This project was my first time using Adobe Animate.  My process was as follows:

• I started by choosing a background color for my stage.

• I created 8 text objects, each as an individual layer so that I could manipulate the timing for each.

• I altered the font type, size, and color for each text object.

• I resized and uploaded two vector images, a battery and a lightbulb, which I obtained from www.vecteezy.com

• I represented current using a line object with modified properties.  Once created, I modified the line's timeline so that the size of the line would change every 1/2 second or so, attempting to create the image of current flowing through the circuit.

• I recorded my audio using Audacity, then uploaded that as another layer.  I created a script as a text file so that I could upload exact captioning on YouTube.

• The last, and most time-consuming aspect of the project, was aligning my audio with the various elements in the video.  I had the symbol for each element (current, voltage, & resistance) appear on the screen at roughly the same time that I introduced them.  Similarly with the math elements.

In an effort to reduce extraneous load, I had the symbol become enlarged and the print appear in red as the value for each item was revealed.  Finally, I published the video, converted it using Swivl, and uploaded it to YouTube.

This was a very challenging but ultimately enjoyable and rewarding project.  Animate, like Gimp and Inkscape, has tremendous functionality.  And along with that functionality comes, of course, complexity.