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Renderforest: cloud-based video maker with easy-to-use templates and tools for creating professional intros, animations, slideshows and music visualizations. Free account renders watermarked, standard-quality videos (SD360) for embedding on the web or exporting. Higher quality files without a watermark available under a subscription of pay-per-use service. Free/Paid.
Prezi Video Prezi video is a great tool for creating pre-recorded or live videos with your Powerpoint or Prezi presentation to show alongside while you speak. Free/Paid
Kaltura Capture: This is a screen-recording software native to NYU Stream. Using this software requires the user to download a desktop application that they can use to record their screen, themselves, or both simultaneously. Videos captured with the software are hosted in the user’s private NYU Stream Library. This screen recording software has the added …
Express Capture: Is a recording tool found within NYU Stream. This tool allows for members of the NYU community to record video messages. This tool does not allow for screen recording. FREE
Loom: This is a screen recording platform offering both a desktop client and Google Chrome extension. Users can select how they want to record to suit their needs with the desktop client having a few additional annotation tools. When the recording is done, it automatically uploads to the user’s Loom account where they can change …
Screencast-O-Matic: A video creation tool that allows a user to record their screen and create simple recordings via a downloaded tool. Users can take high-resolution videos of screen recordings up to 15 minutes in length and add caption files. Videos are stored in an online hub and links can be shared with students and colleagues.
Vimeo Record: A Google Chrome extension that allows users to easily record their screen. The video is automatically uploaded to Vimeo where users can change the title, privacy, and other features before sharing it with students. Free accounts can upload up to 5GB of content a week. FREE/PAID
Animaker: Online introductory level platform that allows people to create animation and live-action content. Allows for beginner-friendly storytelling and narration through video. FREE/PREMIUM.
QuickTime: built in Mac Operating Systems, QuickTime offers a simple and fast solution for screen recording, with the option of recording your built-in microphone simultaneously. Files are saved in H.264 format QuickTime movie with an AAC audio track (if audio was selected). FREE.
ScreenFlow: a robust screen-recording application that offers high-res capture while keeping file sizes low. ScreenFlow gives you the option to record your mobile device’s screen remotely as well as replicate finger gestures (add-on), and offers great editing capabilities and optimized exporting for different streaming platforms. Mac OS app. Paid.
Videoscribe: create animated videos by using a whiteboard-style interface with a large library of images, soundtrack, and tools. You can export the final video or publish it in several streaming platforms. Paid.
SparkVideo: create videos by using the platform’s layouts, icons, images, fonts, and soundtracks. Add text and images to your video. Simple design and user-friendly interface makes SparkVideo a quick-and-easy tool to create appealing videos that can be shared in a variety of ways (e.g., e-mail and social media). Ideal platform for creating narrated videos as …
PowToon: create animated videos and presentations to download or share online. FREE/Premium.
ExplainEverything: a tablet-based application that enables you to create videos using original material such as a slideshow presentation, voice-over, images and others and its visual library. Free/Paid.
VLC: open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays virtually any multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Can do media conversion and streaming. See how to use VLC as a screencast tool. FREE.
Wideo: a drag-and-drop video editing platform similar to iMovie. Cloud storage contingent on subscription plan. Option for paid educational account offering cross-platform access to shared media and collaborative video projects. FREE/Premium.
EkoStudio by Interlude: (Formally Treehouse by Interlude.) A free platform for creating interactive videos. Users can upload video clips and arrange them with a visual editor. Create menus for viewers to choose their path through the videos. Unlimited storage and projects. FREE/Premium.
iMovie: streamlined video editing software designed for optimal usability. Available for iOS devices, and in OS desktops. Available on most NYU Macs. See NYU IT Software for more information.
Creaza Cartoonist: Creaza Cartoonist is part of a suite of education-specific software including a storyboarding tool, a video editor, an audio editor, and a mind-mapping tool. Creaza Cartoonist is available on iPad as well as in the browser. Requires a license.
NYU Stream: public-facing video streaming platform designed as an interactive space for the NYU community. Users are able upload, record via webcam, manage, and share video clips, as well as request free automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcription or closed captions (which can be edited and shared alongside your media). NYU Stream can be used for academic and instructional …
