IV. Develop
In the develop phase, the designer of the instruction creates the actual instructional product. In
this ADDIE phase, digital story creators use digital story software such as Apple iMovie, Microsoft
Photo Story 3, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Photoshop or Premiere Elements to create the story.
Guideline 11: Use blank slides for titles and fades
Some software applications that are commonly used to create digital stories, such as Microsoft
Windows Live Movie Maker, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Apple iMovie provide the option of
creating a blank title screen directly from within the program. However, older software
applications, such as Microsoft’s Photo Story 3, do not provide this option for inserting a separate
blank slide, so Photo Story 3 users need to create a blank slide outside of the program if it is to be
added to the digital story.
One of the easiest ways to create a blank slide is to use Microsoft PowerPoint. Using PowerPoint’s
Format Background command, we recommend using a solid fill white or black background,
although a gradient or pattern fill may also be used. Then use the “save as” option under the File
menu to save the slide as a graphic file such as a JPEG or PNG. Text can then be added as desired
to create a title or even provide information in the digital story. In the example shown in Figure 4,
a black slide was created in PowerPoint and exported as a JPG. The graphic was then imported into
Photo Story 3, and white text was added.