Our high school recently purchased a 50-license subscription to WeVideo for Education at a cost of $149 for six months. We are a small school, so the 50 licenses are adequate for our communications classes. If you want to do serious video editing at a low cost per student, WeVideo is an excellent alternative to higher-end, more expensive software. With WeVideo no downloading, installing, or upgrading are necessary. And if your school uses Chromebooks, it is the only alternative for video editing if you want to do green screen or picture-in-a picture videos. The paid version also offers more cloud storage per user and more minutes per month for published videos than the free personal plan.
For teachers, WeVideo for Education is feature-rich. Teachers have full control over student accounts, which are in compliance with COPPA and FERPA rules and guidelines. Instructors can create groups, allow various editing rights to individuals, create collaborative or individual projects, and (my personal favorite) monitor student use of WeVideo (see screen shot below).
For teachers, WeVideo for Education is feature-rich. Teachers have full control over student accounts, which are in compliance with COPPA and FERPA rules and guidelines. Instructors can create groups, allow various editing rights to individuals, create collaborative or individual projects, and (my personal favorite) monitor student use of WeVideo (see screen shot below).
WeVideo has two user interfaces: the more user-friendly storyboard mode and timeline mode (see image below) for more advanced and precise editing. I have found WeVideo to have all the features necessary to create quality videos, including animations, titles and captions, transformation tools (rotate, flip, etc.), volume and speed controls, transitions, included music clips and graphics, and more!
One of the projects in my communications class will be creating a school news broadcast with WeVideo. My students and I are psyched about it! We'll use WeVideo, of course for other projects. Because it can record voice-over, we may even use it to create podcasts! Oh, and the learning curve for WeVideo? Very short. The program is easy to learn!