How do you compress a video file so it is small enough to be easily uploaded? Ed Zimmerle from Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency goes through the steps needed to use Any Video Converter on a Windows 7 computer or Video Slimmer on the iPad.

1. TOO BIG!
How to Share Large
Video Files
by Ed Zimmerle

2. Assignment:
Shoot video of your
classroom and then share
online with mentor

3. Problem:
50 minute video clip is too
big. Takes forever to
upload.Won’t fit in
Dropbox.

4. It’s like trying to put ten
gallons of water in a five
gallon bucket.

5. We need to:
Shoot it
Compress it
Deliver it

6. So many variables:

7. Using a Flip camera
Use Flip USB connector to attach to your computer
Download video(s) to your computer desktop
Use video conversion software to compress video if file is too large. Any Video Converter works well on Windows XP and Windows 7 http://goo.gl/ugkx
Convert video to MP4 file
Open your Google account
Go to Google Drive
Drag and drop your video file to Google Drive
Share with others by clicking the Share icon and entering their email address
Using a digital camera that also shoots video
Use USB cable to connect your camera to your computer (or remove SD card from camera and insert into SD card slot on your computer)
Download video(s) to your computer desktop
Use video conversion software to compress video if file is too large. Any Video Converter works well on Windows XP and Windows 7 http://goo.gl/ugkx
Open your Google account
Go to Google Drive
Drag and drop your video file to Google Drive
Share with others by clicking the Share icon and entering their email address
Using an iPad
Download Google Drive from the App Store (free)
Download video conversion software Video Slimmer ($2.99) from the App Store
Convert video clip to MP4 using Video Slimmer app
Access your Google account using Google Drive app
Upload your converted video clip to your Google account by touching the + icon on the upper right hand side
To share:
Touch the gray i button on the right, then
Touch the + next to the Who Has Access bar.
Enter the email address of the person with whom you wish to share.
Using a Mac computer
Download and run FLV Crunch. http://goo.gl/6BZ9tX
You can also download the Mac version of Any Video Converter in Mac App Store
Set the video resolution to something smaller, perhaps 720x480.
Convert your video to MP4
Access your Google account
Upload converted video to Google Drive
Share with whoever you wish

8. Using a Flip or Digital
Camera?
Import video to computer

9. DCIM folder
Digital
Camera
IMage

10. Open AnyVideo
Converter

11. Add your video
Convert to mp4
Change video size
to 640 x 480
or 720 x 480

12. How will you deliver your
converted video?
Google Drive
Dropbox
YouTube
Vimeo
(restrictions may apply)

13. Using
Video Slimmer on the
iPad

14. You can import video
clip from iPad to PC
like we did with Flip
camera
Or…

15. You can do it all
With your iPad

16. You need two apps:
1. Video Slimmer ($2.99)
2. Gdrive (free)

17. You can do it all
With your iPad

18. Videos showing both
techniques are
available at:
videosuite.blogspot.com