Press the Record button (or the Pause button) when you’ve finished to end the recordingĩ. Advance to the next slide if necessary.Ĩ. Sing the song and drag your finger (the laser pointer) along the screen, pointing to each syllable in time. Press the Record button at the bottom of the screenħ. Get ready to record! Select the laser pointer (I used the middle-sized option)Ħ. Tap on the Lock tab and then tap the Lock icon to lock them downĥ. Lock the lyrics in place on the screen (this will stop the block of lyrics moving around later on): select the Inspector tool, and then tap on the block of lyrics. You may need to continue the lyrics on the next slide – that’s OK, because when you make the video recording you can advance through the slidesĤ. Resize the box using the blue corner arrows if you need to spread the lyrics out. You can tap and hold your finger on the Text button to select a different font and font size. Select the Text tool, tap on the empty slide and type the lyrics of your song with hyphens between syllables and a space underneath each line. Tap the Start a new project button (plus sign at top left) and select the first colour template.ģ. Open Explain Everything, go to Settings menu and on the Record tab, next to Screencast recording quality, select 60 frames per secondĢ. I decided to poll Facebook-land to see if other music teachers would find a tutorial on how to create your own bouncing ball videos useful and the answer was a resounding “yes”! Step-by-step instructionsīEFORE STARTING: download the Explain Everything appġ. Magic! When you play back the video, the laser pointer appears to move across the lyrics on its own! Video example In the app I typed the lyrics of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, with the syllables separated (the way I would type lyrics into a notation program such as Sibelius or Finale) and then locked them in place on the screen.Īfter selecting the laser pointer option, I pressed record, started singing and pointed to each syllable with the laser pointer. I was using the Explain Everything iPad app a couple of weeks ago (Explain Everything allows you to make “explainer” videos quickly and easily on your iPad) and it occurred to me that the red laser pointer which can be used to point out things when you’re recording your video looked just like the red bouncing ball in the “follow the bouncing ball” lyrics videos I remember from childhood.
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