Working with Video | Digital Writing 101

OVERVIEW To embed a video or audiovisual essay you created into a blog post, you will need to upload it to a free video hosting site like YouTube or Vimeo …

Want to embed your own video? Start here: How to share a video you created with others (for instructions on uploading to YouTube or Vimeo) UNDERSTANDING VIDEO EMBEDDING One sign …

If your phone can record video, if you have a digital camcorder, and/or if your digital “point and shoot” or DSLR camera can record video, you can use that to …

The easiest way to make a video blog entry is to use the built-in camera on your laptop (or a computer with an attached web cam). Launch iMovie or Windows …

Go to the Share menu and select Export. Select “medium,” give the video a file name that starts with your last name and has no spaces, and pick a spot …

Need to share files, images, or videos with others, either in online albums or by embedding them into blog entries? Try one of these free hosting sites. DOCUMENT HOSTING Scribd …

While you’re working on a project in Movie Maker, you should periodically choose Save from the File menu to save your project file. But when you’re ready to share your …

Get Firefox If you don’t already have the web browser Firefox installed on your computer, as an alternative to Safari or Internet Explorer, then go to the Mozilla page and …

If you’re working on a project that would benefit from having clips from videos, such as scenes from TV shows, and you’re only able to find the full episode online, …

If you want to make a video you posted on YouTube visible only to selected people, rather than publicly available through a YouTube search, then set it to “Unlisted” status. …

If you’re planning to import video clips into your digital composition project, make sure you have access to the highest quality version of the video clip, saved in a format …