(For those of you wondering how I made my Screencastify video look so clean and professional...)
In my last blog post "Screencastify: Creating Personalized Videos (Part 1)," you may have noticed that the beginning and end of my screencast video had been "trimmed" or cut out. I did this to remove the ugly parts (like clicking the "Start Recording" and "End Recording" buttons). When making screencasts, I like taking the time to remove these bits because the video is cleaner and more professional looking without them. Trimming a screencast is easy to do. I simply use YouTube's built-in Video Editor tool and BAM! It's done and on the internet, ready to view.
To use YouTube's Video Editor...
Was that hard to understand? Well, luckily I have made this second screencast to demonstrate the trimming process visually. Enjoy (again)!
In my last blog post "Screencastify: Creating Personalized Videos (Part 1)," you may have noticed that the beginning and end of my screencast video had been "trimmed" or cut out. I did this to remove the ugly parts (like clicking the "Start Recording" and "End Recording" buttons). When making screencasts, I like taking the time to remove these bits because the video is cleaner and more professional looking without them. Trimming a screencast is easy to do. I simply use YouTube's built-in Video Editor tool and BAM! It's done and on the internet, ready to view.
To use YouTube's Video Editor...
- Go to YouTube and sign into your teacher YouTube account.
- Click "My Channel" to go to your channel's homepage.
- Click "Video Manger" on the top of your channel's homepage.
- Click "Create" on the left side navigation menu.
- Under Create, click "Video Editor."
- Select your uploaded screencast from the right and drag it down below into the editor.
- Click and drag the beginning and end bars in order to cut off the extra bits you don't want.
- Save by clicking the blue "Create Video" button at the top. Voilà!
Was that hard to understand? Well, luckily I have made this second screencast to demonstrate the trimming process visually. Enjoy (again)!
All in all, the YouTube Video Editor tool is a great tool to use to help make your screencasts look more professional. However, iMovie is another tool you can use to create high quality professional videos for your students-- and you don't have to mess around with multiple tools to do it. Stay tuned for next week's blog post and I'll explain more about iMovie.
It sounds like you are growing and developing relevant material for next school year. Your classroom parents are going to love this learning option for next year.
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