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Create videos using Clipchamp

Find out how to get the most from Microsoft’s Clipchamp, a screen recording and video editing tool. 

About Clipchamp

You can record your screen for demonstrations and presentations, and you can add video material from other sources to produce a finished video. This is a powerful piece of software and students at Salford University can use it to make videos for assessment submissions.

You can access Clipchamp from a web browser, without needing to download any software, using an internal or external microphone and webcam.

Clipchamp features include:

  • Editing using Cutting and Trimming tools.
  • Applying Filters, Transitions and Text overlays.
  • Exploring its library of stock images, videos and music for use in your projects.
  • Adding inclusive auto-captions.

 

Access Clipchamp

  • Access Clipchamp via your university Microsoft 365 homepage or go to https://clipchamp.com/
  • If prompted, sign-in with your University email address and password.
  • You will need a microphone to record audio and a headset, or speakers to hear and edit your video.
  • If you want to include a talking head, you will need a webcam.

 

Clipchamp training

 

Guidance for your assessment

You can record videos on many different devices, but you need to remember some key steps when producing a video as an assignment submission.

 

Do

  • Be sure to answer the assessment brief with your finished video.
  • Check the quality of image and sound. Do tests to check your process.
  • You must be clearly heard, and any pictures should also be easily viewed.
  • Check the settings on your recording device. Set Video to 720p ideally or 1080 maximum. This will help keep the size of the file manageable and save on upload times when you submit.
  • Your video must be in mp4 format. Uploading large files to Blackboard can take a while, especially if using your home wi-fi. If upload speeds are an issue at home, then upload at University if possible.

 

Don’t

  • Your file size should not exceed 1 Gigabyte.
  • You do not need to record at 4K quality as newer mobile phones do. This will make the file too big, and you will not be able to upload it on Blackboard.
  • Avoid lots of special effects. This is a video assessment submission - focus on the brief.
  • Don’t wait until the deadline day to submit. Large files do take a while to upload. You will run out of time if you leave submission until the last hour!