#2: GOANIMATE description

GoAnimate is a tool that gives you the opportunity to create your own animations ‘exactly in the way you want’. You can create your own characters, direct them and see other animations uploaded by other people. It’s easy, fun and free. You can create your own animations in a creative way, making them unique. It provides you with different tools that will help you in creating your movie the way you want.

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How to use it

1.If you already have an account you just click on LOGIN but if you do not, you should click on SIGN UP and follow the registration steps. You will have to choose between a BASIC or PLUS account (but keep in mind that if you choose a PLUS account you will have to pay for it).

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2.Once you have completed your registration, you will proceed on creating your animation. You will now have to choose to begin by creating a character or going directly to create a movie. If you choose the second option, you will be given some already-made characters that you can use in your animation.

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3.If you want to create your own character, you will be given plenty of options to design him/her.

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4.Now, you enter the design page in which you will be able to choose the setting for your movie, the characters, the objects that you like to appear in the scene and some music.

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5.You can choose your characters’ voice and movements and how they interact with each other. To continue working on your animation, you will need to add more scenes and choose again the setting (if you want to change it), your characters’ movements and kinds of interaction, the objects that appear in the scene, etc)

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6.Once you are happy with your animation, you click on SAVE and a window will appear. You will have to provide a title for your movie, some tags, a description, and choose the movie language. You will have to mark it as DRAFT or PUBLISHED, and as PUBLIC or PRIVATE. You proceed by clicking on SAVE ONLY or on SAVE & SHARE according to what you want.

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Why I find it useful

GoAnimate is an useful tool to engage your students in writing, for example. They can create their stories and create a dialogue for characters to interact with each other. Its attractive style and tools encourage students in the use of Web 2.0 creating their own animations and sharing them with other people around the world. The website also provides you with an embed code of the movie that you and your learners can use to insert in other sites for people to see it.

-You may ask your students to turn their written stories into an animated movie that they themselves can create.

-By using this tool, you are asking your students to develop their writing skills since they will have to make their written stories into a dialogue format to create the animation.

-You may also ask your students to become one of the characters and make him talk about a specific topic (as if the character was giving a lecture, for example).