Using the FlipCam and Uploading to YouTube

Lori WardAssistant Professor, ESL

Northern Virginia Community College-Alexandria

Checklist

• Before Recording– Reserve the FlipCam & the tripod– Understanding how to operate the FlipCam– Acquire an additional memory card (perhaps)

• During Recording– Understand how to operate the FlipCam

• Toggle to Video• Record/Stop

• After Recording– Return the FlipCam/Use memory card to download at home– NOVA Gmail– Access YouTube account & making your *** private– Downloading the videos to YouTube– Let students know how to view the videos

Orientation – Front of FlipCam

Record button

On/Off button

Play buttonButton to toggle between camera and video functions

Orientation – Back of FlipCam

Lens

Orientation – Side of FlipCam

Inserting and Ejecting Memory Card

What to Know Before Recording

Location of Controls

Selecting a Memory Card

Toggling Between Video and Photo Modes

Reserving a FlipCam

– Contact Aimen or Art Lin to reserve a FlipCam in advance (a week?) of when you’ll need it.

• Alexandria campus, Bisdorf, room 337

• Email: al_is&d@nvcc.edu

• Phone: 703.933.8372

Step 1 after Recording: Downloading to YouTube

• Log in to MyNOVA and then click on your Gmail acct

Step 2 after Recording: Downloading to YouTube

a) After you log in to your NOVA Gmail, then click on MOREb) Then click on YouTube

Step 3 after Recording: Downloading to YouTube

b) Sign in with your MyNOVA username and password – the same that you use to log in to Blackboard

c) Note – If you have a personal Gmail account, you will need to click on SWITCH ACCOUNTS after signing in.

a) After you select YouTube, then you may be prompted to sign in.

Before Recording: Zooming and Recording

After Recording: Playing Back Videos

After Recording: Downloading to Your Computer

Preparing to Use the FlipCam

Preparing to Download Videos to YouTube