Course Production - With Final Cut Pro

The complete guide to creating and editing online courses

What you'll learn

Plan an online course

Apply teaching approaches that are appropriate to online learning

Easily navigate around Final Cut Pro

Import and edit videos

Add special effects to videos

Apply advanced editing such as cloning to videos

Adjust video speeds to create desired effects

Apply special transitions and effects to videos

Add text and title effects to videos

Use green screen chromakeying effect to remove backgrounds

Setup a basic studio to record green screen effects

Requirements

Basic computer experience

Access to Final Cut Pro X

Description

The global online education market is projected to reach approx. $300 billion by 2023 - Now is the time to learn how to be part of the future of education.Who is this course for?This course is specifically designed for people who are want to learn how to plan and produce professional and effective online courses using Final Cut Pro. If you have been excited about the opportunities that are available in online teaching, then this course is for you. This course is for teachers and anyone else who wants to learn how to create high quality online courses and be part of the future of education.What's the course about?This course is all about planning, recording and editing an online course. The course describes the ACE approach to creating courses by explaining Approach, Content and Editing. The first section help would-be online teachers learn to focus on modern teaching approaches and important aspects in recording content. The last part is the focus of the course and this is where we show you, in detail, how to edit your videos in Final Cut Pro to produce high quality, effective online teaching.Why this course?
There are lots of great courses that teach you video editing…and of course we suggest you do as many as you can. However, this course is particularly focused on people who want to create videos for teaching online. In addition to focusing on online teaching here are three other reasons why this is the best course for you.Firstly it will be fun! Learning that is not fun is not fun…OK, I suppose that makes sense ;-) We want you to have fun during your learning and will not only show you what is vital - but we plan to keep it fun and interesting too.Secondly, we know that not only do you want to enjoy your learning, you want it to be easy to follow and meaningful. As such we are careful to go in a step-by-step way through the content, ensuring you understand everything before we move on. And if at any stage you are lost, then we are here to help. Just drop us a message and we will get back to you.Thirdly you are about to be taught - not just by one person - but by I unique father-son team. We have been working together for years on online courses (check out our programming courses and others). I (Craig) have a PhD in educational technology and have been involved in technology and teaching it for over 30 years. I will share with you the benefit of my knowledge of teaching ensuring that the teaching is engaging, professional and effective. Joshua, has worked with me for years on video editing projects - from small to large scale and has immense skill in using Final Cut Pro. Together we are going to guide you on your learning journey to create amazing online teaching videos.What kind of materials are included?The course includes everything you need. The lectures are professionally created, as people have come to expect from my courses. We will explain everything to you and give you access to additional files/content where they are needed. How long will the course take to complete?There are 9 sections to this course, with each section providing short powerful videos on individual concepts. Learning to teach online and to edit with Final Cut Pro takes time. But, by following the course and working through each section, you will learn how to make powerful and effective online training videos.How is this course structured?This is an action course. So the course starts with getting to the doing straight away. The course is structured in the following way:Section 1 – Introduction - The purpose of this first section is to introduce to the ACE approach and opportunities in online teachingSection 2 –Approach - Teaching for the 21st Century - In this section we look at the ACT Digital Age model for teachingSection 3 – Content - The 3Ps for success - This section will show you how to Plan, Present and Produce your course including Green Screen recording and Screen recordingSection 4 –Editing - Hello Final Cut Pro - By the end of this section you will  understand the layout of Final Cut Pro and how media and projects are structuredSection 5 - Final Cut Pro - Importing, Timelines, and more - Here we will show you how to Import media, adjust and trim media, and export projectsSection 6 - Final Cut Pro - MultiCam/Audio and more - Join as we show you how to add sound, sync sound and video, and sync multiple video clipsSection 7 -Final Cut Pro - The magic of Chroma Keying/Green Screening - Here you will learn how to do green screen special effects editingSection 8 - Final Cut Pro - Adding Polish to your course - This section will show you to add text, work with B-Roll footage and impress with transitionsSection 9 - Conclusion - It's time to put your course onlineWhy take this course?It is quite simply the best course, covering the key content, in the most engaging way, by a most unique teaching team!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction - The ACE approach to Creating Online Courses

Lecture 2 The opportunities in online teaching

Section 2: Approach - Teaching for the 21st Century

Lecture 3 Changing how you see the world

Lecture 4 A New approach to teaching

Section 3: Content - The 3Ps for success

Lecture 5 Planning your course

Lecture 6 Presentation

Lecture 7 Production

Lecture 8 Production - Green Screen Setup

Lecture 9 Production - Screen Recording

Section 4: Editing - Hello Final Cut Pro

Lecture 10 Editing - Final Cut Pro Introduction

Lecture 11 Getting familiar with the Final Cut Pro environment

Lecture 12 Understanding, Libraries, Events and Projects

Lecture 13 Recap and Get ACTIVE

Section 5: Final Cut Pro - Importing, Timelines, and more

Lecture 14 Making your first Library

Lecture 15 Importing Videos

Lecture 16 Moving media to the timeline

Lecture 17 Performing surgery with the Blade

Lecture 18 Exporting your videos

Lecture 19 Recap and Get ACTIVE

Section 6: Final Cut Pro - MultiCam/Audio and more

Lecture 20 Looking Inside a finished course

Lecture 21 The Simple but slow way to add a mic

Lecture 22 Adding Audio Properly

Lecture 23 Adding Audio Properly 2

Lecture 24 Adding Multicam Properly

Lecture 25 Using different tools for Efficient work

Section 7: Final Cut Pro - The magic of Chroma Keying/Green Screening

Lecture 26 Chroma Key intro

Lecture 27 Chroma Keying Removing Background

Lecture 28 Adding Background Part 1

Lecture 29 Adding Background Part 2

Lecture 30 Adding better effects

Lecture 31 Using Chroma Keying For Slide Presentation

Lecture 32 Saving Effects Chroma Keying

Lecture 33 Recap and Do

Section 8: Final Cut Pro - Adding Polish to your course

Lecture 34 Adding text to videos

Lecture 35 Adding B-Roll footage

Lecture 36 Adding Transitions when not to use them

Section 9: Conclusion

Lecture 37 Putting your course out there

Anyone who wants to start teaching on Udemy (or online),Anyone who wants to earn money from online teaching,Anyone who is interested in videography,Anyone who wants to create YouTube videos,Teachers who want to include video in their teaching,Anyone interested in video editing and special effects