Download Videos from Youtube

Teachers cannot always access the Internet, at least, not in my placement schools. To deal with the situation that student students can only access Internet via school PCs instead of personal laptops but not all of the classrooms is equipped a PC, as well as to secure a back-up plan to avoid any Internet connection problems, when teachers are going to show online film clips in class, it would be better to have a copy in their own computers.


“Keepvid” (http://keepvid.com/) or “Savevid” (http://www.savevid.com/) are the websites which can help download videos from Youtube. For example, I have showed this online film clip animated from the “Bayeux Tapestry” in my Y10 History classroom.


 

Within a few minus, I could hold a copy of this 4’17’’ video in my computer and further applied it to prepare my teaching material.

Step 1: Copy the URL of the video in YouTube.




Step 2: Paste the copied URL into the “Savevid” (or “Keepvid”). Click[Download].

Step 3: Choose the wanted video format and then [Save Target As].

After downloading the video, I can further use MS Movie Maker or iMovie to edit or select the part I want to show in class as specific emphasis or even assessment when it is used to combine with other relevant learning activities and teaching materials.