Short movie clips for teaching - what are people using these days?
May 9, 2022 8:59 AM Subscribe
What software or other tool are people using to get short (<5 minute, most <1 minute) movie or TV show clips to incorporate into their teaching? Back in the day we used consolidation DVDs but my current computer doesn't have an optical drive and it seems like everything is streaming these days.
I am teaching some online asynchronous classes where it would be really useful to show very short clips from movies or TV shows in a way that is only accessible to the students in my course. I know how to use Handbrake, but I think that only works if you have a DVD?
Googling gives me a bunch of stuff that I worry will put malware on my computer. What are people using these days?
I am teaching some online asynchronous classes where it would be really useful to show very short clips from movies or TV shows in a way that is only accessible to the students in my course. I know how to use Handbrake, but I think that only works if you have a DVD?
Googling gives me a bunch of stuff that I worry will put malware on my computer. What are people using these days?
Best answer: Screencastify works as a "screen capture" for the audio and video on your screen. Netflix does block it, but I routinely use it for clips from YouTube etc., which I can add my own commentary to right into the microphone, switch windows to show notes, or incorporate clips from multiple videos.
It saves all of your capture-vids in one place, so you can name and organize them for later use, and has a built-in editor. I started using it by necessity for remote teaching my 6th-graders last year, but have continued to use it in the classroom. Here is an overview.
posted by cake vandal at 9:35 AM on May 9, 2022
It saves all of your capture-vids in one place, so you can name and organize them for later use, and has a built-in editor. I started using it by necessity for remote teaching my 6th-graders last year, but have continued to use it in the classroom. Here is an overview.
posted by cake vandal at 9:35 AM on May 9, 2022
Response by poster: To clarify: I am asking how to capture/create the clips. I use Camtasia or Screencastomatic for my own videos.
posted by eleanna at 9:39 AM on May 9, 2022
posted by eleanna at 9:39 AM on May 9, 2022
What operating system are you using? (e.g., windows, mac, etc)
posted by eotvos at 10:05 AM on May 9, 2022
posted by eotvos at 10:05 AM on May 9, 2022
Best answer: Use yt-dlp (or another downloader) and pull them down from YouTube, if they are popular movies.
posted by wenestvedt at 10:08 AM on May 9, 2022
posted by wenestvedt at 10:08 AM on May 9, 2022
I embed the videos in my LMS - D2L brightspace. Our institute also has access to Kaltura, where you can host your videos for students only.
posted by Valancy Rachel at 11:21 AM on May 9, 2022
posted by Valancy Rachel at 11:21 AM on May 9, 2022
Response by poster: I am on a Mac (Big Sur) at work and I have a PC at home, so I'm happy to have software that works on either.
posted by eleanna at 9:14 AM on May 10, 2022
posted by eleanna at 9:14 AM on May 10, 2022
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