Hi Suzanne,

I have a Multimedia Communications Class at Somers High School, and we prerecord our daily morning announcements. We use WeVideo to edit, add banners, music, corner images, or other videos.  WeVideo can be a little glitchy at times, but the benefit of it is that it's pretty easy to use, multiple students can edit at the same time, and it's web based so it's not tied to a specific device or account.  I set up a YouTube playlist and uploaded the announcement videos to it each day. The link was posted in our school Google Classroom so everyone had access to it, and teachers would click on the link and show that day's announcements during their period 2 class.

Here is the link to last year's playlist if you want to see how it was set up and check out what WeVideo is capable of. We switched formats due to new equipment about half way through the year, so I would suggest looking at a December/January video and an April/May video. Spartan News Network 23-24

That being said, I could use some advice, too. My class is not running this year ($30,000 worth of grants and brand new equipment- no students 😵‍💫) yet I'm still required to create daily announcement videos. Any suggestions as to how to do this? Before and after school don't work, having it as a club doesn't work, so my thought is to see if students will sign up to come record for 10 minutes during lunch and I can edit from there. I'm open to any ideas and I'm not above bribery.

Have a great weekend,
Tenley

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM Hurley, Suzanne <hurleys@newtown.k12.ct.us> wrote:
Hi All,
Do any schools do video announcements either daily or weekly? Looking to use something that doesn't take too long to create, is easy to share and will be just a click of a link for teachers.
Suggestions??


Suzanne Hurley

Library Media Specialist

K-12 Digital Literacy & Technology Coordinator

Middle Gate School

hurleys@newtown.k12.ct.us


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