Google Classroom<\/strong><\/a> Google Drive<\/strong><\/a> Microsoft Online<\/a><\/strong> Your login name or Microsoft Online is the same as your school login with “@stu.burbankusd.org” on the end, and your password is your school login password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Library Lookup<\/strong><\/a> (only works on campus) Burbank Public Library<\/strong><\/a> Aeries Portal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Typing.com<\/a><\/strong> Adobe Creative Cloud<\/strong><\/a> Photopea<\/strong><\/a> Canva<\/strong><\/a> DaVinci Resolve<\/strong><\/a> Blender<\/a><\/strong> 1001fonts.com<\/a><\/strong> Typography Resources for Printing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Purple Planet<\/strong> <\/a> Fesliyan Studios<\/strong><\/a> Freesound<\/a><\/strong> (blocked on campus)<\/em> Free Music Archive<\/strong><\/a> Internet Archive Audio<\/strong><\/a> Incompetech Free Music Archive<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n digccMixter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bensound<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PacDV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Soundimage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n No Copyright Music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Uppbeat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Production Crate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Buckley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source Audio: Imuno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ncs.io<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Josh Woodward<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n mobygratis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FreePD<\/strong><\/a> Creative Commons Sources<\/strong><\/a> Beepbox<\/a><\/strong> https:\/\/www.filmcrux.com\/blog\/free-film-resources<\/a> is a curated collection of free digital materials and apps for media creation. Many are blocked on campus, but are available elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texturelabs <\/strong><\/a>is an amazing resource for free digital media tutorials and image textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/strong> Getty Museum Open Content<\/strong><\/a> NASA Image and Video Library<\/strong><\/a> Los Angeles Public Library Photo Search<\/strong><\/a> Digital Public Library of America<\/strong><\/a> Calisphere<\/strong><\/a> Workbench Tutorials<\/strong><\/a> Realistic Fire in After Effects<\/a><\/strong> Walk Cycles with Character Animator<\/strong><\/a> After Effects Animation Tutorial (Puppet Warp)<\/a><\/strong> Scratch<\/strong><\/a> Code.org<\/strong><\/a> Snap<\/strong><\/a> Woof<\/strong><\/a> Codecademy<\/a><\/strong> Celtx<\/a><\/strong> BBC Writers Room<\/strong><\/a> dictionary.com<\/a><\/strong> merriam-webster.com<\/strong><\/a> BibMe<\/strong><\/a> Twine<\/strong><\/a> Write Rhymes<\/strong><\/a> Power Thesaurus<\/strong><\/a> Shakespeare’s Words<\/strong><\/a>
All student work in the Keyboarding and Digital Media classes is assigned and collected through Google Classroom. Students can only sign up for classes if they have the correct code and their BUSD email information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google Drive has storage and an online office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, et cetera). Google Drive is free for everyone, but students should sign in with their school email for maximum compatibility with Google Classroom. Student accounts should only be used for schoolwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All BUSD students have a free Microsoft Online account. The account gives them access to several useful tools including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Find out what’s available in our library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTyping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6th grade students participating in the keyboarding section of the wheel will use this site to practice typing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDigital Media Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, we cannot provide student versions of any Adobe software. However, Adobe does have trial versions of their software available. They are fully functional for 30 days. You can also purchase a student Creative Cloud license. It’s $9.99 for Photoshop (which we use a lot) & Lightroom (which we never use, but it’s part of the bundle). You can also lease the full Creative Cloud bundle (including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver, and Audition) monthly. Note: Students are not required to have any software at home. They will have plenty of time to complete all assignments during class.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pixlr<\/a><\/strong>
Sumopaint<\/a><\/strong>
These free alternatives to Photoshop run in your web browser. They do not have all of the power of Photoshop, but they can do a great deal of work, and each one has some unique features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canva is a drag and drop video editing site. A basic account is free, but they charge for featured content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DaVinci Resolve is a powerful video editing suite that has a almost fully functional free version. The learning curve is steep, but the program is incredibly strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blender is a free, open source 3D project editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFonts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1001freefonts.com<\/a><\/strong>
dafont.com
<\/a>fontsquirrel.com<\/a><\/strong>
Tons of free fonts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Royalty free music for personal projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royalty free music for personal projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands of free sound effects and samples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Music that’s free for personal use, and usually for public use as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lots of free music here, but be careful- some of it requires a license to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A curated collection of public domain music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multiple sources of royalty-free music. Be careful- there are different licenses! Make sure you can use the music you pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make your own chiptunes!<\/p>\n\n\n\nFilmmaking Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Images and Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Library of Congress Pictures<\/a><\/strong>
Pics4Learning<\/a>
Smithsonian Open Access<\/a>
<\/strong>Public domain images. Students can use other web sites for images (Google Images is the most popular choice), but the sites above offer images that can be used without fear of copyright issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like the Smithsonian, The Getty has made thousands of high quality scans of artworks available free of copyright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copyright free images and video from NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A good source for historical photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Digital collections from libraries across the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital collections from Universities and libraries throughout California.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTutorials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A YouTube channel full of After Effects tutorials. Some of them are complex, but lots of them are quick and easy to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An advanced tutorial to help you light things on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnimation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Straightforward instructions for importing a puppet from Photoshop into Chaacter Animator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A detailed but easy to follow tutorial about animating in After Effects using puppet warp without using plugins. This link is to the first of four parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCoding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Scratch is an excellent way to learn the basics of coding using preformatted code blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Code.org is very similar to Scratch. It has pre-written lessons to guide self learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Snap is a variation of Scratch with some more mature features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woof is a step between Scratch and pure coding. It is a Javascript library with code snippets that emulate Scratch blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Codecademy moves beyond preformatted blocks and teaches learners to manually write code. Students can learn everything from the basics of web page creation to implementation of databases with Ruby on Rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWriting\/Creating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Celtx is a script writing tool. Their is a pay version with tons of bells and whistles, but the free one will help you create and properly format a script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn how to write a script. Do well and you could be writing for the BBC! BONUS: Tons of free scripts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An online dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another online dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EasyBib
<\/a><\/strong>BibMe and EasyBib are two sites that do the same thing: help you create a proper bibliography\/works cited page. You put in the information, and they put it in the right location!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twine is a free program for creating non-linear stories. Think “Choose Your Own Adventure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A rhyme finder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find synonyms and antonyms. Don’t go crazy with this. Synonyms usually mean approximately<\/em> the same thing as each other, not exactly<\/em> the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A glossary a words used by Shakespeare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n