Course Production - With Final Cut Pro

Can your brain be transformed to see things differently? This amazing visual trick illustrates the power of having a filter in our brains and the need for a new filter for online teaching.

This lesson introduces you to the unique and powerful ACT approach to digital-age teaching. By applying this approach you will ensure that your lessons are effective and appropriate for 21st century teaching.

Planning is the first and most  important part of teaching online. This includes deciding what to teach and what content to cover. In this lesson we look at how to decide what to teach and how to decide what content to cover. We have also attached a template that you can use to help you design and plan your course.

There are two main forms of lesson presentation. The first is live the second is screen recordings. In this lesson we overview these two types of approach to teaching.

The final of our 3Ps - Production. It is time to get to the job of producing your content and deciding between using recorded lessons or screen recording. Both will be covered later.

Green screen also known as Chroma keying is a great way to put yourself inside of your videos. In this lesson we will look at the setup of a studio. In a later lesson we will look at how to edit this inside of Final Cut Pro.

One of the most common ways of teaching is to use a screen recording. You can do this both to record what is happening on your screen - like if you are teaching Final Cut Pro, as we do later, and simply to record a slideshow. This lesson will show you how to do this.

Here we go - the moment has arrived. You are now ready to meet Final Cut Pro and begin your exciting journey on editing with Final Cut Pro.

This lesson is meeting Final Cut Pro (FCP). It is important to get familiar with the interface - so let's take a look around.

FCP uses a special arrangement of libraries, events and projects. It is important that you understand this so that your work is stored correctly and effectively.

We talked about the ACT approach to teaching - and a key element of this is being active, because that is where the learning happens. So, this is your turn to get really involved and active.

Who would have ever believed you would have your own library - well, now you do. Let's get going with creating your first library in FCP.

Using FCP begins with your content. In this lesson we will look at how you import your media into FCP.

So, now that you your media in FCP - how do you start working with it? In this lesson we look at how you move the media onto the timeline. The timeline is where all the action happens!

Did you ever want to be a surgeon? Well, if you did - this is your chance. You are going to learn how to use FCP's blade tool to perform some intricate surgery on your media.

This lesson looks at how you export your video to a file - after all, you want to show the world what you have created. Let's get exporting.

You know what this is about - learning does not happen in the consuming, it happens in the creating, conversation, correction...so, it's time for you to do. Get active!

Let's take a peak inside part of a finished course. This is an example of a training video, and we will be using this inside this section to show you some vital editing tricks and techniques.

Video without audio is no good. What we really want is video with good audio, and this normally means you have an additional audio track. In this lesson we show you one way of combining video and audio.

The previous lesson looked at one way to combine video and audio. This lesson looks at another, and easier way to do this.

And, just when you thought we had shown you all the ways you can do this - we want to show you yet another way. All of these ways provide different benefits and open you to ways of combining your video and audio.

Often professional lessons have more than one video that needs to be combined into the final scene. This is sometimes referred to as the Main roll and B roll. This lesson will look at how to sync multicam inputs into a final product.

Who doesn't want to be efficient? This lesson will look at some ways you have become even more efficient at your video editing.

We talked about Green Screen special effects earlier and looked at how to setup a studio. In this lesson we turn our attention to how to edit this inside of FCP.

The first part of green screen special effects is to remove the background green screen. In this lesson we look at how to do that.

Once the background has been removed it is possible to add a new background - whether this is an image or a video. This lesson looks at how to do this.

Once the background has been removed it is possible to add a new background - whether this is an image or a video. This lesson continues to looks at how to do this.

There is even more that you can do with this amazing special effect. In this lesson we push the boundaries.

This course is about teaching online - and one of the most powerful effects is to put yourself inside of the lesson. This lesson looks at how to do that.

All of these special effects take time. So in this lesson we will look at how you can save time when you do this.

So, you know what this is about don't you. Learning is in the ACTion - so it is time for you to do and learn.

Just because it is video doesn't mean you can't have text - in fact text can really help make your videos clearer. This lesson shows you how to add text.

B-Roll - we mentioned this earlier. In this lesson we revisit it and look at how to create b-roll cutaways and more.

Transitions allow for special shifts to take place between scenes.  In this lesson we look at how to add them and what to look out for in order to be professional.

You're done. If you have reached this point you are amazing. Time to get your course out for the world to see!