Have you ever had the problem of trying to show a video and
it’s too long? Or what about when you
are so impressed by a video and then you see an inappropriate part at the
end? Maybe you like the video but all the
credits at the beginning are just too much for you to handle. Well I have the answer for you!
The answer is TubeChop!
TubeChop is a free service where you can enter the URL address of a YouTube
video and “chop” the video. You can take
out the beginning or the end of the video.
You cannot, however, take out a piece out of the middle. You can chop a video as many times as you
would like.
Here’s an example. I
chopped this video because the beginning credits were not necessary and the end
of the video was not appropriate. (The
original video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4tjx0OhL8. You should be warned that the edited parts
may not be appropriate for young people’s eyes.)
If you would like to try TubeChop, go to www.tubechop.com and enter the URL of the
video that you want to chop. After
pressing the button to submit your video, all you have to do is slide the bar
underneath the video to chop it. Once
you are finished, TubeChop will chop your video and give you a new URL for the
edited video. From there you can embed
the video, share it on Facebook, Twitter or MySpace. There are a few more options to share your
video, as well as email it. But in the end, you have direct access to your
personally edited video.
I have used this quite a few times in my classroom because a
video is too long or there is a part that is inappropriate. It is very useful. I hope you find it just as great as I do.
TubeChop. (2011). How
to Make Paper. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.tubechop.com/watch/209348.
2 comments:
I've actually used this in my class. I like to use movie clips to reinforce ideas in literature that we're reading or to give a visual representation of a time period that we're studying. The clips help the visual learners but if I try to use something that's more than 2-3 minutes, I lose their attention.
I also use keepvid.com to save youtube videos and then edit them using Windows Movie Maker. You can save the videos in multiple formats and sizes, which is helpful when you need to later embed it into a LMS (Moodle is particularly picky!).
Thanks for such a great useful tool. I have wanted to show parts of videos and found myself having to make notes about were to begin and where to stop, to ensure it was appropriate for my instructional point. I will definitely try out this
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