Some assessments involve making a video. This page outlines some options available to you for shooting and editing that video.

Recording Video

You don’t need any fancy equipment to make these videos. It’s likely that your smartphone will be able to take video to a sufficient quality.

Our main tips for taking a video on your phone:

• Hold the phone in landscape orientation.
• Hold the phone as steadily as you can.
• Shoot somewhere with enough light.

We also recommend taking a look at the University of Edinburgh’s DIY Film School Online Course. It takes 10 minutes to review and is a great introduction to shooting video on your phone.

DIY Film School Online Course (Opens in new tab)

Transferring video from your phone to your computer

Transfer video from iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (Opens in new tab)

Transfer video from an Android device (Opens in new tab)

Editing

Windows

Our recommended software for editing on Windows is Shotcut.

Download Shotcut (Opens in new tab)

How to use Shotcut (Opens in new tab)

Mac

Our recommended video editing software for Mac is iMovie. This comes pre-installed on most Macs and should be available from your Applications folder.

How to use iMovie (Opens in new tab)

Alternative editing software

If you’re on Windows 10 and you’re having problems with Shotcut, you might like to try the Microsoft Photos app. This comes included with Windows 10 and has a video editing tool built in to it.

How to create videos with Microsoft Photos (Opens in new tab)

The University of Edinburgh’s DIY Film School also provide a list of alternative video editing apps

Alternative video editing apps (Opens in new tab)

Support

If you run into problems making your video, please contact the E-Learning Developer for your course.