Training Overview Monday: planning and pre-production Wednesday: creating the video Friday: post-production
Scope of this series: How to plan, create, and edit short videos for instruction or marketing purposes using tools you have on your computer are free to download or are available from Walden.
Post-production Takeaways Understand basic video editing techniques such as cutting video and adding transitions, and audio. Become familiar with editing best practices. Understand web accessibility requirements for videos
Video editing tips & best practices Keep it simple Be consistent Always have a reason for your edits Organization is a life saver Save, save, save, and then back it up
Conceptualizing the edits Shawn’s editing formula, or the magic behind the curtain…
Editing software Video Editing Software Windows Movie Maker (part of Windows Essentials, free to download) List of video editing software (Wikipedia) Comparison of video editing software (Wikipedia) Audio Editing Software Audacity (OS X/Windows, free)
Movie Maker: getting started Video file formats: all standard video file formats list of Movie Maker file formats (video/audio) Video converters: Handbrake Freemake Video Converter Any Video Converter Audio file formats: list of Movie Maker file formats (audio/video) Audio converters Freemake Format Factory
Movie Maker: getting started Start a new project Upload your audio and video files Wait for files to convert
Movie Maker: editing the video Cut out errors Splice and move pieces around Fade the audio in and out Adjust the audio volume
Movie Maker: editing the video Add title slides Add transitions Add credits Add captions/texts Experiment with video effects Grab a screenshot
Movie Maker: saving and publishing the project Save as you go! Save the project Publish the project Save the published video file
Let’s edit a video!
Audacity: audio editor Beyond our scope; here are some resources. Audacity manual and tutorials Podcasting with Audacity Video Tutorials (covers the basics of using Audacity) A Full Introduction To Audacity (Part 1) (YouTube)
Web accessibility Captions (of the audio) Transcripts (of the audio and video) Must have pause/play controls for anything that auto-plays for more than 3 seconds (gifs shouldn’t auto-repeat)
Post-production: back to ADDIE Implementation and Evaluation: Save images from video for marketing and stuff Where to publish the video? Market the video Decide the measures of success and then track and analyze the stats
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