Category Archives: Video Educasts

Media Ripping Tools 1: Easy YouTube Video Downloader

October 26, 2012, 8:31 am • Posted by Matthew Williams
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Remixing video has become a popular cultural movement. We see it all over the internet where people re-purpose video to convey an alternative message. The Mister Rogers remix entitled Garden of Your Mind, produced by PBS Digital Studios takes hundreds of clips from dozens of episodes to create an inspirational song about learning. The audio of his voice is put through an auto-tuner to make it sound like he's singing.

This was made by professional producers, but remix culture is really a DIY movement and the tools are available for pretty much anyone who has a computer and internet connection. One relatively new tool that allows you to edit videos from YouTube is Easy YouTube Video Downloader, a free add-on from Mozilla that allows you to download videos from YouTube. It's an add-on which means that it creates an interactive button underneath the YouTube player to let a user download any video on YouTube. Once the video is downloaded, you can import it into a video editing program like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker to edit.

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Windows Movie Maker Educast Series

July 16, 2012, 2:00 pm • Posted by Matthew Williams
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The following videos are a 9 part series on how to use Windows Movie Maker. Movie Maker is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Windows operating system users to edit their own videos.

There are nine videos in this series although you can only see one player. The single player hosts all nine videos (thank you YouTube playlist). The series starts with Part 1: Basic Overview. To access the other eight videos, you must click on the text that says "Playlist" located at the bottom left of the player. You can then choose from the selection of other videos.

Note: This video educast series covers the first version of Movie Maker, not Windows Live Movie Maker.

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iMovie '11 Educast Series

April 2, 2012, 12:59 pm • Posted by Matthew Williams
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The following videos are a 9 part series on how to use iMovie '11. iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2 users to edit their own videos.

There are nine videos in this series although you can only see one player. The single player hosts all nine videos (thank you YouTube playlist). The series starts with Part 1: Basic Overview. To access the other eight videos, you must click pause and then click on the monitor icon at the bottom of the player (it's located next to cc button). You can then choose from the selection of other videos.

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Using FlipShare

December 17, 2011, 4:10 pm • Posted by Matthew Williams
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Here is a four part video educast series on how to use FlipShare, the video editing program that comes with the Flip Camera. Each section will take you through a particular part of the process.

Part 1 is a general overview of the application's interface along with an explanation of how to download the software from the camera to your computer.

Part 2 covers how to save a video from the camera to your computer.

Part 3 explains how to make simple trims or edits to a single video.

Part 4 overviews how to compile more than one video to create a movie with text and music.

To navigate through the four videos, you have to click on the icon on the bottom of the frame that looks like a TV monitor -- it is located to the left of the plus sign (+).

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Audacity Educast Series

November 3, 2011, 3:14 pm • Posted by Matthew Williams
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The following videos are a 5 part series on how to use Audacity. Audacity is a free sound recording and sequencing program that can be downloaded on-line for either Mac or PC. It is great for recording audio for a podcast or creating a more complex soundtrack for a digital story -- that includes voice-over, effects, and music, as you can create as many tracks as you like. The program goes hand in hand with Windows Movie Maker or iMovie which are both free video editing programs with limited number of audio tracks.

There are five videos in this series although you can only see one player. The single player hosts all five videos (thank you YouTube playlist). The series starts with part 1: Downloading Audacity. To access the other four videos, you must click pause and then click on the monitor icon at the bottom of the player (it's located next to cc button).

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