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2. After you sign up, click "Create" at your home screen.
3. Now you may choose to make your videos from scratch, or use a template. You can also choose various templates from the available list. This time, I will use a template.
5. There are also options to directly change the layout of the block,
During online teaching, teachers must use a lot of educational videos; they're helpful, interesting, and can pack more information than a book. The downside is, it takes a lot of time to prepare, so it causes quite a dilemma. Good news is, Animoto is available to save you some precious time.
What is Animoto?
According to Wikipedia, Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows, and customized web-based presentations. It is a free classroom tool for educators, students, and administrators. You can also easily share videos with your class, with parents, and beyond.
How do you use Animoto?
1. Go to www.animoto.com. If this is your first time using Animoto, you can sign up using your e-mail or Facebook account.
2. After you sign up, click "Create" at your home screen.
3. Now you may choose to make your videos from scratch, or use a template. You can also choose various templates from the available list. This time, I will use a template.
4. After choosing, your screen should look like this. You can use plenty of features to edit your video: change the color of the text highlight, add more blocks of texts or media, upload pictures to be used in the blocks, adjust the duration of the video, add music, and much more.
the colors of the blocks,
and add your own music, or choose one from Animoto's options.
6. If you're done editing, press Export, then Download to save your video to your device. You may also share it to your friends or teachers by clicking Share or Copy Link.
And that's it! An easy-to-use website that can make interesting educational videos. This website is perfect if you want to create a short video to trigger your students before starting a lesson.
Here is a video I made using Animoto. What do you think?
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