Video editing & video filming resources

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General video for education resources:

Checkout EHE’s Multimedia for Learning page on their website. There are some good articles in there about using multimedia in education.

Creating a Course Introduction Video –
Look Great in Video Conferences –
Getting Started with Adobe Spark –
– Includes How to Create An Infographic With Adobe Spark Post
Getting Started with Adobe Premiere Rush –
Recording Quality Voice Overs –

From the podcasts channel:
What is podcasting? (0:17):

What is ‘lecture capture’ and screencasting?

Lecture capture is the process of recording classroom lectures as videos and making them available for students to review after the class. The term ‘lecture capture’ is in reality quite broad and can be used to describe a variety of solutions, software, and hardware (from screen recording software to recording with web cams or other external cameras). In the flipped classroom paradigm, instructors record lectures for students to watch as homework and in-person class time is used for discussion and active learning activities. Lecture capture is not always intended as a replacement for in-class instruction, but it does enhance the learning experiences of students. Some lecture capture solutions include TechSmith Camtasia, TechSmith Relay, MediaSite, Panopto, and Echo360. See this Techsmith article to learn more abot lecture capture.

Here are some lecture capture resources and screencasting at Ohio State:

The MediaSite video hosting service from OTDI includes the Mosaic desktop recorder. It’s a screencast recorder that can record at higher resolutions than Zoom. Here is some information from OTDI’s teaching resources center about downloading the MediaSite Mosaic recorder.

Also see the EHE tips on Screencasting from the Education and Human Ecology Office of Distance Education and Learning Design

Recording with Zoom – video tutorials and more information coming soon
During the pandemic a lot of people became familiar with recording with the teleconferring app called Zoom. Here’s some information from OTDI’s teaching resources center about Zoom Recordings (cloud recordings or local device recordings). The only disadvantage of using Zoom to record screencast is that it doesn’t always record at a higher resolution so if you require a high definition video you might consider another lecture capture option.

Here is some information from OTDI’s teaching resources center about inporting Zoom recordings into Mediasite’s video hosting. Zoom video have a 120 day rentention limit, so for longer term storage it’s a good practice to upload Zoom videos to MediaSite.

Filming with camcorders and smartphones:

Using your smartphone as a camcorder to film video – The video resolution and quality that smartphones can film at these days is comparable to traditional camcorders. This video mentions some video filming accessories you can use with your smartphone like tripod mounts and light-boxes. A new photo/video light-box recently was built for this video. You can create your own by following this YouTube tutorial.

Removing the SD card from your smartphone to transfer .mp4 video files – This is part of a series of editing video tutorials intended to help educators learn more about different ways of filming videos for their projects.

Video tutorial about transferring .mp4 video files from a Cannon camcorder – Covers using a Cannon R600 camcorder to record to SD card and transfering video files via to a laptop for editing.

Filming 360 videos with an Insta360 OneX camera – video tutorial and more information coming soon
360 videos and still panoramas can be used in H5P Virtual Tours.
See this Creating an H5P Virtual Tour tutorial for more information about this form of VR (virtual reality). Hotspots linking to 360 videos or regular 2D videos can be added to H5P virtual tours.

High Production Video Creation workshop recording from Ohio State Extension LOD covering filming with camcorders and DSLR cameras.The camcorder form factor typically has a longer zoom capibily while DSLR cameras have more add-on lens options.

Using a GoPro style camera to film video – video tutorial and more information coming soon

Video filming accessories:

Phohoto/video light-box:

A photo/video light-box a great accessory to enhance your photography and videos. You can create your own by following this YouTube tutorial.
Materials list:

  • Cardboard box
  • Sheer interfacing fabric – for the light diffuser sides
  • White poster board – for the infinite curve background

overhead tripod CAD drawing

Standard tripods and overhead tripods – more information coming soon

Blogging Tips: Perfect Pictures and Easy Videos with your I-phone is an article that mentions how to build photo light-boxes and overhead tripods for holding phones and cameras.

Some materials you would need to build an overhead tripod out of PVC pipe include:

  • 10′ of 3/4″ PVC pipe
  • 3 Elbows
  • 2 T Connectors
  • 2 Caps (just for looks)
  • Package of screws size: 1/4″ 20 x 1/2″

Smartphone mounts for tripods – more information coming soon

You can obtain smartphone mounts for tripods from electronics stores like Microcenteror B&H Photo.

Microphones – more information coming soon

Green screens and backdrops – more information coming soon

Camera bags – more information coming soon

Editing Videos with Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is available to OSU employees as art of the Adobe Creative Cloud license. Premiere Pro offers more advanced editing capabilities for creating highly engaging video content for more experienced video producers.

Useful things to know about Premiere video tutorial – a video covering some tips and tricks when editing videos with Adobe Premiere Pro.

Adobe Premiere Pro video production workshop recording from Ohio State Extension LOD. This hour long session covered the basics of using Adobe Premiere Pro.

Information about other Adobe video editing apps:

The spectrum of Adobe video editing apps:

  • Adobe Spark Video – basic, easy video editing – used for posting quick videos.
  • Adobe Premiere Rush – easier to use than Premiere Pro, more capable than Spark – more flexible then Spark video but less capable then Premiere Pro.
    Here’s an Intro to Adobe Premiere Rush workshop recording from Ohio State Extension LOD covering the basics of using Rush.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro – professional level video editing but more difficult to learn how to use – used by video editors across campus and in other organizations.
  • Adobe After Effects – Hollywood level motion graphics composting app – used by motion graphics animators who want to composite a large number of tracks together.

Stock audio, video, and photos for video creators

Music is great to include in videos but you would have to pay to use copywrited music.

The YouTube Audio Library is a good resource to find roalty-free music to use in your videos.

Pre-production: Planning for Video recording workshop from Ohio State Extension LOD exploring pre-production strategies. Pre-production may include gathering assets like stock images & b-roll and using storyboard templates to plan scenes.

Video and multimedia accessbility considerations

Uploading captions to your MediSite video – a screencast of uploading captions to your MediSite video.

Video Accessibility Considerations – a presentation about accessibility considerations to think about when creating video content.

Here is some information from OTDI’s teaching resources center about Captioning your presentation for MediaSite.

Here is recording of a digital accessibility training session from OSU Extension LOD about video and audio accessibility. LOD is the Learning and Organizational Development group in Ohio State Extension.