Creating and Uploading Instructional Videos
Many departments have video files of whiteboard lectures that you may want to use in your Moodle course, or you may want to create some lecture or presentation videos to use for future online courses. Showing you how to create video for your course and optimize the video footage for online courses is outside this book's scope, but I can identify resources that will guide you to create what you need, and I advise you on the best tools to use. Many basic tools are bundled in your computer or can be downloaded for free. The following list is filled with advice, good ideas, and links to resources.
You don't have to be an expert to create videos and convert them to formats supported by Moodle and viewable by all browsers. The following Web sites demonstrate how to use various free video creation resources and download conversion tools:
- Free Technology for Teachers (www.freetech4teachers.com/p/video-creation-resources.html): Select the Free Downloads and Free Video Creation Resources links. Other than free downloads, you find tutorials and more — worth a visit.
- Kioskea.net (http://en.kioskea.net/faq/44-how-to-make-a-video-clip): An excellent tutorial.
- Videomaker (www.videomaker.com): Loads of help, ideas, and links to resources.
- YouTube (www.youtube.com/t/howto_makevideo): This is a great resource from YouTube on making and optimizing your videos. You can upload them to YouTube, optimize them in correct format, and then make them available ...
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