What is the best software to use for video production projects?
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Video editing in elementary is best done on iPads for most videos and on laptops for more complex projects.
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Year 7 to 13 laptops come with iMovie on student devices.
What equipment is available?
- Check out the bookable devices of our Equipment List to see list of cameras and tripods and microphones for video projects.
Want to do short video projects with your students?
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BEFORE YOU DO A PROJECT, be sure to understand this page.
- Be sure to make students storyboard/plan before shooting any video. PLANNING is important, and students will always want to skip planning. Make a detailed plan mandatory.
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Each 2 minutes of video will take at least three hours of class time to plan/edit/finalize (times can vary depending on content)
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Camera shake and poor audio are the two biggest issues, so warn students to hold the camera steady and get close to the action/subject
- Video is about communicating a message to an specific audience.
- Use student experts to help other students with editing.
- Students should be in small groups (one or two) (else only one can edit at a time).
- Students can post the final products on YouTube as “Unlisted” then get the URL sent to you via Veracross or Google Classroom.
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Consider allowing/requiring online feedback for the student videos (either by peers, teacher, or a wider audience)
Be sure students are aware of these things!
- Update OS to the newest OS version.
- Update all applications to newest version.
- Ensure 20GB free space on storage.
- Quit other applications (not force quit). Close Chrome and safari.
- Put video clips on the laptop, not on phone/thumb drive/portable hard drive.