Building your story with the Chekhov mobile phone App By Megan Rademeyer

SchoolNet

1.Having

downloaded the Chekhov App from

the Store, open the App and click on the ‘Get Started’

arrow.

2.Any stories you

have already started will appear

in the My Stories list. To create a

new story, click the ‘+’ icon at the bottom of the

screen.

3.Type in the name of your story, and then click on the

green tick. You will now see

your new story in the ‘My Stories’

list.

4.Select your new

story and add information such as your name as the author; the

language the story is written in; and a short description.

5.Now scroll down,

and choose where your story will be

available. [Hint: tick the boxes for

‘South Africa’ ‘United Kingdom’,

‘United States’, and ‘Rest Of World’]

6.Choose ‘All

available markets’ under the Publish

to Windows Phone icon & tick the box under the Publish

to Print icon. Then click the

green arrow.

7.You are now ready

to write your story!

Click the ‘+’ icon at the bottom of the

screen to create your first page.

8.Click ‘Choose Template’ to

decide how you want your page to

look – you can have a picture at

the top, or on either side of your

text.

9.For this page, we

have chosen ‘Image on top, text

on left’ – but you can change the layout for each page you write.

10.Click inside the text

box and type in your text. It will

automatically be saved.

When you are finished, click on

the picture icon to add an image.

11.You can choose from any image stored on your

phone - or click the Camera icon to

take a picture there and then!

12.Your picture is automatically added to your

page. Now click the ‘+’ icon to add another page, and

follow the same steps until all

pages are done.

13.Once all of your pages are done you can record

your audio narration.

Go to P1 and click on the ‘Record’

icon.

14.First record the

Page.Click the ‘record’ icon and

speak in time with the highlighted text. Click the ‘play’ icon

to listen back. You can re-record as

needed.

15.Next record each

individual Word. Click the ‘record’ icon - then

click on a word, speaking immediately. Repeat for each word on the page. Click the

‘play’ icon to listen back & re-record as needed.

16.Once you have

recorded the audio for each Page and Word

you can see what your finished story will look

like when it’s published! Just click the ‘Preview’

icon at the bottom of the screen.

17.You can use Preview at any time to see how a page

will look to a reader. When you’re finished, click the ‘Home’ icon to return to your My Stories page.

18.All done? Happy with how your story looks and

sounds? Then click on the ‘…’ icon at the top of the screen.

19.Click ‘publish’ to submit your finished story for

review and for publication around the world.

20.Chekhov will

automatically check that you haven’t missed

anything - and will let you know if you have!

Choose the ‘edit’ icon to make any changes,

then submit it again.

21.That’s it! Your story will be stored on your phone & sent for publication the next time you connect

to wifi or to your network data service. Once approved, it will appear in the App Store for

people across the world to download and enjoy