Create Video Resources

Students are also teachers. You explain, demonstrate and provide instructions to your patients. Often times you work with organization as educators. Video is a great tool for creating educational content. This page provides tips and tools for producing and recording your educational videos for demonstrations, straight-up talk, instructional video, and more.

Considerations for creating educational video resources

  1. Plan your recordings  (see best practices for recording videos.) 
  2. Determine what video device and apps you’ll use for recording:
    1. Video / audio (straight up talk, demonstration – with Panopto or Quicktime, or mobile device video recorder, or other device)
    2. Video / audio + PPT (with Panopto)
    3. Audio + PPT (with Panopto)
  3. Consider using a mobile device and its native apps for recording, such as a computer Webcam and QuickTime, or an iPhone and camera app.
  4. Determine where you'll store the videos temporarily.
  5. Determine where you'll store the videos permanently.
  6. Consider how and who will need access to the video.

Steps for producing your video

  1. Record video clips with your computer or mobile device. Record multiple video clips
  2. and combine in one final video
  3. Move videos the clips to a folder in your computer.
  4. Edit videos with the app of your choice (Apple iMovie and Windows Movie Maker are free).
  5. Export the video to the MP3 format to retain the best possible resolution.
  6. Upload the final video in Panopto or other platform.
  7. Access the video for live presentations, or share the video link.

Resources for recording video and screen capture on your computer

  1. QuickTime (screen recording) (Mac only)
    1. Record
    2. Trim videos (beginning & end).
    3. Use iMovie to edit video "project".
    4. Export movie in "MP4" format and provide file to agency for sharing.
  2. SnagIt (PC only)
    1. Record
    2. Trim videos (beginning & end).
    3. Use Sngit to edit video "project".
    4. Export movie in "MP4" format and provide file to agency for sharing.
  3. Camptasia (Mac or PC)
    1. Record
    2. Trim videos (beginning & end).
    3. Use Camptasia to edit video "project".
    4. Export movie in "MP4" format and provide file to agency for sharing.
  4. Panopto for Mac or PC
    1. Download the Panopto Recorder app.
    2. Configure the Panopto recorder settings for your recording.
    3. Record the video session.
    4. Upload the recoding to the Panopto [Assignments] folder for the course.
    5. Edit the video in Panopto.
    6. Determine how you'll store and share the video.

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