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=** Introduction to Video ** = **Getting started with finding video resources, & using Microsoft MovieMaker**

Ever wanted to take small 'grabs' of video with your camera or phone, then put them together into a simple video....maybe demonstating a hand skill for your students or similar? Heard of Moviemaker but not sure about how to use it? And then there are all those ready-made videos you might have heard about - where does one find these? And how do you use them? Finally, wouldn't it be great to be able to make a short video, then upload it to the internet where it can be accessed...by students...or even just your family? :-) **This workshop is suitable for BEGINNERS and will address the following:**
 * Understanding video and file formats
 * Locating ready-made videos from the internet
 * What can be used...and what can't, ie copyright issues
 * Importing video into Moviemaker
 * Adding titles, narration and music
 * Finishing & publishing video for specific locations
 * Uploading video to the internet & obtaining the link

Unlike the situation with audio, where the agreed standard is mp3, there is not as yet an agreed standard for video. Some of the common formats you'll find are:
 * COMMON FILE FORMATS**


 * .avi (Microsoft)
 * .wmv (Windows Media)
 * .mp4 (iPods use this format; not recognised by Windows Media Player)
 * .mpeg
 * .3gp (mobile phones)
 * .flv/swf (Flash)
 * .mov (Quicktime)

Now broadband is more or less a fact of life in the developed world you can find video all over the Internet. Some of the more common video repositories are:
 * LOCATING VIDEO ON THE INTERNET**


 * YouTube** [] The 'mother' of them all. It is estimated that YouTube now accrues an extra 20 hours of new content every minute! It is awash with the good and the bad. You will find movies about just about everything. The advantage of YouTube is that it accepts every format, very easy to upload to, and is extremely reliable.


 * GoogleVideo** []

Aimed primarily at the education market and is much less risky for young or new users
 * TeacherTube []**

Favoured by web aficionados because of its tagging and RSS feed features. It also offers your video in more than one format, and allows easy downloading.
 * Blip TV** []


 * Community Based **

Tokbox allows you to create videos on the site. Allows community members to engage in video conversations
 * **Vimeo** ([])
 * **Tokbox** ([])
 * **Seesmic**[| http://video.seesmic.com/]

Allows you to stream live to the Internet or create and save recordings that can be sent straight to YouTube.
 * uStream** []


 * COPYRIGHT- What can be used...and what can't, ie copyright issues**

This is a troublesome issue. It is very difficult to find material with copyright that allows free and open use. If you are using video for educational purposes in a classroom the usual rules apply. However, once that material is published to the Internet very different rules apply. (Though thousands of Internet users break these rules every day!)

Better to play safe and either:

1) create your own, OR 2) use material that is licensed by [|Creative Commons]. I have only been able to find one site that makes it easy to find **Creative Commons** content - Flickr. When searching in Flickr use the creative commons search at [] //(select video only)//

//YouTube does offer some advice about how to copright your own videos if you wish to.[| http://www.youtube.com/t/howto_copyright]//

For the whole story on copyright and education see the **Copyright Kitchen** []


 * USING MOVIEMAKER**

A series of online tutorials on using Movie Maker can be found at [] For samples of music browse [] (but subject to copyright if published to web!)


 * PUBLISHING VIDEO TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS**

As well as the sites listed above you might also consider the Internet Archive - [] "The Internet Archive is a non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format."

It encourages the use of Creative Commons licensing and dedicates an entire page to uploaded resources, and automatically saves media in multiple formats. //(See [] for an example.)//

A new kid on the block is [|Kaltura]. It is an open source product that allows individuals and organisations to store video. It also allows upload and storage of images and audio.


 * UPLOADING VIDEO TO THE INTERNET AND OBTAINING THE LINK

Most video repositories provide 3 options for viewing video:**

1) providing the direct link to the video. For example: []

2) providing the code to embed the video in a webpage. For example: media type="youtube" key="3TgwBSHtzaw" height="344" width="425"

Another example of an embedded video from Blip TV:

media type="custom" key="4150185"

media type="youtube" key="-V2kxGzzMnE" height="344" width="425"