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40 mins
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Make Something of Your Own

Over the class periods left before the showcase, you make a piece of digital media of your own, about something you care about, with the tools from this course. You credit every borrowed part, and a classmate checks your credits.

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    1 - Start ~4 mins

    Today you start a piece of digital media of your own, about something you care about. You choose what to make and which tools from this course to use: Canva, AudioMass, Snip Studio, or more than one.

    Key point

    You have until the showcase, and your teacher will tell you how many classes that is. Plan a piece you can finish in that time: a small finished piece beats a big unfinished one.

    When your piece is finished, you credit every borrowed part and a classmate checks your credits. Then, at the showcase, you show it.

    2 - Ideas to Start From ~5 mins

    Make anything you like with the tools from this course. Here are some ideas to start from.

    ToolIdeas
    CanvaA poster for your club's next match; a cover for a playlist you made; three photos of a place you like, each with a line of your own
    AudioMassA thirty-second radio ad for a school event, in your own voice over music; the opening of a podcast about your hobby
    Snip StudioMatch highlights from two or three clips; a one-minute how-to for something you are good at; a short film about your area
    More than oneA sound you made in AudioMass, played under your clips in Snip Studio
    Whatever you make
    • Use material you are allowed to use: your own photos, clips, words and voice, or files from your source log. If your own photo or clip shows other people, ask them first.
    • Credit every borrowed part: creator, link, licence or permission, and the date you looked.
    • Save your piece where the class keeps its work before the end of every class.
    A credit line

    Pitch at dusk. Creator: A. Byrne. Link: pixabay.com/photos/pitch-at-dusk-24131. Licence or permission: Pixabay Content License. Accessed: 3 November 2026.

    Which idea would you make, or what would you make instead? Be ready to say it in one sentence.

    3 - Hands-on: Make Your Piece ~17 mins

    Choose your piece and start making it. Plan something you can finish in the classes you have left before the showcase.

    Every class
    • Open Enter Your Work under this step. Fill in what your piece is about and the tool or tools you are using, and add to it as your piece grows.
    • Each time you use a file, add it under The files I used, and write its credit line under My credit lines. If your log does not have the creator or the link yet, they are on the page your log names.
    • Before the end of class, save your piece where the class keeps its work, and press Save on your box.

    In each tool:

    • Canva: sign in, bring your own files in through Uploads, and download the finished design.
    • AudioMass: choose File, then Load from Computer. Export the MP3 before you close the tab, because AudioMass keeps nothing.
    • Snip Studio: open the video editor and add clips or sound with Add media or Upload file(s). Before you leave, click the project name at the top and choose Save a backup.

    If you need material: start from the files in your source log. If a download is missing, go back to the page the log names, download it again, and check the licence line is still under the Download button. You can add more files from Pixabay, logged the same way; skip anything marked Sponsored or iStock. Use Freesound only if your teacher has already set it up; do not create accounts in class.

    When it is finished

    Your piece is saved where the class keeps its work, and Enter Your Work lists every file you used, with a credit line for each borrowed one. Then go on to the next step with your partner.

    4 - Your Turn: Credit It and Check It ~10 mins

    Put a credit on the piece for every borrowed part, then swap with a partner.

    When

    Do this in your last class before the showcase, once your piece is finished or nearly.

    1. Before you swap: put the credit line on the piece now. For an image, use small text at the bottom. For video, use one end card. For audio, put the credit lines in Enter Your Work only, because sound cannot show text.
    2. Write one credit line per borrowed file if you have not already. Each line needs all four checks: creator, link, licence or permission, and the date you looked at it. Credit a file even if its licence says no credit is needed, as most Pixabay files do: the line shows where it came from. A part you made yourself (your own voice, your own text) needs no credit.
    3. Swap devices or sit side by side. Your partner goes through the piece part by part with your credit lines beside it, checks every borrowed part against the four checks, and names one specific thing that works.
    4. If a credit is missing or incomplete, fix it now. Add your partner's note under One thing my partner said works, save the finished piece where the class keeps its work, and press Send to Teacher on your box.
    Key point

    You are done when every borrowed part has a credit that passes the four checks, your partner has named one thing that works, the piece is saved where the class keeps its work, and your Enter Your Work box is sent.

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