Create video lessons

  • 10 minutes

A thoughtfully created video can help your students better understand your lesson.

Record lessons

Recording lessons will arise in two different ways:

  • Recording Teams call as they occur, as discussed in the previous unit, and
  • Recording pre-recorded lessons for students to watch asynchronously.

The previous unit showed you how to record a lesson during a Teams call. When you want to record a lesson for students to watch asynchronously, you have several options.

  • Use a Teams call. You can start a Teams Call and hold a call by yourself. In that solo call, you can select the start recording button and then talk, share your desktop to discuss a website or view an online museum, present a PowerPoint, ink on a OneNote page to demonstrate finding the solution to a problem, or any other file on your computer. When you're finished, the recorded call will appear in your Posts tab just like the Teams calls you have with your students.
  • Use the Camera app on your computer or your phone. The video feature in your camera app is great for recording yourself reading a book to your students, conducting an experiment, explaining characterization in a short story or novel, or any other discussion you feel the video camera can capture.
  • Use PowerPoint Recorder. If you have installed PowerPoint for Office 365 on your desktop, you can use PowerPoint Recorder to turn your PowerPoint slides into video lessons. Recorder allows you to narrate and annotate your PowerPoint as you record it.
  • Use Screen Recorder in PowerPoint. If you don't have PowerPoint Recorder, you can use the Screen Recorder feature in PowerPoint to record your screen. You can show a PowerPoint, website, or anything else you want to share and discuss it in your recording.
  • Use Screen Recorder in Stream. Simply select screen recording from Stream, record your lesson, and it will automatically save to Stream.

Recording tip

Create an outline of what you want to discuss during the recording. Use the pause button when you're recording and need to collect your thoughts or think about the next concept you want to discuss.

Organization tip

Create a folder on your desktop for all of your video lessons so you can quickly access them when you upload them to Stream. Use descriptive names with your lessons to ensure you can find them easily.

Video editor

When you're finished with your recording, you'll be tempted to edit it. Do your best to resist the temptation. You can't expect perfection. Perfection is an illusion. Do your best to accept less than perfect. If you presented the material clearly, the audio was clear, and the information you shared was visible, celebrate a job well done and upload your video to Stream to share with your students.

You may, however, realize after watching your video that you forgot something. Instead of recreating the entire video, you can record the information you left out and then add it to your other video to make one video. You can quickly combine your videos with Video Editor for Windows 10.

Use Stream to share videos with your students

Once you've recorded your lessons, you can use Microsoft Stream to share them with your students. Microsoft Stream is an enterprise video streaming service within Office 365 where educators can upload and share videos securely. Students can then view the videos. You can organize all of your videos into one Stream channel, making it easy for you to share across all of your Class Teams. When you've created the Stream channel, it's easier for students to find the channel if you add it as a Tab in Teams.