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Welcome to the Video Production Resources Guide for UC Berkeley’s Online Master of Public Health program. This guide has been created to support you in creating high-quality video presentations and multimedia content for your courses. Dive into the sections below to explore the options and find the best tools that fit your needs. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the instructional designer of your course.
Develop Presentation Slides
Develop Presentation Slides
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
All UC Berkeley students have access to Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise software which includes PowerPoint. Here are the instructions to install PowerPoint on your computer.
Google Slides
Google Slides
You can access the Google Suite through CalNet at bconnected.berkeley.edu and clicking the Drive icon.
Adobe Express
Adobe Express
As part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, Adobe Express offers a range of templates and design elements that allow you to craft visually appealing presentations and multimedia content. All UC Berkeley students can access Adobe Express by requesting a license through the university’s software portal. Once you have your license, you can start exploring the presentation tools in Adobe Express.
Record a Video Presentation
Record a Video Presentation
The tool you choose to record your video presentation will depend on whether you create an individual or a group presentation. For individual presentations, you might prefer the simplicity of recording directly within PowerPoint or Google Slides, where you can easily add voiceovers to your slides and export the final product as a video. For group presentations, Zoom is often the best choice, as it allows multiple participants to collaborate in real-time. Zoom’s recording feature captures both the audio and video from all participants, making it easy to produce a cohesive group presentation.
Record an Individual or Group Presentation with Zoom
Record an Individual or Group Presentation with Zoom
All UC Berkeley students have access to a Zoom Pro account, which means you can create unlimited meetings and recordings. Follow these instructions to log in to your UC Berkeley Zoom account and download the application.
You can record a presentation by yourself or with others. For example, if you are recording a group presentation, all of the members of your team can join a scheduled Zoom meeting, one person can display slides, and everything will be captured by Zoom when you click on one of the recording options.
In most circumstances, we recommend selecting Record to Cloud rather than Record to Desktop. When you record to cloud, your video saves automatically to Kaltura or "My Media" which you can find in the left hand menu of your bCourses account. Within Kaltura, you can do some basic editing, such as clipping off the beginning and end of your recording and adding a thumbnail slide that appears when you embed the video on a page. Before recording to cloud, you will first need to take a few moments to enable this option in your Zoom account by following these instructions. You can always download your recording from bCourses to your computer desktop at a later time if needed.
A cloud recording is not the best option when you need to post your presentation in a discussion forum. When you record to the cloud, your recording will end up in your Kaltura account. More information on how to embed your video is located below.
When you record locally or download your video from "My Media", you can also import the mp4 file into any editing software and remove segments of your recording such as mistakes or interruptions. The following section lists some software options that we recommend for editing your video presentation.
Record an Individual Presentation with PowerPoint
Record an Individual Presentation with PowerPoint
PowerPoint allows you to record audio to your slide deck and then export it as a video file. Here are the instructions on how to record audio in your PowerPoint presentation, and here are the steps to export your presentation as an mp4 file. You can then upload this mp4 file to an assignment or a video editing software if you want to make any edits.
Record an Individual Presentation with Google Slides
Record an Individual Presentation with Google Slides
Likewise, you can use Google Slides to record a presentation that can be saved within Google Slides, generate a shareable link, or download a PowerPoint Presentation. Follow these instructions to record your presentation.
Edit your Video Presentation
Edit your Video Presentation
Editing your video presentation is an optional step, and in many cases, you might find that your initial recording is perfectly sufficient as is. However, if you’d like to polish your video by removing any mistakes, interruptions, or simply enhancing the overall quality, you are encouraged to use any of the following tools. These tools are available to you at no cost and provide user-friendly interfaces to help you make quick and easy edits:
Adobe Premiere Rush
Adobe Premiere Rush
Premiere Rush is part of Adobe Creative Cloud. All Berkeley students can request a license and download any Adobe application, including Premiere Rush. After requesting a license, you need to download the Creative Cloud application, where you can download Premiere Rush and manage all your Adobe-related downloads, updates, etc. Explore Adobe's tutorials to learn how to use Premiere Rush.
Adobe Express
Adobe Express
Another tool from Adobe Creative Cloud is Adobe Express which in addition to having presentation tools, it also includes video editing capabilities.
iMovie
If you have a Mac, iMovie is a good option because you can obtain it for free. Visit the Mac App Store to download the software. This website has a good video tutorial covering all the basics of video editing in iMovie.
ClipChamp
ClipChamp is free video editing software that you can use on your browser. You can also download it to your computer if you have a Windows computer. Visit the ClipChamp website, or install it from the Windows Store on your Windows computer. You will have to make a free account, and there are paid versions, but the free basic software has all the essential video editing features. This YouTube video will help you get started using ClipChamp.
Kaltura
Kaltura
Another video editor that you can use in your browser is Kaltura. The simple video editor is built into My Media, which is located on the left navigation bar of your bcourse site. When you record to cloud, your video automatically posts to My Media (it can take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on length of video). If you saved your recording to a computer desktop, you must upload the video manually. To launch the video editor, click the edit (pencil) icon next to your video in My Media, and then click the blue 'Launch Editor' button.
Visit this Kaltura tutorial on how to clip and trim your video.
Submit your Video Presentation to Bcourses
Submit your Video Presentation to Bcourses
Bcourses submission
Bcourses submission
Follow the instructions from this guide to upload and post your video to a bcourses discussion or assignment.
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