Video Tutorials on how to create online videos

Videos are a crucial element for the development of digital competencies and digital literacy and an important channel for educators and trainers to share knowledge audio-visually with their learners. A series of training videos are being presented focused on the following themes:

1. How to be confident on camera 
2. What basic equipment you need to get started creating videos 
3. How to use your mobile phone to create educational videos
4. How to create a background for your videos 
5. How to light your videos
6. How to improve the sound of your video
7. How to edit your videos 
8. How to create a video recording of your computer screen 
9. How to create a video recording of your mobile phone screen 
10. How to create online courses

The videos are available in English language and subtitles and automated translations can be added through YouTube settings.

Before the beginning of the video production, all partners distributed and recollected questionnaires related to the output theme and then an analysis was conducted, with results already presented. We started from an analysis, which was based on the research already conducted about the needs of the target group, to deeply explore the attitudes and gaps of trainers, educators, and coaches in the concerned areas of the specific themes of video creation and communication through online video and the obstacles they confront in order to produce educational material online.

Our YouTube Trainer is Christina Doukouzianni. She is not only a core member of the Greek Helix team in our Consortium but also the founder of Make Video Greece, a YouTube Community of 48.000+ video creators. She has trained hundreds of coaches, trainers and small business owners on how to build their YouTube Channel, how to effectively communicate their expertise on camera, how to become the go-to authority in their space and ultimately how to attract new leads for their business.

Christina has extensive experience in multinational environments as she has been working in organizations both in Switzerland and in Spain. She holds a master’s degree (MSc) in Management with information systems from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Macedonia, Greece. She usually creates videos in Greek but she gladly accepted our invitation to create some useful and encouraging materials in English for educators who also wish to use YouTube or videos in general as an educational platform.

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1. How to be confident on camera 

Being confident in front of a camera is a valuable skill for educators to communicate and connect with their audience more effectively than ever.

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn seven tips that will boost your confidence on camera and will drastically improve your video presentations, your webinars, and your online courses.

2. What basic equipment you need to get started creating videos

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn how to do simple video editing. You might want to edit your zoom webinar or an online course that you are creating, or a short video that you want to send to your students. There is a very quick and easy way that you can do that for free, by using software that already exists on your Windows 10 PC. It’s called a video editor and you are going to learn step by step how to do simple trimming, cutting out, adding titles, adding background music, and some more tricks that can improve your video presentation.

3. How to use your mobile phone to create educational videos

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn how to use your mobile phone to create your own educational videos. Our mobile phones are so powerful that you do not need expensive equipment to start creating your video.  Let’s see step by step how you can go through the process of making your own video.

4. How to create a background for your videos

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn how to create a background for your videos, what kind of choices you have so that you can pick the one that is better for your needs. Our background is very important in a video because it does give out nonverbal information about who we are. We will present you 3 options for your videos: virtual background, indoors background, outdoors background.

5. How to light your videos

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn simple ways to light your videos. Enlightening our videos is very important. Because that way we can create a professional image for ourselves.

Cameras need way more light to produce a quality image than you might imagine.

6. How to improve the sound of your video

Improving the sound of the video or a zoom meeting is very important to the final outcome of your work. In the following video, we are looking at five different microphones you can use to improve your video sound.

7. How to edit your videos

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn how to do simple video editing. You might want to edit your zoom webinar or an online course that you are creating, or a short video that you want to send to your students. There is a very quick and easy way that you can do that for free, by using software that already exists on your Windows 10 PC. It’s called a video editor and you are going to learn step by step how to do simple trimming, cutting out, adding titles, adding background music, and some more tricks that can improve your video presentation.

8. How to create a video recording of your computer screen using PowerPoint

In this video tutorial, you are going to learn how to record your screen within the Powerpoint Presentation area with audio and video.

This is very useful when you want to record a presentation with your students, your colleagues your clients and you want to be able to narrate the whole presentation yourself, record that video, and share a file.

This is a high-demand tool among educators, trainers, and coaches according to the research that we have conducted in the TRENDSS project.

9. How to create a video recording of your mobile phone screen

In his video tutorial, you are going to learn how to record your screen within the Powerpoint Presentation area with audio and video. This is very useful when you want to record a presentation with your students, with your colleagues with your clients and you want to be able to narrate the whole presentation yourself, record that video and share a file. This is a high-demand tool among educators, trainers and coaches according to the research that we have conducted in the TRENDSS project.

10. How to create online courses

In this video tutorial you are going to learn how to create an online course, what is an online course, what is the benefit of creating your own online course as an educator and what are the steps that you need to take in order to start creating your own courses.

This intellectual output (no.6) was created by our Greek partners from Helix Social Innovation Hub who developed a series of video tutorials tailored to train educators to create online videos and use videos for educational purposes.