One+True+Media-Video

=**OneTrueMedia Video editor** =

Overview:
  ||  ||< OneTrueMedia is an online version of video editing applications like Windows MovieMaker. It is free, although you are required to sign up for the service (a valid email address is required). Naturally, you can opt to pay for the premium version which opens up many options that are otherwise restricted.
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 * Educational Benefit:**

The benefit of this site is that it allows students to create video representations of their learning. This is something that is lacking in the Aviary suite; they have no video editor. It is easy to upload content to OneTrueMedia, although there are limits on what types of content they will recognize (the shockwave objects created when using Jing are not recognized). As with programs like MovieMaker, you can sequence pictures, add in text slides, control "video effects" such as panning and zooming in, as well as transitions from one element to the next. They provide a reasonable archive of music to accompany your video as well as a variety of backgrounds and themes to choose from (although this is where premium service can come in). As with the other applications mentioned, the ability to create your own representation of content is the true value of this application. After you create content, you are able to share it online through a provided embed code. I have included a video that shows a few of the functions of OneTrueMedia, but I decided against using them to create and post a montage/video: media type="custom" key="5274481"


 * Drawbacks:**

With the easy availability of applications like MovieMaker it is hard to see a value to this application. The idea of video editing is powerful, but this site is overburdened with "Premium options" that add little but fluff to your project. The key benefit of this site would be that it sets up the montage for you (and then you can re-order it if you'd like) and that it acts as a video hosting site. Its 100MB per month limit is similar to other sites limit on the size of videos that you can upload, so the question becomes is editing and hosting within the same host site enough of an advantage over editing in a software application and uploading the video to a hosting site such as Fliqz, YouTube, or TeacherTube. It depends on what type of computers you have. Do they have sufficient memory to handle making a video in MovieMaker and then upload it to a hosting site? Has your school invested in netbooks that do not have space to store a video editing program on them? If these are concerns, then this site, or one of the other free site such as Jaycut (which was restructuring their site when I began working on this project), should be considered as a tool to allow students to create their own versions of the content.


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