‘Animoto for Education’ Service

Unit 1 P3.
– An example of an Animoto video created with the extended time limit.

Animoto has been utilised by staff for quite a while, but sometimes it can be annoying only having thirty seconds to get a student’s message across. Animoto are now allowing teachers the chance to increase the student presentation time limit for free. We recently went through the process with Sophie from BUC to try and understand how the system works.

Though the website recommends setting up new email accounts for the students who want to benefit from the ‘Animoto for Education’ scheme, we found that the process works just as smoothly when students use their current college-given Gmail account. Simply get them to set up their own Animoto log in, and then enter a promotional code to gain that extra minute.

Prezi – Presentations

Prezi has been around for a few years now and it’s still a good tool for creating visually engaging presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint is great at what it does, but this is something else. To give you an idea, here’s an example I found on the official web site…

Joomag – Online Magazine Maker

Joomag – Upload a .pdf file, or start from scratch by editing one of the existing templates to create your own online magazine. You can embed YouTube videos into pages too!

It’s free to use, but you can pay to remove the adverts.