Substitute Teacher Guide • Grade 12 • Phase 2, Unit S3: Production Skills

Production Skills: Video Capture & Editing Basics — Day 3 of 3

Today's focus: Edit & Export

✅ Before Students Arrive

Materials needed today:
- Camera (video)
- Tripod, if available
- Computer with video editing software
- Shot list template
Most students keep their class notebook at its usual spot in the room and use it every day (see routine below) -- but it's each student's own notebook, so a few may bring theirs from home instead. Either way, everyone should have one out.
Write today's Do Now on the board before the bell rings (see below).

📓 Daily Notebook Routine (students already know this)

Keep this going every day, in your class notebook: date today's entry, jot your Do Now response, add any new vocabulary word(s) from today's Key Vocabulary section (word + a quick picture + a simple definition in your own words), and take 60 seconds to sketch something connected to today's topic. This notebook is yours to study from, reference on projects, and pull evidence from later for your portfolio.

📁 Portfolio Update Reminder

Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress yearbook (or, later, studio) work to your portfolio with a 1-2 sentence caption -- and once you're in the Design Studio phase, a photo of the piece in its real, installed location if possible. This is the same evidence trail you'll use for Archive & Portfolio and any PBAT/portfolio review.

🗣️ Opening: Do Now

Write or project this, and have students start immediately:

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📋 Class Plan (step by step)

Step 1 — 8 min

🗣️ Say: "Today we're looking at ___." Then walk through the point(s) below at the front of the room.

📋 Mini-lesson/demo (8 min): a basic NLE workflow (import, trim, arrange, titles).
Step 2 — 27 min

🗣️ Say: "Now it's your turn -- work on your own (or with your table) on the following."

📋 Independent edit (27 min): assemble the footage, add basic titles/music if appropriate.
Step 3 — 5 min

🗣️ Say: "Here's what we're doing next." Then read the instructions below to the class.

📋 Export (5 min): export at the correct settings for where it will be shown.

🔑 Vocabulary Introduced Today

Export Settings: The resolution, format, and platform-specific settings a finished video needs for its destination (e.g. a screen in the lobby vs. social media).

✅ Wrap-Up: Exit Ticket

A few minutes before the bell, say: "Time to finish your exit ticket."

“What was the hardest part of turning your raw footage into a finished video?”

Collect exit tickets (or have students leave them in the usual spot) for the regular teacher to review.

⏳ If You're Short on Time

Protect the Do Now and the Exit Ticket above all else -- those are how the regular teacher tracks daily progress. If a step above is optional/homework, or is a "share out"/discussion step, shorten or skip it first.

⏳ If Students Finish Early

Have them keep working in their notebook: add extra detail to today's vocabulary sketch, review previous vocabulary, or -- if this is a portfolio update week for this class -- work on their portfolio. Early finishers should never be idle or distracting to classmates still working.

📝 For the Regular Teacher (fill in ahead of time)

Regular teacher's name / how to reach them: ______________________________
Where finished work / exit tickets go: ______________________________
Front office extension / emergency contact: ______________________________
Anything else this class needs to know today: ______________________________