Engaging Creativity with the Flipgrid Camera
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Jess Boyce

The Flipgrid camera is designed to make learning fun and empowering, connecting your scholars in a familiar social-media feeling experience within the security and power of your curriculum and unique community. In addition to the ability to record a quick selfie video, the native features built right inside of Flipgrid allow your scholars to creatively construct their creation with and beyond spoken word.

Add Text, Emoji, Drawing, and Custom Images

Your students can build a story by adding visual FLAIR to their video. To do so, they can decorate their screen and then record OR decorate while live. Upload a custom image - such as a picture of artwork - and discuss the inspiration and implications.
Steps:
  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the record button.
  2. Click on the respective icons along the bottom of the recorder to add text, emoji, ink, or a custom image.
  3. Create your masterpiece before pressing record OR while recording!
  4. Complete your recording, package with a selfie, and hit submit!

Create on Boards

Empower your scholars to show AND speak their work with a Board {whiteboard, blackboard, corkboard, graph paper, and more}.

Steps:

  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the green plus.
  2. Click on the “whiteboard/blackboard” icon along the bottom of the recorder.
  3. Create your masterpiece before pressing record or while recording!
  4. Complete your recording, package with a selfie, and hit submit!

BONUS: drag the board to split the screen between your camera and your board!

Create a Stop-Motion Sequence (with Pause/Record)

Capture quick “images” with the camera in a steady location and move elements about your scene to create a stop-motion video.
Steps:
  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the record button.
  2. Capture a scene by quickly starting and stopping the recording.
  3. Slightly change the scene.
  4. Capture a new scene by quickly starting and stopping the recording.
  5. Repeat.
  6. Complete recording, package with a selfie, and hit submit!

Upload Videos from Your Camera Roll

Your students can upload clips and add context by recording with the Flipgrid camera an introduction prior to their clip and summary clip after the video. Students can also create videos in other applications and upload those to Flipgrid, an art known as appsmashing… for inspiration, check out the AppSmash Madness 2020 Grid!

Steps:

  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the record button.
  2. Click on the “upload media” icon along the bottom of the recorder.
  3. Find and upload desired media. Note, if students created a video in another app, they will need to download that clip to their camera roll to upload to Flipgrid.
  4. Add context by recording additional segments in Flipgrid, or proceed with solely your uploaded clip.
  5. Complete recording, package with a selfie, and hit submit!

Record with 'Mic only'

The 'Mic only' option lets students turn the camera off, so only their voice is recorded via the microphone. Please see this complete guide for more details.

Screen Record

Available on the Flipgrid Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browser experience: capture a PowerPoint, website, or… anything on your screen! The new ability to screen record with the Flipgrid camera allows you to capture what you see on your screen!
Steps:
  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the record button.
  2. Click on the three dots icon along the bottom of the recorder.
  3. Select the “Screen Record” option. Note, this feature is currently available only on the browser (and not via the mobile app).
  4. Complete recording and, if you desire, add additional clips.
  5. Package with a selfie, and hit submit!

Trim, Rotate, and Rearrange Clips

After capturing footage, students can trim, rotate, and rearrange clips.
Steps:
  1. Launch the recorder by clicking the record button.
  2. Capture creativity with the recorder. Note: On web, students will need to navigate between recording and reviewing and then returning to the recorder by clicking “Add another clip” to add multiple clips {on the mobile app, a new clip is created whenever a new recording is captured}.
  3. In the review step, click into a clip to trim and rotate the segment. Drag and drop clips to rearrange clips.
  4. Complete recording, package with a selfie, and hit submit!