Thursday, September 13, 2018

Make a Video of Your Students to Use as a Google Classroom Header

So, what teenager doesn't want to see themselves? Everything I do for my class is done via Google Classroom, so even though I loved my Denver the Guilty Dog GIF for my header, I upped my game today. Now I have this bit of awesomeness so they can look at themselves on the daily.

Quick steps for how to make your own:

1. Take a SHORT (3-4 second) video with your handy-dandy, ever-present cell phone.
2. Upload it to YouTube. You'll need your own YouTube channel, but if you have Google, you have one. I have one follower and 3 or 4 videos all from the last week, so if I can use YouTube, you can too.
3. Use the Chrome Extension GIFit! to turn your video into a GIF. 2-3 seconds only and set the size at 800 x 450. Save it to your downloads or desktop or wherever you like to save stuff.
4. Go to your Google Classroom and click Upload Photo. Done. You're welcome.

2 comments:

  1. Awesome. Thank you. Going to try it today. :)

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  2. It’s a great idea!! ������ Going to try it with my teens

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