
Learn to create stunning teaching videos with a DIY approach, using moving images and audio to tell stories. Explore free web-based tools like Loom, Lumen5, and Screencastify to enhance education.
Explore the types of video you can create, from montage and studio productions with green screen or white backgrounds to animated explainers and screencasts.
Understand the two parts of a video file: codec and container, and how compression reduces file size for web use. Explore common formats and how codecs affect quality and conversion.
start video creation with affordable gear—a built-in or external webcam, a smartphone on a tripod, and a mic—plus a swivel system for audio up to 30 feet and screen recording.
Screencasting records your screen and optional webcam to create videos that show step-by-step software demonstrations for teaching, training, or product marketing. Discover five chrome extensions for screencasting.
Learn to install Loom as a Chrome extension, capture screen videos, manage recordings in your Loom account, and share via links, embeds, or LMS with comments and permissions.
Learn to capture your screen with Loom, recording full desktop or a tab with a webcam bubble, control start and stop, and manage sharing, privacy, and downloads.
Record a PowerPoint with Loom by configuring screen and cam, choosing the right webcam and microphone, and sharing the full desktop for narrated slides; use a back channel for questions.
Install screencastify from the Chrome Web Store, set up desktop recording with mic and optional webcam, then save or share the video to Google Drive or YouTube.
Learn to use Screencastify to record a PowerPoint presentation, including setting up the slideshow, installing Screencastify in Chrome, and using the desktop cam and microphone.
Explore Screencastify's features, including focus mouse, highlight, pen drawing, crop and trim; learn free 10-minute recordings and 50 videos, plus connect to Google Drive and export to YouTube.
Go Video, a chrome extension, lets you record or cast your screen with free access, unlimited storage, and easy Chrome Web Store installation.
Record and capture your screen with Go video and the google video extension, enable microphone, start and stop recording, and share the result via link or upload.
Record a PowerPoint with your webcam side by side using Go video by setting PowerPoint to windowed mode, resizing the window, and capturing the screen for a synchronized presentation.
Learn how soap box, a chrome extension screen recorder, captures full screen, webcam, or split-screen videos, switches between scenes during or after recording, and walk through installation steps.
Learn to record your screen with soap box, install the extension, and sign in with Google. Choose entire screen or an application window, edit with spacebar, then share or download.
Explore a sample video montage created with Lumen5 and learn practical, do-it-yourself rapid video creation techniques for any purpose.
Discover loom five, an ai-driven tool turning blog posts or prompts into storyboard videos. Uses computer vision to source media and enables logos, calls to action, and social sharing.
Sign up and sign in to Lumen5 and follow the tutorial to create a video from a blog post. Edit sentences, then let the AI match media and generate.
turn a web article into a video montage with lumen5 by extracting key points, auto selecting media from a public domain library, overlaying text, adding music, and publishing.
Explore biteable for creating video montages and animations with templates, stock footage, and the option to upload your own clips, backed by affordable subscription plans.
Learn to create a video montage with animated templates and footage, sign up, log in, and choose from advertising, presentation, or from-scratch options, with a pro account for uploads.
Create an animated video montage by combining templates, text, and video clips, customize scenes, durations, colors, and audio, then preview, render, and publish or download for YouTube or Kindle.
Is it possible for a self-proclaimed non-tech savvy produce a professional quality instructional/educational video (sometimes called video explainer)? How about producing a stunning video montage for promotional and marketing? Or a video slideshow for personal use? Yes, anyone can do it! This course is designed to teach the necessary basic skill to anyone interested in DIY video production.
Yes, creating video content nowadays is unbelievably easy and straightforward even for non-tech savvy. It could be fun as well! With just one click of mouse, you can create a teaching video by recording anything displayed on your computer screen or create a stunning video montage as seen in the promotional/introductory video of this course.
Why would you want to create video content for teaching or instructional purposes? Imagine your students can listen to you speaking while they are on the bus, walking to the gym or doing their chores. If you have watched a video tutorial on YouTube or other video sharing sites, then you should appreciate the value of these resources in education. All you need is a simple web-based application or an app.
This course will provide hands-on training on how to produce screencasts and rapid video content and discover how these tools can effectively enhance the teaching and learning environment of your courses. With the right techniques, making an engaging teaching or training video can be accomplished with little more than a smartphone, tablet or laptop.
You will also learn how to create a stunning video montage and video slideshow for personal or professional use (such as video for promotion, marketing, etc.).
I'll be covering EIGHT important applications in this course—four applications (Loom, Screencastify, Go Video, Soapbox) for screencasting (screen recording) and four applications (Lumen5, Biteable, Adobe Spark, Animoto) for creating video montage, video animation and video story. They are all FREE, web-based (nothing to install), simple and intuitive. Most of the applications are relatively new but increasingly popular because of their simplicity and the stunning quality of the products.
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