WeVideo

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WeVideo – Make videos on any device, anywhere.

WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor that enables you create pro like videos on any device, including Chromebook, Windows, Mac, and Mobile. Cloud-based storage means there is no software to download and install, with the added flexibility of accessing your projects on any device. Get advanced with features like green screen to take your videos to the next level. Once you’ve finished your video, export in multiple formats and save directly to your Google Drive.

Sign-up

Sign-up and sign-in to WeVideo using your college Google account. This will make it easy to sign-in across all your devices and save your projects on Google Drive.

Let’s get started

To get started, select the type of project you’d like to create:

  • Video – Start a new video project;
  • Recording – Record your screen and webcam;
  • GIF – Create an animated GIF to embed in a presentation, website, or share on social media.

Import media

You can upload video and images directly from your device or add media stored on your Google Drive. After adding your media, simply drag it onto the timeline. WeVideo also includes a huge library of stock media footage.

Add transitions

To add a new transitions, click on the Transitions tab and drag the transition onto the timeline. Preview each transition by hovering your mouse over it and clicking Play.

Add audio

Add music and sound effects to your video. Browse the audio available in WeVideo or upload your own.

Add animated text

Use text for a title screen, credits, or label elements in your video project. Go to the text tab and then drag the text element onto the timeline. Afterwards, double click the text on the timeline to edit it.

Export and share your video

Exporting your video to share with the world is quick and easy. Press the finish button, name your project, select the appropriate resolution and press export. You can even ask WeVideo to save the export straight to your Google Drive.

WeVideo Academy

To learn more about WeVideo and discover how to creatively use video creation projects in the classroom go and explore the training available at the WeVideo Acadmey.

ProQuest EBooks

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ProQuest EBooks are now available for unlimited borrowing – meaning you will no longer have to wait to borrow an EBook.

Proquest Ebook Central is home to titles from the JISC eBooks for FE project, which aims to give sixth form students free online access to important books for their studies. Titles available cover a wide range of subjects and are presented in a full colour, easy to navigate online reader.

We are currently unsure of how long we have extended access to this resource for – please be aware of this.

Access ProQuest EBooks with this link

ClickView Videos

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The college has signed up for a ClickView subscription which provides access to a huge range of TV shows, movies and video content for students and staff to use.

It gives access to TV shows that have been on TV in the past couple of weeks but it does also allow you to request TV shows and movies too. Providing ClickView can access them, they will make it available and send you a link to access it. Just as an example, you can (at the time of writing) watch this morning’s episode of Newsround from CBBC, watch all episodes of Frozen Planet, or the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film.

You can log in with your college Google account at this link – https://online.clickview.co.uk

Access ClickView Videos for AS / A Level with this link

Digital Tools for Distance Learning

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At Barton Peveril, we use a variety of technologies to make courses more engaging and improve access to learning for students. Online learning technologies like Google Classroom have brought exciting opportunities to reconsider how we teach, engage with or involve learners in different ways.

In this guide, we will look at some of the online learning technologies we have available that can be taken advantage of for distance learning in the event of a college closure due to Covid-19.

Live Online Lessons

Google Hangouts Meet is Google’s video conferencing tool that enables you to talk face to face with learners and engage with your class remotely. All your students need is Wi-Fi access and a device such as a laptop, smartphone or tablet. 

Lesson content can be shared in a live video stream with groups ranging from a few people up to hundreds. Hangouts Meet includes the ability to share your screen, ideal for displaying a presentation or other content with the class. 

Google has recently made it possible to record a lesson hosted in Hangouts Meet as a video in your Google Drive. All lessons must be recorded, and if you wish these recordings can be shared in Google Classroom afterwards for students who couldn’t make it.

To improve the remote learning experience for teachers and students using Hangouts Meet, Google have made several improvements:

  • Only meeting creators can mute or remote other participants in a meeting;
  • Students cannot start/stop a meeting being recorded.

Learn more about Google Hangouts Meet >>

Assignments and Feedback

Google Classroom is a well-established online learning tool at Barton Peveril that you can use to keep students engaged while they’re at home. For instance, start a virtual class discussion to explore lesson content and talk about what they’re learning. You can also give students feedback about their work in Classroom when marking an assignment.

Tracking student understanding and progress can be achieved through combining Classroom with Google Forms. Quizzes in Forms offer automatic marking and enable you to embed content such as images and videos. When you share a Google Forms quiz using Classroom, you can easily assign it as an automatically marked assignment.

Learn more about Google Classroom >>

Recorded Lessons

Screencastify allows you to record your screen, perfect for creating recorded lessons for a flipped classroom or distance learning. It is available as an extension in Google Chrome that can be used from a Chromebook, PC, or Mac. In addition to recording your screen, it combines annotation tools, adds a voice over with your microphone, while also including a picture-in-picture overlay of your webcam. Everything you record is saved to Google Drive so you can easily share the video with students in Google Classroom.

Screencastify is giving educators a premium upgrade to increase from the 5 minute limit in the free version. Go to account.screencastify.com/user/subscribe and use “redeem coupon” with the code CAST_COVID.

Learn more about Screencastify >>

Distance Learning Resources

Useful resources we’ve found from across the internet:

Access to premium versions of educational apps made free during the Covid-19 school closures:

Financial Times – Student Access

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Free access to FT.com can help students with relevant and fresh ideas for essays, exams, extra-curricular activities and in interviews. Universities and employers confirm that broader general knowledge helps the best candidates stand out. With the help of teachers, FT.com highlights and guides readers to FT journalism that can enrich education and help prepare students for successful careers.

FAQs here

Click here for a guide to creating a student account

University Of Michigan FULCRUM

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University of Michigan Publishers has made their digital and ebook collection free and accessible to all. It specialises in humanities and social sciences but covers many other academic disciplines. Resources focus on subjects including:

  • History
  • Politics
  • Drama
  • Law
  • Sociology
  • Literature
  • Media Studies
  • Classics
  • Religion
  • Jazz
  • Environmental Studies
  • Business and Economics
  • Art

This is currently available until 30th June 2020.

Link for access.

Gale Ebooks – Novels For Students

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Examines novels from various cultures and time periods and provides academic critique. This includes classic novels such as Frankenstein, The Bluest Eye and Catch 22 but also more recent releases such as The Fault in Our Stars and Harry Potter. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work’s cultural and historical significance. Really useful for an introduction and overview to a novel.

We are currently unsure of how long we have access to this resource for – please be aware of this.

Link for access.

Annual Reviews

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Annual Reviews is a non-profit organisation with over 50 topics covered in its yearly publications – these include a variety of scientific areas, psychology, social sciences, maths, computing and economics. As well as assisting researchers and academics, the reviews are aimed at students at all levels who want to gain a thorough understanding of a topic.

We’re checking how long this resource is available.

Link for access.

JoVE Lab Manual

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JoVE Lab Manual offers comprehensive, curriculum-focused videos for introductory biology lab courses – a great way to get a virtual experience of the laboratory environment. Videos include:

  • Animal Behavior
  • Enzyme Activity
  • Cell Structure
  • Macromolecules
  • Natural Selection
  • Extinction
  • Measuring Biodiversity
  • Microbial and Fungal Diversity
  • Population Growth
  • Community Diversity
  • Climate Change

We are currently unsure of how long we have access to this resource for – please be aware of this.

Link for access.

JoVE Core

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JoVE Core is a video textbook that isolates and visually presents core concepts in Biology and Social Psychology to improve learning comprehension of core content.

We are currently unsure of how long we have access for, please be aware of this.

Link for access.