Creating Video Presentations for Class Assignments

In online classes, video presentations are a great way to enhance your learning and demonstrate your understanding of the topics being taught. They help you explain ideas in your own words, making the information clearer and easier to remember. Video presentations also give you the opportunity to practice speaking and presenting, which are important skills in school and in your future career. By creating a video, you can organize your thoughts and demonstrate what you’ve learned in an engaging and creative way.

This guide provides a step-by-step approach to creating and submitting video presentations using three key platforms: ScreenPal, YouTube, and Blackboard.

ScreenPal allows users to record themselves, their screens, or both.
Blackboard provides the submission portal, where students can turn in their work for grading.

Step 1: Creating your Presentation

You are asked to create a presentation for your class. Check out the following video if you don't know how to create a slide deck. If you need more information, you can find excellent step-by-step tutorials about Google Slides from GCF Global or visit their YouTube playlist, Google Slides.

Step 2: Sign-up for a free ScreenPal account

To sign up for a free ScreenPal account, follow these steps:

Go to ScreenPal - free screen recorder
Choose Free Plan
- ScreenPal offers different plans, including a free version
  1. Select the free option for the basic features.
Provide Your Information
- First, if you are using your STCC email account, do not use sign-in with Google.
- You will need to fill out a form with basic information, such as
  1. Name
  2. Email address
  3. Password
    1. Provide a unique password from your STCC password. Do not use your STCC password for security reasons.
Confirm Email
- After signing up, you may receive a confirmation email. Click the link in the email to verify your account.
Log In and Start Using ScreenPal
- Once verified, you can log in to your ScreenPal account and start using free features like screen recording.

Step 2: Download ScreenPal & Recording your Presentation

Follow the instructions from the ScreenPal website about how to install the ScreenPal recorder, and how to create a video. Additionally, ScreenPal offers a library of tutorial videos that can help learn more.

Step 2a: Recording Your Presentation and Webcam

Do you need to record your presentation and webcam for your presentation? Follow the instructions on the ScreenPal website to

Get Started with the Screen Recorder,
for recording your screen and webcam together, creating a recording of your screen and webcam together, and
using the ScreenPal Video Editor to adjust the position, size, and shape of your webcam window after recording.

Step 3: Uploading the video to share

With a free plan, you can quickly share videos to YouTube and Google Drive, or upload them to your ScreenPal hosting account. We recommend saving to a free hosting account. Check out the ScreenPal free video editor to upload your video.

Free Video EditorEasily add overlays, including images, text, and more! Crop, resize or add a style to your video. Enhance with music and sound effects.

Step 4: Getting your video link

Next, you will need to share your video. You can store and share your video directly from ScreenPal using the quick share from hosting.

Quick Share from HostingUse quick share options to easily share to popular destinations like Email, Facebook, Twitter, Google Classroom, Microsoft Team etc.

Step 5: Submitting your Presentation in Blackboard

You've completed building and recording your presentation; now it's time to share. Here are some basic steps to How to Get a Link From YouTube to add to Blackboard. You may wish to view the video provided to learn how to add a link to Blackboard or follow the written instructions to Add a link to Blackboard Content Editor.

Turn On Advanced View Mode

The default view of the Content Editor is one row. However, there are two additional rows available. To turn on these rows, complete the following steps:

In the content editor,
Select the button on the first row with three dots or the "More" button (...)
- To expand the menu, select the "More" button and make the additional two rows available.
- To collapse back to one row, click the "More" button again."

You are now ready to use the additional tools and features of the Content Editor

Add a link into Blackboard's Content Editor

First, copy the link you wish to share.
Once you have copied a link, you can insert that link using the Content Editor in Blackboard.
If you are already, log into Blackboard
Go to the place where your Discussion, Assignment, Journal, etc., is to share your link.
- Anywhere the Content Editor is, you can provide a link
Make sure you have three rows in the Content Editor available

1. If you don't, select the far right button that looks like two downward arrows. This is the expand / collapse button.
2. Click on the expand / collapse button to give you more formatting options.

There are two options for adding a link:
- You can type a title of the video or website in the content area OR
- Paste the link address into the content area
Find the Link button on the second row. Select the link button.
Paste the link into "Link Path"
Select Open in a New Window (_blank) from the pull down menu
Select "Update" on the far right

The link will appear in the content area. You can keep typing or select "Submit" to complete

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