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Class 9: Video Creation Tools

Video Creation Tools

Featured image by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash

In today’s class we will look at some “alternative” tools for creating videos to share with students – screen casting / paper casting , Apple Clips, Adobe Creative Cloud Video Maker, and EdPuzzle.

Student will work in small groups – exploring one of the following five apps. They should prepare the following to share with class:

  • A tip for using the app
  • One thing they liked
  • One thing they did not like
  • A sample video to share with the class

1. Screencasts and PaperCasts

HERE’S A FEW TIPS FOR VIDEO CREATION:
  • Keep it simple. Think of audience and purpose. 
  • Keep it short. Why make students sit through a long how-to?
  • If you can, use a plug in mic (just a standard smartphone earbud mic works well). Do a quick test to check the volume level and mic position first to get sound level right.
  • Practice a few times to find efficient ways to demonstrate and describe what you’re doing.
  • If you will be entering much text as part of the task, I create a text document first so I can copy/paste text into what you’re demonstrating ( I hate watching videos of people typing).
SAMPLES FROM former students HERE

Apps / Tools for Creating Screencasts

1. Mac users can make screencast use QuickTime Player – it’s built into Macs. You can easily capture your screen with narration. 
How to Use on Mac Here. 
You can upload your video to your YouTube account. You can then get the URL to embed in a WordPress “YouTube” block.

2. Make a screencast with  Loom – a free Chrome browser plug in. 
To get Loom open your Chrome browser and get the Loom extension here.   Or download a desktop versions here

How to Use Loom Here
Loom hosts your video. You can get an embed code from Loom and use it with a WordPress “Custom HTML” block to embed into your WordPress post. 

How to get Loom Embed Code

3. Paper Casting = Sketch out a lesson and videotape it. Shoot a video using your smartphone. You can use little slips of paper or you could draw. If you’re not an artist, you could also shoot a video of you reading a picture book. You can upload your video to your YouTube account. You can then get the URL to embed in a WordPress “YouTube” block.

by Madi Ohashi and Lauryn Nakashima

2. Apple Clips

Clips – an Apple project that makes cool videos designed for sharing on social media. Think Instagram on steroids. Shoot you own images or videos or use animated versions of yourself. Auto transcribe your words into titles. Add filters, stickers or shoot green screen. It is iOS only and runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Built in social network sharing. 

Clip videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly from the Clips App. Then embed YouTube video using a YouTube embed block.

by Emily Bechen

Get started with Apple Clips

3. Adobe Creative Cloud Video Maker

Video Maker– Part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Built in storyboards allow you to integrate images, video, sound. Choose public domain images and soundtrack. Runs on iPhone, iPad. But also can be used with desktop browser. Built in social network sharing. T

To get an embed code, “Publish

by Audrey Muller

How to use Creative Cloud Video Maker

4. EdPuzzle

EdPuzzle. It’s a free web-based tool that you can use to pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students’ understanding. It allows you to add questions, audio and notes to existing videos from Y ouTube, Khan Academy, Crash Course and more. If you’d rather record and upload your own video, go for it! 

Create a free teacher account at EdPuzzle. 
Follow these steps to create an account, a test class, and make content

Here’s how to get an embed code from EdPuzzle to use with “Custom HTML” block in WordPress

ASSIGNMENT 9: Create a VIdeo-based lesson | Video lesson 22-A9

Design a video-based lesson as the basis of your next post. Your post should include:

  1. Title and featured image
  2. Context of the activity
  3. Target student group for lesson – grade level or subject
  4. Instructions for students
  5. Embed the video in the post

Here’s some ideas for video lessons you might create

  • A video that supports instruction or delivers content
  • A myth, fairytale or folktale
  • A quick synopsis of a book or movie
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Class 11: Tools for Digital Storytelling

Featured image by Canva

In this class we will explore three different digital storytelling tools. Each could be used by teachers to share information with students. Or they could be used by students to share their thinking and creativity with an audience beyond the classroom.

Student will get a brief introduction to each app and spend some time exploring each. Then they will work in teams to brainstorm a ideas for using each app in both settings: used by teacher and used by student.

Then each group will create a Google Drawing to capture their ideas for using the app in what will be a total of six different uses. They will share their Drawings which will later become part of this post.

Flip Grid

Flipgrid – is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Create a Topic and engage your community…together!

Toontastic

Toontastic  – is a Google project for creating animated stories. Choose from cast of character and backgrounds. Narrate and create a story.  It runs on iOS and Android phones and tablets. Also select Chromebooks. No social network sharing features.

Anchor

Anchor is a free podcast app by Spotify. Download the app for your iOS or Android device.

Anchor how to guide | How to use “With Friends” in remote location

Team Brainstorms by Grade Level

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Class 8: Tell Stories with Video

Tell stories with video

To open class we will take a look at FlipGrid – a free video chat tool. It may come in handy if UP classes are suspended.

We’ll look at three free video-creation apps – Toontastic, Clips and Adobe Express Video. All are easy-to-use for video storytelling and are popular with teachers and folks who want to produce fun video content for their social networks.  

Students will be organized into teams and assigned one of three apps. Teams will “figure out” their assigned app and prepare a sample video and brief instructional review to share back with the full class. 

There will not be any instruction on how to use the apps – we want students to be able to experience the learning curve for a new user. Plus we will be relying on students using their own iOS and Android smartphones – also known as BYOD (Bring your own device).

