A help manual with lots of good information can be accessed here: https://pivotanimator.net/help5-1/index.htm
If you would like to install this at home, a clean installer for Pivot 5 can be downloaded from here: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=12rduA4i9mGgNFVRWNZDrKTUEKyBXZHff (don't worry about the Google warning about being unable to scan)
Please do not share this anywhere else, this version was given to us by the developer for school and student use.
You can download more complex figure for your animations from here: https://pivotanimator.net/stk-library/
Open up your Animation in Pivot Animator and check that it ready for export. If it is ready, you will be exporting your Pivot animation as an ".avi" video file from Pivot Animator and saving it into your Onedrive:
Go to File -> Export Animation -> Video.
Choose a location in your OneDrive for saving the file.
Click "Save".
In the Export Video Window that pops up:
You can either leave the height as it is or select "HD".
Select the "Lossless FFV1 (.avi)" option.
Select "Smooth Sprites"
Click "Export"
Your animation will be rendered and converted into a compressed .avi video file at the selected location.
Go to the location in File Explorer and check that the video plays correctly.
If you would like to use Adobe Premiere Pro (available on the Room 200 computers), these links will help you export and edit.
If you'd like to use OpenShot at home, it can be downloaded from (https://www.openshot.org). You can also find helpful tutorials at https://www.openshot.org/static/files/user-guide/quick_tutorial.html
More information can be found in the Animation tab of this OneNote Notebook.