How to Put Your Booktalks on YouTube

From Sarah Hunt, teen services librarian extra-ordinaire:

Download covers from catalog:

Use the link "reviews+more" at the top of the book's entry to get KCLS-library-use authorized images.
Example:

Put together visual representation of whatever else you want in the talk:

Such as: Read Three, Game On, whatever
How to:

Make a PowerPoint presentation,
choose File: Save as Web Page.
In "Save As Type" drop-down menu select GIF or JPG.
Have it convert all slides.

Record yourself doing your booktalks:

Use a new file for each picture, naming them something that indicates what it is for easy matching up.
Audacity is available for free download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Export each sound file from Audacity as .wav file.

Open Windows Movie Maker.

Import the pictures and audio files from your computer into the "Collections" window.

Have the bottom bit of the window show you the Timeline (I found it easier to edit this way).

Drag the pictures down into the Video portion in the order you want them.

Drag the audio files down.

As you drop each one onto the audio track, click on the picture that goes with that part of the audio.
Drag the right hand side to make that picture last as long as that audio clip. Repeat until everything matches up.

Test by playing your video so far in the right-hand play window.

Happy? Save your file.

Now export it into a usable format.

Click File: Save Movie File.
I used "The Web" option and saved it at DSL quality, saving a copy on my computer.

Now you should have a WMV file, ready to upload and share!