Hi everyone,
For my title at the beginning of the video, I chose to create a Udacity Style Tablet Capture. I then created two separate videos in a Screencast format. I also chose to implement both fade-in and fade-out transitions between my scenes. Video footage is from three original sources.
You can watch my TRU Library, ERIC Database, and APA 7th Edition Tutorial below:
My experience using Shotcut was excellent. I decided to watch the provided  Keet, J. (2018) Tutorial before beginning this activity. Through the tutorial I was able to learn how to use the fade-in and fade-out filters and how to arrange my various video clips in the correct order. The completion of this activity took me close to 3 hours in total. I found that as I kept re-starting this project, I quickly learned how to navigate the various filter tabs, the playlist, and how to cut sections of video that were not needed. I certainly feel that my skills within Shotcut will continue to improve so long as I keep practicing with the software. I can imagine myself using Shotcut to continue editing tutorials alongside my use of Screencast-O-Matic.
Carson 🙂
References
Keet, J. (2018). Shotcut Video Editor 2018 Tutorial – Designed for Beginners. Teacher’s Tech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlDG90sbhQY
Thanks Carson! I have had a similar experience with shot cut and the tutorial. I found the tutorial extremely helpful, as I had no experience with movie making or video editing software before this. I love your introduction and its incorporation of graphic, and I think I may steal this idea :).
Corey
Hi Corey, I was walking blindly for a while until I really delved deeper into the tutorial. Thankfully, I found my way 🙂 Thanks for your appreciation, feel free to steal! I think I will try to find some nice markers to write/draw with in the future.
Carson
Hi Carson,
I think this video works really well with the fades you’ve added and the additional APA7 component. Just as a caution, I would tell students that they should still proof their APA citations copied from a database. Most databases offer citations but they are occasionally improperly formatted.
I agree that while Shotcut can be a bit of a learning curve to start, the resources available are good and, once you start using it, you’ll find it’s easy to remember the workflow. This course originally used Windows Movie Maker for those of us on the Windows side of things, which barely had the features needed for these activities, but which was fairly stratightforward to learn.
Hi Carson
Thanks for your video. Enjoyed watching it, and learned a little about the data base that is definitely useful as well, a bonus!
Great use of graphics as the intro, and I liked your thank you at the end.
Your working through the step provides an easy to understand guide for the viewer.
Also good to hear about your experience with ShotCut. I used Adobe Premiere for mine, as it is the software my school is using, but found it quite challenging. I will look into ShotCut
Thanks again
Jim