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1 Pixton How-to Guide Why use Pixton? (https://www.pixton.com/) It is an easy way to have students (even those without ‘artistic’ talent/patience) to engage in the language classroom. It is quick to use. It can be used for repeated semesters. It is published online and easily accessible. What type of account should I sign up for? I recommend choosing the Educator option. Under that account type, you can have students sign up to be in your class. Additionally, you have access to premade lesson plans. However, if you don’t care about managing your class internally through Pixton, the ‘I just wanna have fun’ or ‘I’m at work’ work fine! Tip: I had problems with the Chrome browser and single-sign-on loops so I recommend creating an addition login rather than using your Google or other premade account. Is the paid version worth it? ($8/mo) That depends on how you want to use the program. I think if you want to use something repeatedly it is, if it is a one-time use I’d recommend just using the free version. How do these comics work with the 4 skills of Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking? Listening -Have Ss create a comic illustrating an oral story. -Have Ss describe individual comic frames and discuss the correct order for the comic. -Have Ss insert audio files into the comic (part of the advanced mode). Reading -Have Ss read an article and create a summary or response comic. -Have Ss read each other’s comics (would recycle vocabulary if on an assigned topic). -Use a comic to preview a reading. Writing -Have Ss write illustration descriptions or comic dialogues. -Have Ss write a written response to comics or story based off of a comic. -Have Ss write a justification for the order they think a series of comic panels should go in.

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PixtonHow-toGuideWhyusePixton?(https://www.pixton.com/)

Itisaneasywaytohavestudents(eventhosewithout‘artistic’talent/patience)toengageinthelanguageclassroom.Itisquicktouse.Itcanbeusedforrepeatedsemesters.Itispublishedonlineandeasilyaccessible.

WhattypeofaccountshouldIsignupfor?

IrecommendchoosingtheEducatoroption.Underthataccounttype,youcanhavestudentssignuptobeinyourclass.Additionally,youhaveaccesstopremadelessonplans.However,ifyoudon’tcareaboutmanagingyourclassinternallythroughPixton,the‘Ijustwannahavefun’or‘I’matwork’workfine!Tip:IhadproblemswiththeChromebrowserandsingle-sign-onloopssoIrecommendcreatinganadditionloginratherthanusingyourGoogleorotherpremadeaccount.

Isthepaidversionworthit?($8/mo)

Thatdependsonhowyouwanttousetheprogram.Ithinkifyouwanttousesomethingrepeatedlyitis,ifitisaone-timeuseI’drecommendjustusingthefreeversion.

Howdothesecomicsworkwiththe4skillsofListening,Reading,Writing,andSpeaking?Listening-HaveSscreateacomicillustratinganoralstory.-HaveSsdescribeindividualcomicframesanddiscussthecorrectorderforthecomic.-HaveSsinsertaudiofilesintothecomic(partoftheadvancedmode).Reading-HaveSsreadanarticleandcreateasummaryorresponsecomic.-HaveSsreadeachother’scomics(wouldrecyclevocabularyifonanassignedtopic).-Useacomictopreviewareading.Writing-HaveSswriteillustrationdescriptionsorcomicdialogues.-HaveSswriteawrittenresponsetocomicsorstorybasedoffofacomic.-HaveSswriteajustificationfortheordertheythinkaseriesofcomicpanelsshouldgoin.

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-Useacomictoillustratethewritingprocess,especiallytheinternalthinkingandself-evaluationwiththoughtbubbles.-HaveSscreateacomictoprevieworsummarizeamovie,shortstory,orpoem.-HaveSscreatecomicsthatillustratepragmaticsofacitytheymayvisitonStudyAbroad.Speaking-HaveSspracticeprepositionswhiledesigningacomic,withoneSsgivingdirectionstotheotherstudent.-HaveSsworkinpairstohaveonestudentcreateacomicbasedupontheother’sdescription.Thenhavethemrevisetogether.-HaveSsputaudiofilesintothecomicratherthantypingdescriptions.-HaveSsplay‘telephonePictionary’wherestudentsalternatebetweencreatinga1-2sentencedescriptionandillustratingthedescriptionwithacomic.Sswouldneedtorotateseatstoensurestudentswouldnotseethepreviousillustrationordescription;itwilloftenbefarfromtheoriginaldescription.-HaveSspracticeimperativesgivingdirectionstofellowstudentsonmakingacomic.TipsforusingPixtonGettingstarted:Dependinguponyourpersonality-clickawayandjumpinorwatchtheirhow-toguides.Inthelowerright-handcornerthereisaHelpbutton.Ifyouwantmorehelp,youcanchat,email,orarrangeacallwiththeirsupportteam.Ifoundtheirsupporttobetop-notch!

Youcanchooseacomicstrip,storyboard,orgraphicnovel.ThisguidewillfocusonComicStrips.

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Therearetwomodes-basicandadvanced.Irecommendstartingwithbasicandswitchingtoadvancedatanotherpoint.

