Explain+Everything

Explain Everything is an "interactive white board" and screencasting app for iOS and Android ($2.99) that "lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere." Any annotations, animations, and narrations you make can be saved as an image or a video and exported to a wide variety of programs and apps, including YouTube, @iTunes, @Dropbox, Evernote, @Google Drive, and still others. This app is similar to other interactive whiteboard apps like @ShowMe, but offers much more annotation and exporting options.

Getting Started with Explain Everything Uses for Music Class Resources
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Getting Started with Explain Everything
Navigating Explain Everything Creating a New Project Exporting a Project
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Navigating Explain Everything

 * Home Screen:**
 * When you open the Explain Everything app, you will see a toolbar at the top as well as a grey screen. Any previous projects you have created in the app will appear in the large portion of the screen. You can click an existing project to open and edit, or click hold to delete. You may also see backups of deleted or unsaved work.
 * On the toolbar, from left to right:
 * "+" button: Start a new project from scratch and choose a color template that you will use in the project (can be changed later)
 * Page with + button: Start a new project using a video or photo from your device or a file from another app/program such as iTunes, Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, and more
 * Box with arrow button: Export an existing project.
 * Gear button: Set your preferences and link to your accounts from other programs
 * "i" button: Informational guides and videos


 * Project Screen:**


 * 1) Hand tool: move, resize, and rotate objects and annotations on the screen. Also, attach objects together by triple-tapping.
 * 2) Draw tool: draw on the screen. Double-click to change the width and to turn "Auto-group" (making annotations "stick to" other objects when you move or resize) on or off.
 * 3) Shape tool: add shapes to the screen. Double-click to change the shape, turn shadow on or off, adjust the thickness of the shape's border, and turn Auto-group on or off.
 * 4) Text tool: add typed text to the screen. Double-click to change the font, font size, turn font border on or off, and turn Auto-group on or off.
 * 5) Insert object: insert an object: existing photo/video, file (choose from many different programs), new browser (import a website), new picture (turn on your device's camera), new video (turn on your device's camera), existing sound (on iOS, choose from your device's iTunes Library)
 * 6) Delete/erase tool (depending on the object/annotation type): remove an object or annotation from the screen. For the eraser tool, double-click to adjust the size of the eraser. For the X tool, click on the object you'd like to remove, then click the red X at the corner of that object.
 * 7) Laser pointer: draw attention to where your finger is touching the screen. Double-click to choose different pointer options, including different-colored light sabers!
 * 8) Inspector tool: move objects forwards and backwards, duplicate objects, animate objects to rotate ("auto-rotation"), etc.
 * 9) Undo/redo: Click to launch the redo option.
 * 10) Zoom and pan tool: zoom in or out on the screen to create infinite space (like in @Prezi)
 * 11) Presentation mode: click eliminate much of the toolbar options to have more viewable space for the project screen. Click again to return toolbars.
 * 12) Color picker: choose one of the colors from your selected template for the shapes, text, and drawings. Double-click any of the colors to change the color and adjust the "opacity" (level of opaque-ness/see-through).
 * 13) Previous slide (on the opposite side of 14 and 15 is next slide)
 * 14) Slide sorter: choose a slide to work on, change the color template, press and hold a slide to rearrange the order of the slides, duplicate a slide ("2x"), delete a slide ("X"), or change the color template of an individual slide (color wheel).
 * 15) New slide
 * 16) Recording buttons: rewind, record, play, fast forward
 * 17) Timer and timeline: tap to show
 * 18) Export as image to a wide variety of programs
 * 19) Export as video to a wide variety of programs
 * 20) Export as file (to Explain Everything and not an outside program)
 * 21) Exit to the home screen

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Creating a New Project
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Exporting a Project

 * Export as an Image:**
 * 1) Click the export image button on the control bar (#18 above).
 * 2) Choose your export preference:
 * Photo to Camera Roll: save to your device's photo album
 * Photo to Mail: email your photo to someone
 * PDF to iBooks: export your image as a PDF to any one of the many different programs on your device that can read PDF
 * More: choose from even more programs to export your image


 * Export as a Video:**
 * 1) Click the export video button on the control bar (#19 above).
 * 2) Choose your export preference:
 * Movie to Camera Roll: save to your device's photo album
 * YouTube: upload to create a new YouTube video (your YouTube account must be linked; if it is not; the app will ask you to sign in). You will be prompted to add a title, description, category, privacy preference, save a copy to your device, share on Twitter, and share on Facebook. When you are ready, click "Publish."
 * More: choose from even more programs to export your video. You have the option to export all slides or choose specific slides to include.


 * Export as a file:**
 * 1) Click the export file button on the control bar (#20 above).
 * 2) Give your project a name.
 * 3) Find your project on the app home screen.
 * 4) Click on the project from the home screen to make any edits.
 * 5) Click and hold the project to delete.
 * 6) Click the export button from the home screen to export your file at a later time.

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Uses for Music Class
General uses:
 * Create personalized and differentiated instructional videos for your students
 * Have students create images and videos to demonstrate their learning for assessment or peer instruction
 * Have students use the app to create multi-media presentation projects
 * Attach a video of a class or student performance and provide feedback
 * Create an engaging an informative video to use as an overlay in @Aurasma

With our units:
 * Rhythm: Demonstrate to to draw and say various rhythm symbols, record students reading a given rhythm while pointing to the notes using the laser pointer
 * Melody: Import an image of a staff, record while students write notes on the staff using the shape tool (oval) and then perform their composition
 * Expression: Take a picture of a poem, have students annotate the poem with dynamic markings and then perform the poem with their markings
 * Movement: Take a video of a class dance performance and give feedback; take a video of various dance steps and give more information
 * Timbre: have students add audio to a picture of a classroom instrument, annotate the different parts of an instrument. For recorder, ukulele, or other classroom instrument, create presentations (or have students create them) about how to finger and/or read a pitch on the instrument
 * Form: Use different slides to record audio while drawing or annotating different sections of a song

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Resources

 * Explain Everything developer's YouTube channel (lots of tutorials)
 * Help Guide for iOS and Help Guide for Android
 * Tutorials for iOS and Tutorials for Android

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