Video Creation using WeVideo (Windows)
Go tohttp://www.wevideo.comin Google Chrome and click on "Log In". Choose Sign in with Google and, if prompted enter your school email address and password and accept the service policy.
Click on the button below the red arrow above to create a new project and include your name in the project name.
When you are gathering pictures to include in your video, click on the image and then click on the View Image button so that you will have the best quality picture. Then, hold down the control button and click on the picture. Choose "Save Image As". Give the picture a filename you'll remember and save it to your desktop. You can also find video clips and save those to your desktop.
Click on "Media" from the top of the screen, then on "Upload Media" and select the pictures and/or videos that you have saved to your desktop.
Once your pictures and videos have uploaded, click on Projects.
Click on the "Create New Video" button.
Answer the questions and you will see the Storyboard above.
Click on the gear icon from the top right of the screen, select Timeline editing mode so you will have more features and click on Save Changes.
Click on the pictures and/or video from the media window and drag them into the timeline at the bottom of the screen in the correct order.
You can click on "Edit" above each picture and the above window will appear. You can then fit the picture correctly and add captions (see red arrow above).
In order to add a voiceover, click in the timeline so the green vertical line is where you'd like the record and click on the red microphone button at the bottom left of the screen.
You may see a window asking for permission to use your camera and microphone.
You may also see this alert at the very top of the screen and you need to click Allow one more time. You can record up to four minutes.
After you click "Stop Recording". You can either save or record again if you think you can make your recording more polished. Make sure you are speaking slowly, loudly and are close to the microphone.
To match the picture with the audio, click at the end of the picture and drag it so it is the correct length for the recording.
Lastly, you can add transitions between the pictures and videos to make it look more professional. First click on the Transitions button (see red arrow above). Next, choose your transition and drag it between the pictures. Try not to choose transitions that will be a distraction. Cross Fade is a good example of a transition that is not too drastic.
Once you have previewed your video and are happy with it, click on Publish.
Click on the Google Drive button (see red arrow above) and allow WeVideo to have access to your Google Drive.
Now that it's connected, click on Upload to Google Drive again, keep the quality as 480p, choose "Private" and click "Publish Video". You will get an email when your video has been published to Google Drive. Instead of clicking on one of the links in the email, go directly to your Google Drive. The video that you created should be at the top of your Google Drive or you can search for it.Share this file with your teacher or move this into the Shared Google Drive folder if your teacher has created one.