Making and editing science videos

(1) Create movie for a slide show

• Video: Creating a slideshow as a basis for a video [4:41]

• Video: Animating Diagrams in Google Slides [5:08]

• Video: Animating Diagrams-2 (cardiac circulation) [2:03]  Practice with slide animation - cardiac circulation 

• Video: Mystery Container - Siphons - Making a movie from Google Slides [14:53]

Task: Create one or more science slideshows that can be turned into a video in part 2.   Sample resources:

• • What is a phenomenon? (slide show) - video made from slide show -  Phenomena and Explanation [5:27]

  • Sample slide shows of scientific phenomenon  Air Pressure;  Phase Change

  • Sample slide shows of science principles: Physics

(2) Screen Recordings of slide show

• Video: Screen recordings using ScreenCastify [5:53]

• Video: Recording a portion of the screen with Quicktime [1:44]

Task: Use ScreenCastify to create an instructional screen-recording video for your students.  The video should illustrate scientific principles or how to accomplish technical/computer-based tasks.  ScreenCastify records in WebM format. WebM was built for the web. You can play videos directly in your web browser using HTML5.  If you want to play WebM video offline, you may convert WebM to MP4 or convert WebM to AVI with the help of a free webm video converter.

• Sample videos made from slideshows: Physics

(3) Editing Screen Recordings

• Video: Editing within ScreenCastify [4:31]

Task: Use ScreenCastify  or other screen recorder to edit a video in which you describe a scientific phenomenon (different from the video in the previous part). Use editing tools to cut, crop, annotate, merge, and title your video.  If you do not have your own clips of phenomena, you may use these  clips of science labs or everyday phenomen a captured on Norm's cell phone. 

(4) Commenting on Photos

• Video:  Commenting on photos [1:55]

Task: Working in breakout rooms, obtain the comments of your colleagues on photos of a scientific phenomenon. Sample: Lab safety,  bacteria, or soil flora/fauna.

(5) Zoom Annotations

• Video: Screen Annotations in Zoom [3:19]

Task: Obtain screen captures showing how you and colleagues have added meaningful annotations to the Zoom screen on relevant photos (Pont du Gard), diagrams (carbon cycle), and simulations (wave Interference).  Save examples of Zoom annotations.

(6) Annotating/Quizzing with EdPuzzle or Screencastify

• Video:  Annotating with EdPuzzle [6:01]

Task: Create an EdPuzzle of a relevant science video (e.g. germination).  Employ a variety of annotations and questions  that assesses student understanding and  higher order reasoning skills.  Use the EdPuzzle with your students and post a link to the EdPuzzle and a screen-shot of a gradebook showing student responses.

(7) Video editing

• Video:  Introduction to creating a video in WeVideo [7:36]

• Video:  Annotating Educational Videos - in WeVideo [13:31]

Task: Edit a video of a scientific phenomenon that you videoed and edit it using a video editor of your choice.    Your movie should include.  

• still imagery

• movie clips

• voice-over

• music

•  transition

• subtitles

• annotations

For practice during class, we will WeVideo and imagery on water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic species. 

(8) Video-based Discussion

• Use the discussion feature within Panopto to comment on key features of a Panopto science  video or Physics Video.  This feature can be used by the instructor to insure that students have watched and comment on videos.