Meet the apps and see a sample from spring ’19 class

Toontastic  – a Google project for creating animated stories. Choose from cast of character and backgrounds. Narrate and create a story. It runs on iOS and Android phones and tablets. Also select Chromebooks. No social network sharing features. 

Made with Toontastic

Clips – an Apple project that makes cool videos designed for sharing on social media. Think Instagram on steroids. Shoot you own images or videos or use animated versions of yourself. Auto transcribe your words into titles. Add filters, stickers or shoot green screen. It is iOS only and runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Built in social network sharing. 

Made with Clips

Adobe Express – Part of the Adobe suite. Built in storyboards allow you to integrate images, video, sound. Choose public domain images and soundtrack. Runs on iPhone, iPad. But also can be used with desktop browser. Built in social network sharing. 

Made with Adobe Spark Video
ASSIGNMENT | Videos 20-A8

Student will pick one of the apps and use it to tell a story. Here’s some ideas for writing prompts

  • A myth, fairytale or folktale
  • A quick synopsis of a book or movie
  • Something instructional
  • Another great idea you have for a story to tell
OUTPUTTING THE VIDEOS – THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO THIS.
HERE’S A FEW:
  • Toontastic videos can be moved to your iPhone photo gallery. If you then move them to a Mac desktop, you can upload to YouTube using QuickTime Player. Then embed YouTube video. We’ll figure out the Android method.
  • Clip videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly from the Clips App. Then embed YouTube video.
  • If you use the desktop version of Adobe Spark Video, you can get an embed code for your video. (Or download and then upload to YouTube via Quicktime Player
Toontastic and Clips video can uploaded first to YouTube

Your post should include an embedded examples of a video made using the app. If you upload the video to YouTube, you can use the YouTube block on WordPress with the URL of video. 

Adobe Express Video provides embed code you can use HTML Snippets

Publish your Adobe Express Video and follow prompts to embed code.

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Class 7: Tell Stories with Video

Tell stories with videos

We’ll look at three free video-creation apps – Toontastic, Clips and Adobe Spark Video. All are easy-to-use for video storytelling and are popular with teachers and folks who want to produce fun video content for their social networks.  

Students will be organized into teams and assigned one of three apps. Teams will “figure out” their assigned app and prepare a sample video and brief instructional review to share back with the full class.

There will not be any instruction on how to use the apps – we want students to be able to experience the learning curve for a new user. Plus we will be relying on students using their own iOS and Android smartphones – also known as BYOD (Bring your own device).

More on each app

  • Toontastic  – a Google project for creating animated stories. It runs on iOS and Android phones and tablets. Also select Chromebooks. No social network sharing features.
  • Clips – an Apple project that makes cool videos designed for sharing on social media. Think Instagram on steroids. It is iOS only and runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Built in social network sharing.
  • Adobe Spark Video – Part of the Adobe Spark suite. Built in storyboards allow you to integrate images, video, sound. iOS. Runs on iPhone, iPad. But also can be used with desktop browser. Built in social network sharing.
Assignment | Posts 19-A7

Student will pick one of the apps and use it to tell a story. Here’s some ideas for writing prompts

  • A myth, fairytale or folktale
  • A quick synopsis of a book or movie
  • Something instructional
  • Another great idea you have for a story to tell
Outputting the videos – there are multiple ways to do this. Here’s a few:
  • Toontastic videos can be moved to your iPhone photo gallery. If you then move them to a Mac desktop, you can upload to YouTube using QuickTime Player. Then embed YouTube video. We’ll figure out the Android method.
  • Clip videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly from the Clips App. Then embed YouTube video.
  • If you use the desktop version of Adobe Spark Video, you can get an embed code for your video.

Your post should include an embedded examples of a video made using the app. If you upload the video to YouTube, you can use the YouTube block on WordPress with the URL of video.

If you use Adobe Spark Video you can use HTML Snippets with the embed code.

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Class 10: Video App Smackdown

Video App Smackdown

Following last week’s look at iMovie, we’ll look at three free video-creation apps – Toontastic, Clips and Adobe Spark Video. All are easy-to-use for video storytelling and are popular with teachers and folks who want to produce fun video content for their social networks.  We will also work in teams to review the apps for use in the classroom.

The session will begin with a brainstorming exercise designed to develop some app evaluation criteria. (We’ll use our experience with iMovie). Students will be organized into teams and supplied with iPads loaded with the three apps. There will not be any instruction on how to use the apps – we want students to be able to experience the learning curve for a new user. Then we will use a jigsaw approach to trying out each app and then teaming up for comparative analysis.

More on each app

  • Toontastic  – a Google project for creating animated stories.  That runs on iOS and Android phones and tablets. Also select Chromebooks. No social network sharing features.
  • Clips – an Apple project that makes cool videos designed for sharing on social media. Think Instagram on steroids. It is iOS only and runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Built in social network sharing.
  • Adobe Spark Video – Part of the Adobe Spark suite. Built in storyboards allow you to integrate images, video, sound. iOS. Runs on iPhone, iPad. But also can be used with desktop browser. Built in social network sharing.
Assignment Due April 3 | Completed Work

Student will pick one or more apps and develop a blog post. Here’s some ideas for writing prompts

  • Review of one app.
  • Comparative review of multiple apps.
  • How to tips for using an app.
  • Lesson idea based on an app.
  • Another great idea you have for a prompt.

Your post can include an embedded examples of a video made using the apps. You will need to download a copy of the video you create. Then upload to YouTube to host the video and get an embed code. Then use HTML Snippets with the embed code.