video creation

I love video projects. I think they are one of the best ways to get students to let loose their creativity and focus on delivering information in a succinct manner. In addition, creating a video forces the students to plan and to spend more time with the material than writing a paper. Lastly, communicating via video is a digital literacy skill that all students should have. My favorite video projects require the students to deliver information in a short amount of time (1-4 min) as most people don’t want to watch a video much longer than that. These projects can be public service announcements, commercials, video infographics, presentations, etc.

However, I know that many of you aren’t comfortable assigning a project like this because you don’t want to put the students in a position where they have to learn a complicated program to create these. This is where Lumen5 comes in!

I wish I could remember which faculty member told me about this tool but I want to thank them. Lumen5 is a semi-free video creation tool that is perfect for video projects or asynchronous presentations.

What’s the Cost?

Let’s get this out of the way first. From what I can tell, it’s free, as long as you don’t need more than 3 videos a month. If students are using this for a project then this probably won’t be an issue.

How Does It Work?

It’s so easy.

Create a free login
Click Create
Choose how you want to create your video. Either Start with a URL, a script, or your own material OR scroll down and use one of the templates

OR Choose via the format you want OR Choose the theme you want