Video Tools
Video Tools
There are a plethora of apps and web-based solutions available to assist you in developing interactive films with your students or simply creating interactive video lessons. A variety of video creation tools are available, ranging from cartoon and stop-motion animation to video slide displays and even video creation requiring coding knowledge. Why not recycle some of the fantastic video content that's already out there, rather than creating it from scratch? A few of these apps and websites let you annotate and remix other people's work.
For more tools, see the Common Sense Education Best Interactive Video Apps and Websites.
Flipgrid is a website and app that helps teachers facilitate video discussions in the classroom. Students are divided into groups and given discussion topics to discuss. Responses can be 15 seconds to 10 minutes.
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Crop, customise, and remix online video content with interactive tools. Introduce students to self-paced learning with interactive video lessons. It's easy to add your own voice narration and questions!
Start from a story template or start from scratch. Include pictures, video, text, icons, narration and music. Free for use on any device via the web. Chromebook compatible.
Trim video clips, add text and music, overlay effects, and incorporate 3D objects. Free for Microsoft Windows devices.
iMovie - Mac
Free for Mac OS or iPad. Choose your clips, then add titles, music and effects. Check out the Everyone can Create Video guide for iPad or join Apple Teacher and get free iMovie training materials
Screencastify Submit - Online
No fancy editing options. But great for your students to pause and reflect on the learning process through video. Assign, record and collect video assignments quickly.
Kawping - Online
Students can add subtitles, text animations, images, audio and can even edit, green screen and collaborate. 5 minutes of watermark-free content, or up to 30 mins of watermarked content, as long as they have an account.
Add overlays, text, images, animations and more. Start with a template, repurpose existing content or even convert slide presentations into video format.
Makes it easy to create incredible green screen videos and images right on your iPad or iPhone. The app lets you combine photos and videos from the camera roll with live images from your iPad or iPhone's camera.
Animation and Stop Motion
Powtoon - Animations and Videos - Online
3min videos and 100mb storage with free plans. Students create animated 'movies' in a slideshow style interface
Stop-motion software that allows you to create your own animation by simply clapping your hands. Free, no ads. Recommended use: movies, fairy tales, animations, cartoons, etc.
Animation and Drawing by Do Ink
iPad only app that has a pathing tool to animate your text, photos, props and drawings.
Stop Motion with Google Slides
Use Google Slides, Keynote or PowerPoint to create a flipbook style animation by making incremental changes on each slide. Using familiar tools can help students master the concept.
Adding Narration tracks
Student can describe things, add narration, and even include a background (ambient) audio track to give the feel of actually being there.
If you'd like something simple and easy to use, you should try the aptly named Online Audio Recorder. It's free, quick, simple and works great, including on a Chromebook.
If you want something more sophisticated try the web-based audio production tool, Soundtrap, but you could also try Audacity, Adobe Audition, or anything else capable of recording audio and exporting the finished file as an mp3.