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How To Guides: Video

How to create a video

Context

Need to create a video but not sure where to start?

This guide includes links to tools and resources that can help you.

Learn how to create a video with your phone, Adobe Spark, Biteable, Canva and Google Slides and then how to upload the video to YouTube.

Create a video with your Phone

From lighting to audio to framing, all you need is your phone to start making videos.

Run Time: 3:58 mins

Canva

How to work with Video in Canva

3 super easy and quick ways to import and embed videos in your designs. 

Run Time: 6:30 mins

Copyright Free Images

Are you looking for images to use in your assessment, but worried about that pesky copyright issue? 

There are a number of websites you can use to source images which are available for use privately and commercially for free, such as the following:

Pixabay

✓ Free for commercial use ✓ No attribution required ✓ High quality images.

Pexels

Free stock photos you can use everywhere. ✓ Free for commercial use ✓ No attribution required.

Free images

Free, high quality stock images ✓ Free for personal use ✓ Free for commercial use

The following websites allow you to search for images licensed under the Creative Commons license. For more information about the Creative Commons visit https://creativecommons.org/ 

Adobe Spark

Learn how to make a video in Adobe Spark - for students.

Run Time: 9:35 mins

Google Slides

Turning Google Slides in a Video

Run Time: 6:51 mins

Biteable

Biteable Tutorial

Learn how to use the "World's Simplest Video Maker" to created fun animated videos or presentations. Biteable makes it easy by providing you with hundreds of pre-made video clips that you can then customize by adding your own text and making a few other adjustments.

Run Time: 11:02 mins

How to upload to YouTube

Learn step by step on how to upload your video to YouTube in the new YouTube Creator Studio - an in-depth overview of all the new advanced YouTube settings that were added to the upload process in 2021.

Run Time: 14:27 mins

References & Cover image credits

References

Dalton, M. (2019, October 18). Turning Google Slides into a YouTube video [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/3MHepltDf1c
Design with Canva. (2020, April 21). 
How to work with video in Canva | Learn with Ronny [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/tkNNLN5uvEo

Eves, D. (2020, May 18). 
How To properly upload videos to YouTube in 2021 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/tuH25VRn2k4
Kurfess, S. (2019). [Phone with YouTube logo on screen] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/O1mej4P-Rws

Lenarduzzi, S. (2015, April 21). How to make videos with your phone [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/j685NaMDVYE

New EdTech Classroom Student Tutorials. (2020, August 7). 
How to make a video with Adobe Spark for students [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/7VJf-RwoIbQ
NordWood Themes. (2019). Creative graphics for bloggers and Instagrammers [Photograph] Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/8LfE0Lywya
Slightly_different (n.d.). YouTube logo graphic red [Image]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/youtube-logo-graphic-red-1837872/

Technology for Teachers and Students. (n.d.). 
Biteable tutorial - world's simplest video maker [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/iv2mW2z3OtQ
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