Video Production Resources
Record a Video Presentation
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 on 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, and you will not be able to embed your presentation from Kaltura into a discussion forum post. 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
Another option is to use PowerPoint to record your presentation. 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.
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
Likewise, you can use Google Slides to record a presentation a presentation that can be saved within Google slides, generating a shareable link, or downloaded a PowerPoint Presentation. You can acces the Google Suite through CalNet at bconnected.berkeley.edu by selecting the Drive icon.
Follow these instructions to record your presentation.
Edit your Video Presentation
Adobe Premiere Rush
Premiere Rush is a video editing software designed for beginners. It is part of the set of applications from Adobe Creative Cloud. All Berkeley students can request a license and download any Adobe application, including Premiere Rush. The instructions to request a license can be found on this page. After requesting a license, you need to download the Creative Cloud application, where you will be able to download Premiere Rush and manage all your Adobe-related downloads, updates, etc. You can find the step-by-step instructions in this document.
Explore Adobe's tutorials to learn how to use Premiere Rush.
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
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
Discussion Forum
Watch the following video to see how you can post your presentation on a bcourses discussion forum
Assignment
Questions?
Please reach out to the instructional designer of your online MPH course. If you are in a residential course, please email sph.digital.learning@berkeley.edu