Video clips are a great way to engage student learning. However, some clips are long in length or only a small portion is needed. There are many free web tools that allow users to clip videos. Below is a list of tools that are useful for education, along with their pros and cons.
- ReelSurfer
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube or Vimeo videos
- Embed the cropped video in a blog or website
- A link is generated of the cropped video to share
- Videos will play on a desktop or mobile devices
- Works well with Internet Explorer and Firefox
- CONS:
- Does not work with Google Chrome
- SafeShare.TV
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube videos
- A link is generated of the cropped video to share
- Works well with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
- iOS app available for $.99 - Link to app
- CONS:
- Can only crop YouTube videos
- Cannot embed cropped video in a blog or website
- TubeChop
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube videos
- Embed the cropped video in a blog or website
- A link is generated of the cropped video to share
- Videos will play on a desktop (embedded or link) or mobile devices (link only)
- Works well with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
- CONS:
- Can only crop YouTube videos
- Embedded videos in Blogger do not play on a mobile device
- Cannot retrieve cropped videos because no account is required (so SAVE link or embed code)
- EmbedPlus
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube videos
- Embed the cropped video in a blog or website
- A link is generated of the cropped video to share
- Works well with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Videos will play on a desktop or mobile devices
- CONS:
- Can only crop YouTube videos
- Embedded videos and links do not hold the "stop" feature = video will play from where you start the crop but will not stop where you saved the stop
- NOTE: this site was intended to be used for Word Press, so be sure to answer "NO" to question 1 to access the screen to crop your video
- ViewRZ
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube videos
- Embed the cropped video in a blog or website
- A link is generated of the cropped video to share
- Works well with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Video view is very nice - widescreen without extras
- Videos (embedded or link) will play on desktop
- CONS:
- Can only crop YouTube videos
- Embedded video does not play on a mobile device
- EdPuzzle
- PROS:
- Crop YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, National Geographic, TED, and Teacher Tube videos
- Generated link for new video to share
- Can add audio, notes, quizzes to video before generating finished product
- Can create classes and assignments
- Works well with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox
- CONS:
- Cannot embed created video in blog or website
- Students must create account to add class code to join teacher class
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