Textbooks to Chromebooks 18- WeVideo

One of the 6th-Grade electives offered at Pepper Tree is videography.  The tool we are using to teach basic editing skills is WeVideo.  We are not experts in using this tool yet, but together the students and I have made good progress in utilizing this program.  The minimum system requirements as listed in the WeVideo manual are:

• Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 is supported.
• Chromebooks and ChromeOS are supported
• Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) is the optimal Mac version to use.
• Limited support provided for Linux distributions with chrome installed

WeVideo recommends that users use Google Chrome as the internet browser as it keeps flash updated to the most recent version for the client at all times.  Students can set up free accounts by going to wevideo.com/sign-in .  However, it should be noted that maximum storage monthly storage may not be adequate if the students use Wevideo frequently.  Also, only the WeVideo Education accounts include collaboration options. 

As the administrator of a WeVideo account you will have the ability to invite and manage members. You may then set permissions for all the users and define them by role.  You may also set up and manage groups.    According to the WeVideo manual these are the following methods for inviting members to the education account:

• You can manually invite members by sending them your unique account code or link.
• You can sync selected members from your Google Domain or Office 365 domain OR
• You can import a CSV file with the member details.

Once the students are set up they will be ready to get started creating their first video.  Here is what you will see after clicking on Create New:

Students will upload media from the following social sites or from media saved on their desktops:

The staff at Wevideo have put together quality tutorial videos for how to edit your videos.  So rather than explaining every step for creating a video at this time,  it would be better to let the creators demonstrate the process.

Here is an example of a video created early last year in our first videography class.

If you aren't sure WeVideo is the right tool for your class I would recommend that you sign up for a free trial and give it a try before making a final decision.