Various Ways to Make Videos

These are some resources to get you started.  Click on the link to jump to the sections below.

1. How to Create a Video Lecture Using Zoom
2. How To Create A Video Using Powerpoint
3. Animation in Keynote
4. How To Upload a Video to YouTube
5. How To Embed Video in Canvas
6. How To ScreenCast
7. How to ScreenCast Using iPad
8. 5 Best Practices for Video Lectures
9. iMovie Tutorial

 

          How to Create a Video Lecture Using Zoom 

This is brief tutorial I created to explain how to use Zoom to create a lecture video which you can provide for your students to watch at any time.  By the way, you can find a variety of Zoom tutorials here Links to an external site..

1. Open Canvas.
2. Select Zoom.
3. Select Personal Room.
4. Select Record (either to the cloud or your computer)
5. Record Lecture
6. Share screen (optional)
   1. Prepared PowerPoint
   2. Browser window (e.g., Canvas quiz)
   3. Whiteboard in Zoom
7. End Meeting
8. Share recording either using the link provided by Zoom or by uploading your video to YouTube.

 

          How To Create a Video Using Powerpoint 

San Antonio Colleges provides PowerPoint for our use.  One of the easiest sorts of instructional videos to create is a narrated slide.  This is essentially a presentation with text or graphics with your voice.  You can export this to a video suitable to upload to YouTube or most any variety of video hosting site.  Below you will a video taking you through a simple example.

And here is a second video this time using PowerPoint on a Mac.

 

 

          Animation in Keynote 

 

          How to Upload a Video to YouTube 

YouTube is likely the easiest resource for hosting videos.  It is free.  You can place as many videos as you prefer.  Initially, you might have time limits on the video, but you can simply break your lecture into two or three parts.

 

          How To Embed Video in Canvas

Once you have your video in YouTube, or if you find a useful video in YouTube, you will need to know how to embed it in Canvas.

Click here Links to an external site. for the Canvas Community page on embedding video.

 

          How to ScreenCast 

A screencast is a video capture of what is happening on your computer screen.  This website shows several options and instructions for screencasting. This is especially useful for tablets such as an iPad. You can even screencast what is happening on your smartphone.

https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Screencast Links to an external site.. 

 

          How to Screencast Using iPad 

This short video—using a screencast on an iPad—is short and to the point.  It is helpful both in showing how to screencast using an iPad, but what a screencast looks like.

 

          5 Best Practices for Video Lecture 

This advice is not too bad. I would look at these practices and adopt them as you are able. These are not essentials, but ways to perfect your videos. There is some helpful advice here if you are creating a narrated slide lecture using PowerPoint. I have some differing positions at some points, but overall it is helpful to think about these practices:

1. Divide the material into short topic based segments (around 5-10 minutes) as opposed to lecturing straight for sixty minutes.
2. Identify key points in bullet point lists as opposed to lengthy amounts of text.
3. Use different media, e.g., pictures or animations, as opposed to predominantly text presentations.
4. Pique curiosity by asking what students think is the appropriate decision or what is true as opposed to simply starting with the main point of the topic.
5. Design deliberately as opposed to simply using the given templates
   1. Pick a color palette.  This page here Links to an external site. gives some popular color palettes—no expertise required!
   2. Use only one Sans-Serif font (e.g. Helvetica, Arial, or Verdana)
   3. Dark Background with light text
   4. Feel free to use italics or bold for added emphasis

 

 

          iMovie Tutorial