How to Create Video for Online Courses

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Course overview
On this two-week course from the University of Edinburgh, you’ll learn how to turn your mobile phone into a full-featured video production suite to create effective and engaging online course videos and media.
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Develop the skills to script, storyboard, and film your videos

Learn how to turn your mobile phone into a full-featured video production suite to create effective and engaging online course videos and media.

Develop the skills to script, storyboard, and film your videos.

To create engaging videos that complement your online learning materials while also making the best use of time, equipment, and cost, you need to plan your content and filming schedule effectively.

You’ll start this course by looking at the pre-production process, including writing a script and creating a storyboard. Through these steps, you can make sure that you’re using the right shots while addressing your aims and refining your message.

Then, you’ll move on to production, learning how to set up your equipment and capture different shot types through a range of practical activities.

Dive into post-production to prepare and edit your footage.

During the second week of this course, you’ll explore the post-production process, from preparing your footage to basic editing techniques. Using free editing software that’s readily available, you’ll gain practical tips to get the most from your post-production.

Explore the legalities around accessibility and copyright for your online learning materials.

Making online learning materials accessible is actually a legal requirement, and best practice for offering education opportunities to as broad a range of learning needs as possible.

This course will guide you through the importance of captions and transcripts, as well as how to use and correctly attribute third-party content and open educational resources.

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This was great basic course. I have not done any video work before so this was fantastic to get an idea of what is needed and some of the vocabulary for starting to make videos for courses.
GWEN
This course is one of my favourite short/free courses! It hit all the key and fundamental points of creating the media production technique. Thank you.
SIMON
It was really an amazing course to learn about creating videos, equipment needed etc. I was even surprised that they taught about the use of open licence for your videos.
JOSHUA
This course give a lot of useful hints for preparing a good video for amateur people.
Hưng T V
Very excellent starter course. Interactive and nightly adaptable.
AUGUSTINE
It's was a lovely learning experience. Yery useful for a beginner
KRISTIAN
Meet the instructor

Stephen Donnelly

Media Team Manager
The University of Edinburgh

Stephen Donnelly is the Media Team Manager for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Learning Applications & Media division. He has over 20 years of media experience including a decade in senior design and production roles at the BBC. Stephen’s team develop and deliver some of the University’s essential media products.
Patrick Jones - Course author