In this video I'm going to be showing you how to use a
program called Flipgrid and I'm also going to show you some updates for the
new Flipgrid in Fall of 2020. Flipgrid is a program
that's going to allow you to respond to assignments that your teacher gives you
by creating short videos and you can also respond to your classmates
with videos as well. And it's not just regular old videos, they have lots of
cool features, so we're going to check those out in
this tutorial. There are a couple of different ways that your teacher might
give you access to Flipgrid. They might just ask you to go to the
Flipgrid website and enter a class code to get in
or they might share a link to the assignment with you. So for example you
can see in this Google Classroom assignment here
that a link has been shared directly with the student. And then depending on
how your teacher has set it up, you might be asked to enter a password
or to enter your email. If your teacher shared the direct link
to an assignment, you'll be taken right to that assignment.
So here on the top left hand side of the screen you can see the assignment title,
as well as some directions for that assignment. So for this assignment called
'Meet & Greet,' your teacher wants you to get to know your group mates better
by sharing a few things about yourself. And then teachers can also post
different media to their assignments as well,
so when you get in you might be seeing some different types of media
on the right hand side of your screen that relate to the assignment.
Since the whole point of Flipgrid is to make video responses,
you'll be making a video through your webcam and when you're ready
you'll want to go to 'Record a Response.' You'll see after you hit 'Record
a Response' that it's going to take you to an interface where you'll be able to
record a video. You can also see here how long your teacher has given you to
record this video. So in this case you have a minute and a
half to record your response. You can see that on the top right hand
side of the screen, as well as on these instructions.
Click anywhere on the screen in order to access the different recording tools.
So before we actually record let's look at some of the different options that
you have to customize this video. The first option is that you can
upload another video clip into Flipgrid. So let's say you recorded something on
your phone or on another device and you want to
upload that video in, this is how you would do it. And then
another option is that you can mirror the video. The reason why you
might want to mirror the video is if you're going to be presenting
because that's the way that you're used to seeing yourself when you look in a
mirror, so it's going to help you hold up the
right hand for example if you're going to be pointing something
out in the video. Then you also have the option to turn
the audio off if you needed to do that for your video.
And then the last option is that you can record your
screen. So if you click 'Start Screen Recording,'
that will actually take a screen capture of what you're doing
on your screen. And now let's look at some different effects that we can add
to our videos. So you'll see if you click on 'Effects'
and go to filters, that you can change the filter effect of
your video. So you have some different choices here
like the ability to make it a softer filter
or more bright colored filter, you can have a black and white
filter, and then there's also an option to just pixelate your image
if you would prefer to do that as well. Next you can also change the frame
for your video. So you can check out some of these different frames
to see what they would look like. Next, in addition to frames, you can also add
emoji stickers over the top of your video. So you can
add typical emojis and different characters
and you can also add people stickers on top of your videos as well.
And then there are some different accessories that you can add to your
videos, so you can wear sunglasses or put on
hats and different things like that, and those accessories are fully
resizable and you can drag them around wherever you want them to go. You'll see
that there are also some options like reactions
and magic and even American Sign Language
that you could add to your video. And you can also add text over your video as
well. So if you click here on 'Text' you'll see
that you have some different text options that you can choose from and
then you can type something that you want to include
on your video. You can drag that around wherever you want it to go
and then you can also change the text stroke and the color,
so you can pretty much just customize the text whatever way you want.
And you'll also see that there's a draw tool here. The draw tool will allow you
to choose different colors and thicknesses
for your digital stylus and then you can draw directly
onto the screen and that will also show up on your video.
There's also a whiteboard option here. So you'll see that there's different types
of background boards that you can add to your video
and you can also split your screen if you wanted to include part of yourself
in the video and part of a board. And here you can see that I can just drag
around some of what I wrote to put it on the board. So this could be
useful for example if you were asked to solve a math problem.
You could go to the stickers and then go to 'Reactions'
and select an addition sign. So here what i'm going to do is plan a video that's
going to introduce myself to my classmates. So I'm going to
write some text with my name, I'm going to add one of those emoji
stickers, and this time rather than glasses, I'm going to put on
a hat. And then you'll see that I'm able to
drag that hat around and resize it however I'd like
so that it fits on my head. And then I'm going to take that background board
off and instead what I'm going to do here is go to the effects
and I'm going to add a custom sticker instead. So what this will allow me to do
is add an image from my computer. So since I'm introducing myself,
I'm going to add a picture of my dogs here. You'll see that once I've added the
photo, I can reorient it and drag it around, resize it, and put
it wherever I want it to go. And now I'll just add a little bit of
extra text that says, "My two dogs," and then move that underneath the
picture.
Once you're ready to record you can hit that red 'Record' button, you'll see a
countdown timer that tells you that the recording is going to begin, and then you
can record what you want to say in your video. I
want to show you something else here as well.
So this time I'm going to delete the text box and I'm going to hit 'Record'
again, but this time what I'm going to do is
while it's recording, I'm going to use the draw tool.
So rather than just stick the text underneath the picture,
this time what I'm going to do is use the draw tool, so that it actually just
is drawing out my dogs during my video.
If at any point during your recording you want to pause it, you can hit the
pause button below, and then when you're ready to stop, go
ahead and just click that green 'Next' button at the bottom.
That's going to take you to an editor where you could add more video if you
wanted and you can also trim out parts of the
video that you don't like. All you need to do to trim your video is
just drag the edge of the video to the place that you want to cut out
and then once you have the clip that you want, click on the green
'Confirm' button. You can preview your video one more time and then once you're
ready. click 'Next.' There you'll be prompted to
take a selfie and this will be the picture that's going to show up
when the assignment pops up on Flipgrid. You want to make sure that you enter
your correct name and then when you click complete, you'll
see that your video for that topic now shows up. Let's look for a second
what it would look like if another student logged in.
They would see that your video has been posted and they could also record a
response and watch your video. After a student has
watched the video that you just posted, they can click 'Add a Comment' and that
will allow that student to record their own video response
to what you just posted. And then when you go back onto your assignment screen
you'll be able to tell that somebody responded to your video because there
will be a number next to a dialog box right underneath
your video card. If you click the assignment and scroll
underneath your video you'll be able to see all the different
video responses that were recorded in response to your video.
So Flipgrid obviously has a lot of fun features, but it's also a great tool to
be able to collaborate with your classmates
and you'll also want to make sure that you're practicing your communication
skills by making sure that you're prepared with
what you want to say before you record, look into the camera while you're
speaking, and then make sure you speak loudly enough so that the mic picks up
your sound. Body language is also important, so make
sure you're not slouching, that you're sitting up straight,
and that you look confident when you're recording your video. Alright that's it
for Flipgrid. Have fun!