IT122 - Video Tools

Google Vids is an online video creation app included as part of the Google Workspace suite. It is designed to help users create informational videos for work-related purposes. The app uses Google's Gemini technology to enable users to create video storyboards manually or with AI assistance using simple prompts. Features include uploading media, choosing stock videos, images, background music, and a voiceover feature with script generation using AI.

Teachers have used this to:

Create screen recordings
To make instructional content

If you're looking for an alternative to Screencastify or just need a tool for screen recording or recording yourself, give Loom a try! It’s free for educators once verified through a quick and easy form.

Teachers have used this to:

Pre-teach a topic, pair a video with the text
Flip your math lesson and record the lesson for students to follow
Create interactive videos on topics

Edpuzzle is a web-based interactive video and formative assessment tool that lets users crop existing online videos and add content to target specific learning objectives. Teachers can search the extensive library or upload their own videos to customize them with voice-overs, audio comments, embedded assessment questions, and additional resources.

Teachers have used this to:

Pre-teach a topic, pair a video with the text
Flip your math lesson and record the lesson for students to follow
Create interactive videos on topics

Canva is an easy-to-use design platform that brings creativity and excitement to your classroom products! Design just about everything within Canva's platform using templates or your own ideas. Get a free educator pro account here.

Teachers have used this for

students narrating self-authored stories
building fluency in emerging readers through teaching students to listen to their own voices
creating interactive, multimedia resources for students and colleagues

Seesaw is a platform for student engagement that inspires students of all ages to do their best, and saves teachers time! Students use creative tools to take pictures, draw, record videos and more to capture learning in a portfolio. Teachers find or create activities to share with students. Families only see their child's work and leave comments and encouragement.

Teachers have used this for

record students reading
have students vlog
record students thinking

Google Classroom Video Activities allows educators to turn any YouTube video into an interactive lesson by adding questions for their students to answer throughout the video.

The interactive questions feature turns a passive watching experience into an engaging one, and improves students’ understanding of a subject by providing them with the space to make mistakes, review incorrect answers and assess correct answers at their own pace.

Once students within a class have completed the video activity, educators will have access to a dashboard of key insights based on student engagement levels.

Teachers have used this to

assess student knowledge on a video

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