Adobe Spark Video

A Spark Video is a narrated movie. Videos are created by adding text and images to slides, recording narration for each slide, and adding music from their free music library to play under the narration or instead of narration.

How to Create an Adobe Spark Video

1. Click on the Create a project button and then select Video to begin a new Spark Video.

2. Add a title. You can skip this step or change your title later if you choose. Click Next to proceed.

3. Choose the template you want to use or choose to start from scratch. Spark Video templates can be used to help students organize how they tell their story in the video.

4. Click on the + to add content to a slide. Choose the type of content you would like to add: text, an image, an icon, or a video. You can upload your own images or use the search tool to find free, Creative Commons-tagged pictures. Video is available on certain layout options.

5. Add additional slides from the bottom left corner or change the layout of a slide or the theme of your presentation from the top right corner.

6. Hold the orange microphone button to record your narration.

7. Add music by clicking on Music in the top right corner. Choose from Spark’s free music library or upload your own. You can preview the music in the library by hovering over the the music and clicking on the play icon.

8. Preview your movie anytime by clicking on the Preview button at the top of the screen. When you are finished, click on Share at the top of the screen to publish and create a link for your movie to download a copy of your movie for offline viewing.

Ideas for Using Adobe Spark Video in the Classroom

Flipping Learning: Create video lessons for students to view.

Speech and language play & reading proficiency: Students record themselves reading words or naming objects or describing what is happening in pictures in a Spark video.

Creative Storytelling: Students can use their own digital pictures or pictures they find to help them tell their story and bring their writing to life.

Book Reports: Make book reports fun, engaging, and creative by creating videos.

Video Journals: Students create a new slide each week throughout the school year including an image and narration to chronicle their learning.

Video Highlights: Make a video of highlights from the school year to play at end-of-year celebrations.

Call to Action: Students create a video to try to convince an audience to try something new or change a behavior as part of a persuasive writing topic.

Process Video: Students can create a video that details the steps of a math procedure or science experiment they conducted.