Editing video and creating digital music on the cheap?

[Molly]

For a while now I've wanted to include digital music creation and video recording / editing at Year 10. The main stumbling block is my budget.

I want to get the kids to use a GoPro to record any kind of fast movement for a 'Late to Class' themed video. I also want them to create the accompanying music using something like Garage Band for the PC, and then bring the two together. However, the software for all this has to be free. I can run to a camera and that's about it.

Would appreciate any suggestions you may have so long as they don't involve my working for a private school...

[Capt. Black]

Gopro have an app you can download to edit video. It's free

[dylan]

windows movie maker for video and audacity for audio.

[Molly]

windows movie maker for video and audacity for audio.

Thanks for that.

Audacity isn't a problem but there's so much lag on our network large files require that students work locally (where they can't save) and up/download to the cloud between classes (they only have 100MB of network storage). Trying to find a reliable way for kids to manage large files that doesn't rely on flash drives. Swear, it's like working with one hand tied behind my back sometimes. Whichever way I go there's a technical or financial obstacle.

[Vince]

windows movie maker for video and audacity for audio.

+1

Windows movie maker has a bunch of simple things like fades and you can have titles and writing over the video.

Basically, you have a timeline and you drop video and text and images on it.

[Molly]

Thanks. I've been using MM for as long as I can remember but never successfully over a school network at the same time as twenty to thirty kids. I end up spending an inordinate amount of time trying to recover lost / corrupted files.