4:3 is standard screen, 16:9 is widescreen. NTSC is fine for the video format. 5. Click next 6. Select a menu style and customize if you wish including music. 7. Click burn.

If you are planning to make a copy for each student, keep in mind this will be a long process. Plan for around 3 days of burning, depending on how long the slideshow is. Let me know if you'd like me to be there for the first few times through to walk you through it. And feel free to contact me if you get stuck!

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