Explorer
Trading Cards ….. using bighugelabs.com
1.
Log in to
Novell (only if you plan to screenshot the finished project, put it on a Word
doc and then type an informative essay under the screenshot)
2.
Go to Google Chrome - our school website –
student corner – Mrs. Tush – and under Grade
5 (in the middle section), locate Explorer
Trading Cards
3.
Click on Explorer Trading Cards
4.
Make a new tab (ctrl + t)
5.
Type in the name
of your explorer and locate images of
him/her
6.
Right click to save image as… save picture
as… and save it to the desktop or to your H drive (desktop is the quickest)
Big Huge
Labs
7.
Return to the bighugelabs
tab . Directions:
a) Scroll down and open “Trading Card”
b) Click – choose
file
c)
Navigate to
where you saved your image – then select
it and click open
d) For the title –
type your explorers name
e) For the sub-title,
type in the sponsoring country
f) In the description,
type: (only about 7 lines of text will fit)
---
year of birth and death
---
1 major accomplishment
---
3 interesting facts
---
by: your name
8.
Choose a style
9.
Choose a few icons that represent your explorer (just click on a circle and then choose
an icon – IT MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR EXPLORER) ---- then repeat for
other icons
10. Crop – leave it
on “center”
11. Click Create
(If
your image cuts off part of the head, click Edit. Locate a new image. Click
upload and locate your new image).
When you are
finished creating the trading card:
12. Click Download
13. Locate the downloaded image. Select it and then click open.
14. Click Print
15. Click Next
16. Your
image should be the defaulted selection (has a check mark)
17. Click Next
18. Choose a printer
19. Click Next
20. Choose whatever size
your teachers asks you to choose (5 X 7 or 4 to a page)
21. Click Next
22. Click Finish