BasicMode:

IrecommendstartinginBasicmode.Youcancreatecomicswithupto3people,choosebackgrounds,andaddtext.Anadvantageisthatthecharacterschangepositionsinthesceneandtherearefewoptionsforediting(changingpositions,usingpresetcharacters,addingintext).Instructorsandstudentsshouldbeabletocreateacomicin5minutesorlessusingBasicMode,becausetheoptionsandbuttonstoclickonaremorelimited.

Advanced:

Advancedmodeletsyoucontroltheminutiaeofeverydetail.

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Creatingacomic:First,chooseabackgroundbyclickingonacategoryandthenbackgroundyoulike.Youcanscrollthroughorsearchbykeywordsintheupperright.Therearemanychoices!

Next,selecthowmanycharactersyouwantinyourcomic.

You’llchoosefromaselectnumberofpossiblepeopleassociatedwiththebackgroundyouchose.Tochooseacharacter,clicktheoneyouwant.

Afteryou’rechosen,itwillpopulateyoursceneandarrangethecharacters.

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Youcanaddnewpeople(upto3totalinonebasicframe;formorepeople,clickthe“Basicmode”boxtochangeyourcomicintoadvancedmode.)Toaddanotherpersonclickonthesmileyfaceintheupperleft.Searchforbykeywordorselectacharacteryouwanttoaddintothescene.

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Oncechosen,Pixtonaddsthepersonintothesceneandre-arrangesanypreviouslyplacedpeople.

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Editingacharacter:

Toeditacharacter,clickontheperson.Arowofoptionswillappearonthebottom.Fromlefttoright,thebuttonsallowyouto:

• flipamirrorimageoftheperson• edittheirskintone• changetheirposition(tofixedmannerslikejumping,sitting,etc),changetheirexpression(tofixed

facialexpressions)ordeletethecharacteraltogether.• Thearrowtotheleftisan‘undo’button.

Youcantypetextintothespeechbubblesbyclickingonthebubble.Youcanrepositionthebubblesbyusingthearrowkeysonyourkeyboardforup/downandleft/right.Similarly,typethetitleforyourcomicstripbytypingintheboxlabelled[EnterTitleHere].

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Tocreateanewpanel,clickontheblueboxwiththeplussignonitontherightsideofthepanel.

Anidenticalpanel(exceptforthetypedspeech)willthenappeartotheright.Toalterthebackgroundofthepanel,clicktheyellowbuttontheleftwiththemountain.

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Onceselected,Pixtonreconfiguresyourcharactersinthenewbackground.Selectingthegreencheckboxinthelowerleftsavesthepanel.

Publishing:

Whenyou’refinished,youcanpublishthistothewebsite(whichwillbepublic).Choosethepublishbutton.Youcansaveforlaterorpublish.Youcanshareindifferentways.Fromlefttoright:link,email,embedding,printing(paidonly),download(paidonly),editing,orsettings.Forediting,youcanreenterthecomictoedit.Settingsonlychangesthetitleorlanguagetag.

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TipsforAdvancedMode:Youcanswitchyourcomictoadvancedmodeatanytime.Youcannotswitchfromadvancedtobasic.Inadvancedmodeyoucanchangealmostanything.IrecommendwatchingafulltutorialfromPixton(https://youtu.be/HsXHM1DhAuk).Belowaremytoptipsforcreatingcompellingcomics-butthereissomuchmoreyoucoulddowithit!

1. Movethecharacter’seyes.Clickanddragthecoloredpartoftheeyetoindicatewherethepersonislooking.Zoomintothefacebyclickingthefacewiththemagnifyingglass.

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2. Changethecharacter’shands.Thisisalsoonthegreencharacter-editingtab.Clickthehandandwaitforthegesturestoappear.Selectthehandyoulike(thumbs-up,fingerscrossed,fistsareall

examples).

3. Changethecharacter’shead,body,orwaistrotation.Thisavailablewhenclickingonthegreencharacterexpressionediting.Acirculararrowwillappearandallowyoutorotatethecharacter’sheadorbody.

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4. YoucanchooseUnicodefonttotypeinotherlanguagesorcharactersystems,likeArabic!Alimitednumberofalternativeromanalphabetfontsareavailable,asarespecificcharacterslikeõ,ä,orß.

5. Addinaphotographicbackground.

Clickonthecameraiconanduploadapictureofyourchoice.Youcouldchooseastudy-abroadlocationorafamousperson-whateveryouwouldlike!Ichosemydog,Brandy!Youcanlayerthecharactersinfrontorbehindofthephotographandchangethetransparencyleveltoo.

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6. Addaproptoyourscene.Youcansearchforpremadepropsorcreateyourownbycombiningshapes.Thisincludesspeechbubblesand‘effects’likezoominglines.Youcanselectandthendragtheproptowhereyouwantitintheframe.

Conclusion:Ihopeyoufoundthishelpful!Again,thereareatonmorefeaturestothistoolnotcoveredhere.Irecommendyougettingintouchwiththehelpsupportorwatchingmoretutorialstolearnmore!https://youtu.be/HsXHM1DhAukDirecthelp:[email protected]


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