• ***UPDATED MANUAL AVAILABLE NOW*** The updated 2008 edition of our digital storytelling manual.

• Edu-casts: Online tutorials Explore our "how-to" edu-casts for place-based storytelling.

• About Our Workshops Teaching participants to find, tell, create, and publish the stories of their lives.

• The 4-step Process Finding the experience. Telling the story. Creating the piece. Publishing the work.

• Calendar Dates, times, and locations of the workshops. Download the preparation document.

• Train-the-trainers For those with digital storytelling experience wishing to train others.

***UPDATED MANUAL AVAILABLE NOW***

The Art, Skill, Craft, and Magic of Digital Storytelling:
A How-Come, How-To Guide, 2008 Edition

This updated manual contains KQED's approach to digital storytelling plus tips and techniques to help storytellers achieve impressive results in their visual productions.

Major upgrades for this manual include
Video Editing:
Upgraded tutorial for Mac to iMovie 6
Added step-by-step directions for using WIndows MovieMaker 2
Updated the Photoshop tutorial to focus on PS Elements.

Audio Editing:
New tutorial for GarageBand 3
New tutorial for Audacity
New tutorial for Sound Studio

Download the 2008 Manual.

PDF of Introduction, 2008 Edition

Chapter 1 PDF: Finding the Experience, 2008 Edition
Chapter includes discussion on Story Styles, Narrative Theory,
The Restorying Process

Chapter 2 PDF: Telling the Story, 2008 Edition
Chapter includes discussion on Creating a Storyboard, Digitizing Assets, Organizing Your Computer

Chapter 3 PDF: Creating the Piece, 2008 Edition
Chapter includes discussion on Hardware and Software, Editing Video, Editing Audio
This chapter has lots of new content.

Chapter 4 PDF: Publishing the Work, 2008 Edition
Chapter includes discussion on File Formats, Export the Finished Project, Using Digital Storytelling as a Resource