Title: Creating Videos with the Seneca Sandbox

Welcome to the Seneca Sandbox Tutorial on Creating Videos 

This tutorial includes six individual segments on smaller topics that are all important to making great videos. Each segment can be used as a stand-alone lesson or combined with others for a more complete tutorial. 

Crafting your message

Learn about storytelling and scripting techniques that will help you get your message across.

Using images and audio

Looking for images? Video clips? Audio? Learn about finding copyright-free content and how to cite this content in your work.

Design principles

What makes good design? This section includes info on colours, fonts, layouts, tone, and more, when it comes to visuals, animations, and music.

Choosing the best tool

Need help choosing which tool to use? We showcase choosing a creation tool for animated videos.

How-to instructions

Ready to dive in? Take a look at our step-by-step instructions for both PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark).

Sharing your work

There are a few ways you can share your video. Learn about some of those ways here.

Instructor Resources 

Instructor resources have been designed to accompany these lessons. Teaching tools include zip files you can add to your learning management system, assignment templates, and assessment rubrics. 

Instructor resources

About the Seneca Sandbox

We are a digital literacies program at Seneca Polytechnic, affiliated with Seneca Libraries, and can be utilized as a starting point to creating great digital content. 

We provide a support system for students, faculty, and staff.