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Text and Sound

Add clear titles, captions and recorded sound to your work.

  • Define and explain Text and Sound in your own words
  • Use key terms such as digital media accurately
  • Apply what you have learned to new examples and questions
  • Avoid the common mistakes learners make with this topic

This lesson focuses on Text and Sound: add clear titles, captions and recorded sound to your work.

Definition: Text and Sound

Add clear titles, captions and recorded sound to your work.

Key ideas

Save and name like a pro

Save your work often, and give files names that describe them, like 'volcano-poster-final', instead of 'untitled1'. Future you will be very grateful when it is time to find the file again.

Respect other people's work

Pictures and music you find online belong to someone. Only use images you made yourself, or ones your teacher says are free to use — and always say where a borrowed image came from. This habit is called giving credit, and it is the law as well as good manners.

Key term — digital media: Anything you create on a computer that others can see or hear: images, slideshows, animations, video and sound recordings.

Worked example: Text and Sound

Your slideshow file will not open and you last saved it an hour ago. What habit would have saved your work?

Saving often — every few minutes — so only a few minutes of work could ever be lost.

Answer: Saving often — every few minutes — so only a few minutes of work could ever be lost.

Common mistakes
  • Cramming every word onto one slide Correction: keep slides visual — a picture plus a short caption beats a wall of text every time.
  • Starting on the computer with no plan Correction: spend five minutes on a storyboard first — it makes the building stage twice as fast.

Practice

Which is the better file name: 'untitled2' or 'dolphin-poster-final'? Why?
Imagine finding it again in a month.

'dolphin-poster-final' — it describes the file's contents, so you can find it without opening it.

What is a storyboard, and why do film-makers use one?
Think about planning scenes in order.

A storyboard is a set of sketches showing each scene in order; it lets film-makers plan and fix problems on paper before expensive filming starts.

You want music for your slideshow. What is the safe choice?
Remember who owns music you find online.

Use music your teacher says is free to use, or record your own — and always credit the creator.

How does an animation make still pictures look as if they move?
Think about flipping the corner of a notebook.

It shows many slightly different pictures one after another very quickly, and your eyes blend them into smooth movement.

Quick check

Text and Sound — quick check

Which of these best defines "digital media"?

Anything you create on a computer that others can see or hear: images, slideshows, animations, video and sound recordings.

True or false: it is fine to copy a whole story from a website into your slideshow as long as it looks nice.

False — the story belongs to its author; summarise it in your own words and say where you found it.
Key takeaways
  • Text and Sound: add clear titles, captions and recorded sound to your work.
  • Save and name like a pro: Save your work often, and give files names that describe them, like 'volcano-poster-final', instead of 'untitled1'.
  • file: A single saved piece of work on a computer, such as one picture or one slideshow.
  • Watch out for: cramming every word onto one slide
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