StudentAmbassadors/Activities/Videotutorial
FIREFOX STUDENT AMBASSADOR VIDEO TUTORIALS
Why make a Video Tutorial?
- Provide additional resources for your fellow FSAs
- Use the videos as a way to recruit more individuals to join your Firefox Club (and help new members learn more about Mozilla!)
- Showcase your work at a global level
- Learn more about Capture Mozilla and Webmaker Projects (and how to use them!)
What should be the Theme of my Video?
Theme of the Month
Each month, the Student Working Group will decide on a single theme that will be the 'Theme of the Month.' The video chosen by the Student Working Group will be featured in the following month's newsletter and the Firefox Student Ambassador blog.
- December: "My name is X....and I am a Mozillian because..." (Please start your video with "My name is..." and then describe why you are a Mozillian)
- January:
Deadlines
- December: December 31st
- January: January 31st
Additional Suggestions for Themes
- Video testimonials from your campus - what does Mozilla mean to you?
- What makes Mozilla different
- Why I use Firefox
- Introduction to your Firefox Club, what makes you special, what your Club is working on
- Why students should use Firefox OS
- What you've learned as an FSA (and why you joined the program)
- My first steps as a Mozillian
Resources
Capture Mozilla
Description
The Capture Mozilla Project uses video to capture and share knowledge (from know-how to cultural) across the Mozilla community. The aim of Capture Mozilla is:
- To generate brief interactive videos that give the know-how Mozillians need to to act quickly.
- To collect existing and new video from the community that shares knowledge.
- To use a self-serve model that gives Mozillians easy access to relevant knowledge at whatever level of contribution they engage in.
- To make video fun, interactive and easy to share.
Links
Webmaker
Description
Mozilla’s Webmaker is the coalition of open tools and teaching in the hands of a growing community dedicated to teaching digital skills and web literacy.
Our mission is to help people know more, do more and do better through the open web - a web that is knowable, interoperable and everyone’s.
At Webmaker we do this by building great tools, inspiring and supporting communities, teaching and learning and shaping the environments in which the open web is made possible.
Links
- Thimble
- Examples :
Firefox Student Ambassador Sign-Up Page
Not yet a member of the program? Sign-up to become a Firefox Student Ambassador here.
Firefox Student Ambassador Blog
The link to the blog will be posted here shortly.
Firefox Student Ambassador Air Mozilla Channel
Here is the link to our [Air Mozilla Channel].
Process to create video
FSA's will follow the below steps to create the video:
1. Make a video (no longer than 3 minutes in length) about one of the topics outlined above
- Tip: You can produce a footage or make use of existing footage
2. (If you've created your own video) Upload it to either YouTube or Vimeo.
3. Using Popcorn maker, edit your video by doing one of the following:
- Make use of footage from the previous step [example]
- Without using any footage (just by using pictures and text) [example - Mentoring Hours Protocol]
4. After remixing with Popcorn, publish your video. Once you publish your video, Popcorn will provide you with a unique url.
5. Submit the unique video URL on this [form].
6. The Student Working Group will go through the submissions twice/month and post the best videos on our Air Mozilla Channel. The best video of the month (as it aligns with the monthly theme), will be featured in the newsletter the following month.
Qualifications for good video
Following are the qualifications that video should meet inorder to move into the final posting platform ,
- Properly aligned with the theme given
- Submitted within the period given
- Must be a remix of their own footage / video
- Time duration must be under 3 Minutes
- Video should have Universal subtitles
- Video should have atleast one starting and ending slide templates for each theme
- Must be a registered FSA
- Video should be understandable and well communicate the message
Approval process
Following are few suggestions on the video approval process ,
- RMA's will select the winner and inform the SWG
- Should there be a Voting to select winners
Final posting platform
Below are some of the suggestion for the platform where all the approved videos will go ,
- FSA blog
- Popcorn website
- FSA wiki pages
- Vimeo
- Air Mozilla channel
Rewards
Best videos will be rewarded by ,
- Featured on Social Media Channels
- Special Swags
FAQ
Updated shortly ..!