3 Good Tools to Create Video Lessons

Last updated on 24 June 2023

Here is a list of three easy-to-use online tools to create video capsules or lessons for your students. Videos to explain a notion, tutorials, recorded presentations, three tools that will allow you to enrich your course materials. All have the particularity of having been presented on the website in recent months.

Snagit

Snagit  provides a simple way to create and edit screenshots or record videos to show a complex process or provide detailed feedback. Capture an image or video of what you see on your computer screen. You can also record Skype calls with sound.

Snagit offers many connectors built into the software to make it easier to save and share your artwork. The software offers many export formats.  For video you will be able to create files in MP4 format optimized for use on the Internet. Snagit works on Mac and PC. After a free test period, count around €30 (teaching price) to be able to acquire it.

An excellent tool for many uses. Relatively easy to handle. Complete and powerful.

Link: SnagIt

EdPuzzle

EdPuzzle allows you to integrate video media into your lessons. The platform allows any video on YouTube to be retrieved and adapted for classroom use. EDpuzzle, which is simple and intuitive to use, will allow you to use any type of video to create an interactive video, offer it to your students and probe and measure their level of understanding.

You will be able to record your own voice on the video. You will mainly be able to insert interactive quizzes to engage your students and by the way measure their understanding of the main points. EdPuzzle is in English but it is free to use.

EDpuzzle is an ideal tool for you to create educational videos online tailor-made 

Link: EdPuzzle

Screencast-o-matic

Screencast-O-Matic is a free and easy-to-use screen recording. With one click, you can start saving your screen directly from your browser on Windows, Mac, Linux. Another advantage is that it does not require any software installation on your machine.

The tool also allows you to edit videos once they have been recorded, add transitions to them and keep them in different formats.

A simple tool to capture everything that happens on your computer screen by adding sound and/or video through a webcam.

Link: Screencast-O-Matic