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Instead of making tutorials, you can find videos that other people others have made.  Many, such as this video for iMovie, are quite good.    But many tutorials that you find on the web (video or otherwise) may have more or less than your students need to complete the assignment.  As with any assignment, you'll need to consider whether existing resources are appropriate, or something more specific must be made.

If you regularly assign video assignments, anticipate discovering new tools students might use, and recording new tutorials for your class.  In the past, for Windows users I recorded video how-tos for Movie Maker 2012, but have since concluded that it's clunky and troublesome, compared to simply using PowerPoint.

Sample Assignment

This sample assessment builds on a traditional term paper assignment, having students bring traditional scholarship into video creation.  It was created for an undergraduate history course geared primarily toward freshmen and non-history majors.  

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